What would you like to see in a Hawkeye movie?

[Cayman]

One of the more leftfield movies that Marvel Entertainment plans to develop is one based on the Avenger, Hawkeye.

What do you think would be a good storyline for the Hawkeye movie? Any thoughts on casting?

No Alan Alda jokes! :p

Cay

[GremlinClr]

Wow, Hawkeye? I can hear that movie bombing already.

Maybe while they're at it they can make a Speedball movie, that's sure to be a huge hit.

Seriously, is Hawkeye popular enough for a movie? I wouldn't think so but stranger things have happened.

[Grant]

They should save him for an Avengers movie. Hawkeye is at his best interacting with other characters. Actually Marvel is pretty close to being able to pull off an Avengers movie. The only character they don't seem to have the rights avaliable too is Iron Man and New Line could easily let the rights lapse in a few years with the false starts they keep having.

[GremlinClr]

They should save him for an Avengers movie. Hawkeye is at his best interacting with other characters. Actually Marvel is pretty close to being able to pull off an Avengers movie. The only character they don't seem to have the rights avaliable too is Iron Man and New Line could easily let the rights lapse in a few years with the false starts they keep having.

Definitely. I would go see an Avengers movie in a heartbeat. Hawkeye though? Probably wouldn't bother.

[Grant]

I do think Marvel producing their own movies is a dangerous proposition. For one they are using characters as collateral. All it takes is one high profile bomb and Merrill Lynch owns Captain America.

[ElectraAlan]

Put it on a cable channel, or a direct-to-DVD release. Either way, don't spend a lot of money, because he's not that popular a character. Why give him his own movie when he doesn't even have his own book?

[StoneGold]

Actually, I think you could probably do something with the Hawkeye character, as long as you look outside the box a little bit. You'll have to make some modifications - the costume would never work in real life. Never, never, ever. But think of it as more of a modern day Robin Hood, complete with bow and arrow, and you might have something. Just keep the lessons learned in Blade in mind.

[StoneGold]

Put it on a cable channel, or a direct-to-DVD release. Either way, don't spend a lot of money, because he's not that popular a character. Why give him his own movie when he doesn't even have his own book?
Yeah, why would anyone make a movie out of a non-popular character who doesn't have a book of his own?

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[Cayman]

So anyway, it could have the Swordsman in it.

Cay

[Davideaux]

Mockingbird
Boxing glove arrow
The boots with flaps
A training session with Cap

[StoneGold]

So anyway, it could have the Swordsman in it.

Cay
It could, but you'd have to change things a lot from the ground up I think. For one thing, what traveling carnival has a guy with a sword and a bow in it?Honestly, you'd have to rethink the character from the ground up. Focus on the coolness factor of a wisecracking guy with a bow and arrow fighting crime, ignore virtually everything else. Because damn near everything else associated with the character will not work with a modern audience. The costume, the origin, all of it is basically dead weight.

Again, you streamline the concept, make it about a modern day Robin Hood using the old one's tools against crime, you might have a concept that could work. Hell, I'd even combine the characters of Barney Barton and the Swordsman, make the Swordsman a crime boss who is also Clint's brother, more gravitas, explains a little more why they both use archaic weapons.

Just a thought but someone like Ryan Reynolds would work as Clint. That said, Reynolds is the first response for pretty much every wisecracking hero these days.

[StoneGold]

Mockingbird
Boxing glove arrow
The boots with flaps
A training session with Cap
Boxing glove arrows are Green Arrow, not Hawkeye.

[Cayman]

It could, but you'd have to change things a lot from the ground up I think. For one thing, what traveling carnival has a guy with a sword and a bow in it?Honestly, you'd have to rethink the character from the ground up. Focus on the coolness factor of a wisecracking guy with a bow and arrow fighting crime, ignore virtually everything else. Because damn near everything else associated with the character will not work with a modern audience. The costume, the origin, all of it is basically dead weight.

Again, you streamline the concept, make it about a modern day Robin Hood using the old one's tools against crime, you might have a concept that could work. Hell, I'd even combine the characters of Barney Barton and the Swordsman, make the Swordsman a crime boss who is also Clint's brother, more gravitas, explains a little more why they both use archaic weapons.

Just a thought but someone like Ryan Reynolds would work as Clint. That said, Reynolds is the first response for pretty much every wisecracking hero these days.

