Are you a fan of the Marvel Universe and Avengers and have been binge-watching all the movies and series in chronological order? You might be wondering about the new season of the more thrilling story of fan favorite archer, Kate Bishop, more popularly known as Hawkeye. Here’s what we know about Hawkeye Season 2 Release Date
The show, which tells the life events of Hawkeye, as the name suggests, is based on the Marvel superhero comic of the same name and picks up to tell his story after the events in the movie “Avengers: End Game (2019)” and “Black Widow”. Produced by the famous Marvel Studio exclusively for Disney plus Hotstar, the home for all Marvel movies and series, Hawkeye is the seventh instalment from the studio which continues telling the stories of our favourite Marvel superheroes in Marvel Cinematics. It was directed by Thomas and Bert and Bertie in various locations, including New York City and Atlanta, Georgia.
The series was made keeping in mind that the director wanted to share the stories of side characters that are likely to not have any spotlight focused on them. And the small group of their fans will also want to watch their favourite hero shining on their own without the aid of the main heroes in Avengers. We all know, in the events of the Avengers movie, all the superheroes with super powers were the highlights and every one of them focused on them, but Hawkeye did not have any superpowers like Iron Man, Thor, Captain America, Wanda, and others, did not receive a lot of screen time because he was just a “normal” among abnormals.
The series borrows details from Matt Fraction’s run with the character in the comics, including the Tracksuit Mafia and Lucky the Pizza Dog, a golden retriever who is a companion to both Barton and Bishop. The show was released on November 24, 2021, with two episodes, and ran for a total of six episodes, each lasting for 40 to 62 minutes, concluding on December 22, and it’s a great addition to Phase 4 of Marvel Cinematics (which includes all of the Marvel Studios productions scheduled to be released from 2021 through 2022).
Hawkeye Season 2 Release Date
Before starting the series, you might have noticed the terms “limited series” or “mini-series”. “Miniseries” basically means that the series is going to be small, which we saw very well that it had only 6 episodes in total. Now the question arises, what does “limited series” mean? A limited series means a program with an end date and a limit to the number of episodes where the story is wrapped up.
Just like Marvel’s other series that came out recently, WandaVision, the series focusing on Wanda and Vision, and Falcon and the Winter Soldier, focusing on Falcon, before their release, were registered under limited series. This means that it might be difficult for the show to return. But nothing is confirmed about whether the show will be coming back for a final second season or has just wrapped up all its story in season one and won’t be coming back because we don’t know the exact extent of Marvel’s “limited” part.
Marvel’s Loki and What If.. were renewed for a new season after they finished airing the first season, so there might be chances for them to return too. Another reason to be hopeful is the fact that the program was nominated for an Emmy in the comedy category, which is usually only open to ongoing television programs and not one-off miniseries, though there have been a few cases where mini-series have been submitted too, let’s not focus on that and keep hoping that it is going to return with a more action-packed season two.
| Name of the Show | Hawkeye |
|---|---|
| Season Number | Season 2 |
| Genre | Sci-Fi |
| Hawkeye Season 1 Release Date | 24 November 2021 |
| Hawkeye Season 2 Release Date | Not Announced Yet |
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Hawkeye Season 1 Recap
Season one focused on Hawkeye, the archer of the original team of Avengers. After the stressful attack of villains on their city and a close win, the Avengers are now living their life. Clint Barton (Hawkeye), like any other normal person, wants to celebrate the coming Christmas with his friend, but destiny has something else planned for him.
In his past, when he lived as Ronin, he made some dangerous enemies who have now returned to take their revenge. Along with his new partner, a great archer just like him, and Kate Bishop, a young lady who is pursuing her career in superheroes, he must defeat them in order to save everyone else around him. We are introduced to a lot of new faces who join at the beginning of each episode.
We first get to know about Kate’s past and why she wants to be like Hawkeye. The story kicks off in the year 2012 when the city was attacked and Hawkeye saved her from any injuries. While grieving for the loss of her father, who died under the crumbling building, Kate sees new hope in bows and arrows and tries to be like her hero who saved her life. To be like him, she wears her superhero suit, which looks just like Hawkeye’s past character, Ronnie. Clint notices this in the news and sets out to find more about the lady who is bringing his past up.
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After some time, Kate meets her hero, and he saves her once more from danger. The two archers, after going through some arguments, decide they need to cooperate and defeat the enemy who is trying to find Ronnie to kill him. After relieving Clint’s trauma in episode 4, we are introduced to the final villain in the last episode. There are also a lot of shocking events, like Kate’s own mom is a worker working under underground criminals, Eleanor being responsible for the death of Armand, and Clint finally accepting Kate as his partner.
After all the high events and the defeat of the villain, our two heroes have a heart-to-heart where Kate tells Clint the reason behind her wanting to be a hero like him. In the end, she is accepted as an official member of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Hawkeye Season 2 Story
The story ends with Hawkeye and Kate burning their Ronin past away and Clint suggesting a new hero name for Kate. The new season might revolve around her with Clint as her mentor, though we can not confirm the exact story for now.
There might be a whole other complete spin where some other significant Marvel hero jumps into the story, a very common thing we see in every Marvel story. Whatever it might be, the new season, if and when it comes out, is expected to have a more thrilling storyline.
Recently, a spin-off of the story named Echo was announced, though the exact story of that is also now known.
Hawkeye Season 2 Cast
If Hawkeye’s new season comes out, it is confirmed that Clint and Kate Bishop will be making a return as the title’s main characters. Other than that, nothing can be confirmed as of this moment. The cast from the first season included –
Clint Barton / Hawkeye / Ronin is played by Jeremy Renner
Clint is one of the original Avengers, a highly skilled archer, and a former S.H.I.E.L.D. special agent. He is renowned for using a bow and arrow as his main weapon and for having exceptionally good eyesight and accuracy, qualities that led to the codename Hawkeye being given to him.
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Kate Bishop, played by Hailee Steinfeld
Kate, the main character, was inspired by the heroics of the Avenger Hawkeye and trained herself throughout childhood to become an expert at archery after she had lost her father in the Battle of New York.
Yelena Belova/Black Widow, played by Florence Pugh
Yelena is the adoptive sister of Natasha Romanoff and a Red Room operative. She was recruited by S.H.I.E.L.D. because of Hawkeye.
Wilson Fisk/Kingpin is played by Vincent D’Onofrio
Wilson Grant Fisk is a powerful businessman and crime lord who wants to control New York City. He is the antagonist in the story who had his hands involved in the death of Maya Lopez’s father. He was going in and out of the prison a lot of the time. He had a lot of crimes under his name.
Hawkeye Season 2 Trailer
No trailer for Hawkeye season 2 has been released on any platform yet. However, you can watch the same for the first season on Marvel’s official YouTube channel, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram pages. The trailer shows the amazing scenery and CGI and is a fun ride to watch before watching the actual series. You can also find the trailer attached at the beginning of this article.
Where to Watch Hawkeye Season 2 Online?
Just like the other Marvel Universe movies and series, Hawkeye can only be streamed on Disney+ Hotstar as the series was exclusively made for it. Though it is not available to watch for free, you have to buy a premium plan to do so.
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