On Sept. 13, Marvel Studios released the trailer for the upcoming “Hawkeye” series. Coming to Disney+ this November, the trailer did not disappoint. 

Clint Barton (Jeremy Renner, “Avengers: Endgame”) is confronted with his past role as an assassin in the typical action-packed Marvel tradition. A new character, Kate Bishop (Hailee Steinfeld, “Charlie’s Angels”) is introduced as a fellow skilled archer. Bishop and Barton work together, and it is alluded that Bishop will be Hawkeye’s protégé. 

Surprisingly, this trailer has a very comforting, holiday feel to it. The opening scene is Barton with his family during Christmas with festive music playing in various parts of the trailer. Overall it possesses a family-oriented, feel-good demeanor.

 There are also some comedic parts of the trailer which adds to the sentiment that this series will have a little something for everyone. This is an unusual route for Marvel as most of the franchise’s works are highly action-packed and are not known for this comforting type of genre. 

Marvel has produced a lot of unique content that takes a new route on the franchise just this year alone with series like “WandaVision,” “The Falcon and Winter and Soldier” and “Loki.” “WandaVision,” for example, is not like anything Marvel has ever produced and this will hopefully ring true for “Hawkeye” as well.

Marvel has done an excellent job building up this series. Fans of the franchise got a taste of what it will be like in the post-credit scenes of “Black Widow,” which caused a lot of excitement and suspense within the fanbase. It is no secret that Marvel produces amazing quality in their works and this trailer is no different. The cinematography, visual and sound effects and overall action do not disappoint. Fans get a glimpse of Barton taken hostage, a car chase and a bunch of cool archery scenes featuring both Barton and Bishop. 

Renner is not usually praised as highly as his counterparts like Robert Downey Jr. (“Avengers: Endgame”) or Chris Evans (“Avengers: Endgame”), but I know many Marvel fans are excited for the “underdog” character to be getting the spotlight. This is also part of the route Marvel has taken this year with all the new series bringing secondary characters to the forefront. While Hawkeye is not usually talked about as much as the other Avengers, he had a very well executed character arc. This series feels like it will give a proper send-off for Barton’s character who is quite literally mentoring the next Hawkeye.

Renner is a very skilled actor who plays Barton very well. He has been playing the role for almost a decade, so his acting is sure to be very well executed. Steinfeld will hopefully be a great addition to the show, and Marvel fans have been talking about the overall theme of mentorship that has followed Barton’s character from the very beginning, as Barton was also a mentor for fellow Avenger Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen, “WandaVision”).

Marvel knocked it out of the park with this trailer which generates an abundance of excitement for this new series. 

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