With “Hawkeye,” the Marvel Cinematic Universe is finally embracing the holiday spirit.
The six-part limited series, which debuts next Wednesday on Disney+, not only takes place in the week leading up to Christmas, but it’s the first time the MCU has explicitly made its plot revolve around a specific time of the year. That also made it the one thing on the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s vast calendar that could not be moved around in the same way the studio has had to shuffle around its slate amidst the pandemic.
(Before you scream at us, yes we know “Iron Man 3” was set during the Holiday season, but outside of being a longrunning theme of director Shane Black’s movies, it has nothing to do with the film’s story.)