How about Owen Wilson?

Granted, he may be pricey post-Wedding Crashers.

Cay

[StoneGold]

How about Owen Wilson?

Granted, he may be pricey post-Wedding Crashers.

Cay
Could, but a little on the soft-spoken side. Works better as a sidekick with his delivery style. But it's the right kind of track. Bruce Campbell from 15 years ago would be spot-on perfect, but he's a little long in the tooth for it these days.

[Shellhead]

Could, but a little on the soft-spoken side. Works better as a sidekick with his delivery style. But it's the right kind of track. Bruce Campbell from 15 years ago would be spot-on perfect, but he's a little long in the tooth for it these days.

Bruce Campbell would have been awesome as Swordsman.

I like Hawkeye a lot as a character, but I think that your critique of him in a movie role is harsh and very true. And after a slew of Robin Hood movies in the late 80's and early 90's, it still might be too soon for an attempt at a modern-day Robin Hood.

[Davideaux]

Boxing glove arrows are Green Arrow, not Hawkeye.

Oh, what kind of trick arrows does Clint have?

[StoneGold]

Bruce Campbell would have been awesome as Swordsman.

I like Hawkeye a lot as a character, but I think that your critique of him in a movie role is harsh and very true. And after a slew of Robin Hood movies in the late 80's and early 90's, it still might be too soon for an attempt at a modern-day Robin Hood.
Slew? Beyond the Costner version, the TV movie one, and Men in Tights? Besides, the target audience for this movie probably wasn't even born when those came out. This movie isn't going anywhere over PG13.

In any case, even if there were a bunch of Robin Hood films, my idea isn't quite a Robin Hood film. It's a modern day version. Guy fighting injustice with a bow and a swashbuckling style, and maybe you could even throw in some steal from the rich angle, give to the poor angle, but the Swordsman isn't the Sheriff of Nottingham.

[StoneGold]

Oh, what kind of trick arrows does Clint have?
He's got all different kinds, but his arrowheads tend to look more like cylinders, if they aren't pointy. Anything from stun arrows, rope, glue, boomerang, gas, electromagnetic pulse, etc, they just look less silly. No handcuffs stuck to the end of an arrow shaft.

[riotgear]

I think they should go back to the origin of the character, a man trying to prove himself a hero, but is constantly mistaken as a crook. Not because he's a vigilante, but because people think "guy in mask = crook".

[Shellhead]

Slew? Beyond the Costner version, the TV movie one, and Men in Tights? Besides, the target audience for this movie probably wasn't even born when those came out. This movie isn't going anywhere over PG13.

In any case, even if there were a bunch of Robin Hood films, my idea isn't quite a Robin Hood film. It's a modern day version. Guy fighting injustice with a bow and a swashbuckling style, and maybe you could even throw in some steal from the rich angle, give to the poor angle, but the Swordsman isn't the Sheriff of Nottingham.

While I refuse to see the Dukes of Hazard movie, I assume there was some exploding arrrow tricks in that one. And sometime in the late 90's, Costner did some other movie where he played an archer, in a seedy modern setting.

[StoneGold]

While I refuse to see the Dukes of Hazard movie, I assume there was some exploding arrrow tricks in that one. And sometime in the late 90's, Costner did some other movie where he played an archer, in a seedy modern setting.
Yeah, but that's characters using bow and arrows in movies, not really modern day Robin Hood, despite how the theme song to the Dukes goes. I mean, you could throw in the Punisher too, since Tom Jane was using a bow and arrow at one point in that movie.

In any case, if you were going to do Hawkeye, different kind of archery all together. Think Legolas in a John Woo movie. But with fewer squibs.

[SnowTrooper]

I think Ryan Reynolds would be a good choice.

[dougputhoff]

No Alan Alda jokes! :p

Cay

How 'bout some Donald Sutherland ones?

[Cayman]

How 'bout some Donald Sutherland ones?

Donald Sutherland is always funny!

Cay

[tangentman]

I would rather see an Avengers movie, but wouldn't close my mind to seeing Hawkeye in a live-action solo film.

My casting call is Seann William Scott as Hawkeye; he's got the arms and the wisecracks for the part.

Definitely bring in Mockingbird, preferably a story based on the Hawkeye mini from the early 80's with Mock, Crossfire, and the Death-Throws.