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Jeremy Renner has described his role in the upcoming Mission: Impossible 4 as a "dream role," though little else is known other than he will appear opposite Tom Cruise as a "younger agent" that Cruise will mentor. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Renner described the role in more detail.
Renner talks about the changes to the Mission: Impossible franchise >> Posted 09.21.10 by Ryan -
Jeremy Renner has put together an enviable schedule after his Oscar-nominated performance in The Hurt Locker. First came The Avengers, where Renner will play the bow-and-arrow wielding marksman Hawkeye, and then Renner was cast opposite Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible 4. According to Production Weekly, MI:4 will shoot first, stepping in front of cameras "on December 6" and continuing "through March 7, 2011," at which point Renner will move on to The Avengers. Renner told Access Hollywood that he's already enjoying the "boys with their toys" set.
More on MI: 4 and The Avengers >> Posted 09.16.10 by Ryan -
Jeremy Renner's fascination with Hawkeye in The Avengers began last year when Marvel approached him about playing the part before hiring Joss Whedon to direct the movie. Now that Renner's confirmed, fans have started speculating about what the actor will do with the role and if Hawkeye will appear in his classic purple or the more modern costume used for the character in the comic book, The Ultimates. Renner told MTV the costume will likely be more like the latter.
more on the costume and his relationship with the Black Widow >> Posted 09.16.10 by Ryan -
Ben Affleck's latest movie, The Town, finds Affleck in the familiar territory of Boston and unfamiliar territory as the co-writer, director and star of the movie. Affleck's last directorial effort, Gone Baby Gone saw brother Casey Affleck take the lead role, leaving Ben to concentrate on matters behind the camera.
The Town, based on Chuck Hogan's award-winning novel Prince of Thieves, finds Affleck as the leader of a group of bank robbers who finds himself falling in love with a hostage (Rebecca Hall) from a recent job. In the recent Yahoo! Movies clip, Affleck talks to hot-headed Jem (Jeremy Renner) who has a difference of opinion on how to handle Hall and her potential knowledge of her abductors.
see the clip >> Posted 08.31.10 by Ryan -
It was reported in July that Paramount was thinking of retooling the upcoming sequel Mission: Impossible 4 so that Tom Cruise would get to mentor a younger operative. After searching for their prospective candidate, Paramount has picked Jeremy Renner.
Who else was up for the part? >> Posted 08.26.10 by Ryan -
Now that we have a fleshed-out cast, production start date, and confirmation that Joss Whedon is directing, excitement is starting to build for the The Avengers. We talked to two of the most popular Avengers fan sites — Gavin and Dan from Sidekick Comics UK and Kevin from Avengers News — to find out what they thought of the ensemble cast and which scenes they wanted to see in the 2012 movie.
find out what they told us >> Posted 08.23.10 by reelz -
With Marvel Studios announcing that both Thor and Captain America: The First Avenger will be converted to 3-D for their 2011 release dates, it's no wonder that Marvel would decided to shoot their upcoming The Avengers in 3-D as well. While the announcement is still unofficial, Showbiz 411 reports that The Avengers will be shot in 3-D, skipping the conversion process.
Director Joss Whedon is not totally unfamiliar with the 3-D format. The Cabin in the Woods, a movie Whedon wrote, has undergone the conversion process.
Whedon talks Casting >> Posted 08.17.10 by Ryan -
Now that Marvel has unveiled the cast of the upcoming The Avengers at the San Diego Comic-Con, director Joss Whedon spoke to MTV about why the latest Avengers recruits — Mark Ruffalo and Jeremy Renner — were the perfect actors for their respective roles. Whedon said that Renner, who will play Hawkeye in the movie, would keep the role from becoming "silly."
How did these character roles get filled? >> Posted 07.26.10 by Ryan -
One of the highlights of the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con was the Marvel Cinematic Universe panel held in Hall H on Saturday. Not only were fans in attendance treated to the first teaser footage of Captain America: The First Avenger and the first trailer for Thor, but it was officially revealed that Mark Ruffalo and Jeremy Renner would be joining the cast of Marvel Studios' super-team movie The Avengers.
To top it all off, Marvel "assembled" the entire team of The Avengers for the very first time to take one dynamic group photo that resulted in applause so tremendous it felt like San Diego was experiencing yet another earthquake tremor. From left to right, the lineup includes Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man), Clark Gregg (Agent Coulson), Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow), Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Chris Evans (Captain America), Samuel L. Jackson (Nick Fury), Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye), Mark Ruffalo (The Hulk), Joss Whedon (director), and Kevin Feige (president of production).
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When Joss Whedon announced at Comic-Con that he would direct Marvel's The Avengers, he described the movie as "the very definition of family." The writer-director later expanded on what the theme of "family" meant for the movie in an interview with io9.
It just really just goes back to the very first incarnation of The Avengers. It goes to The Ultimates, it goes to everything about it. It makes no sense, it's ridiculous. There's a thunder god, there's a green "ID" giant rage monster, there's Captain America from the '40s, there's Tony Stark who definitely doesn't get along with anybody. Ultimately these people don't belong together and the whole movie is about finding yourself from community. And finding that you not only belong together but you need each other, very much. Obviously this will be expressed through punching but it will be the heart of the film.
more from Whedon, including what's out >> Posted 07.25.10 by Ryan