Clint Barton just walked back into the frame. Jeremy Renner has dropped a cryptic Instagram Story showing a close-up of his old Hawkeye costume, and Marvel fans did what Marvel fans do best: lose their minds. With Avengers: Doomsday reshoots reportedly underway and quietly stacking surprise cameos, the timing feels like anything but a coincidence.
Here is the honest read on the Jeremy Renner Hawkeye tease, what is actually confirmed, what is still rumour, and why the archer suddenly flashing his suit could matter a lot for the biggest movie of the decade.
What did Jeremy Renner actually post?
The post itself is simple and that is exactly why it is loud. Renner shared a Story featuring his instantly recognisable Hawkeye gear from the MCU, no caption, no context, just the suit. For an actor who spent most of 2025 telling everyone he was not in either Avengers movie, dusting off the costume for a public post is the kind of wink fans have learned to notice.
Outlets from Forbes to ScreenRant clocked it within hours, and the read was unanimous: this is a tease, not an announcement. Renner has not been added to Disney’s official Doomsday cast list, and he has not said a single word confirming a return. But in the MCU, silence and a costume photo have a track record.
Is Hawkeye in Avengers Doomsday or not?
Officially, no. Jeremy Renner is not on the confirmed Doomsday roster, and back in October 2025 he flatly said he was not part of Doomsday or Secret Wars. So why is nobody taking that denial at face value?
Because we have been here before. Andrew Garfield swore up and down he was not in Spider-Man: No Way Home right up until he swung onto screen. MCU stars deny surprise appearances as a matter of routine, and a Jeremy Renner Hawkeye return would be exactly the kind of secret Marvel guards to the last second. A costume Story is a strange thing to post if the answer is a hard no.
Why the reshoot cameo wave changes everything
Here is the context that turns a fun costume photo into a genuine story. Doomsday is reportedly not done filming. Winston Duke has confirmed additional photography is happening, and scooper Daniel Richtman claims the Russo Brothers are using the reshoots to fold in a wave of cameos that were never announced.
The names circulating are heavy. Mark Ruffalo reportedly stepped away from another project to shoot something Marvel. A Scarlet Witch stunt double has reportedly been spotted on set, which would be wild given where we left Wanda. And now Renner flashes the Hawkeye suit. Treat every one of these as an unconfirmed rumour for now, but the pattern is hard to ignore: the original Avengers may be quietly reassembling for Doom’s arrival.
If you want the full picture of who is confirmed and who is still just a whisper, we keep it all straight in our MCU cast tracker and score every claim like this in our scored Marvel rumour tracker.
What a Hawkeye return would mean for Doom
Doomsday is built around Robert Downey Jr.’s Doctor Doom facing a multiverse worth of heroes, and the movie has leaned hard into legacy. If the reshoots are stacking original Avengers, Clint Barton showing up is thematically perfect: the everyman archer standing next to gods and mutants against a villain wearing Tony Stark’s face is the kind of gut-punch the Russos love.
It would also tee up Secret Wars beautifully. Every returning face Doomsday can bank now is a chess piece the Russos get to move in 2027. For the full state of play on how these reshoots keep shifting, see our report on the ongoing Doomsday reshoots and our complete Avengers: Doomsday guide.
What happens next
Expect Marvel to say absolutely nothing, which is the whole point. If Renner is really suiting up, we may not know for certain until the lights go down on December 18. Watch for a follow-up post, a conveniently timed Atlanta sighting, or the tell-tale silence when a reporter asks him about it directly.
So, do you buy the Jeremy Renner Hawkeye tease as a real Doomsday return, or is Clint just messing with us? Drop your verdict in the comments.
Sources: Forbes, ScreenRant, MovieWeb, ComicBookMovie. Image: Wikimedia Commons / Gage Skidmore (CC BY-SA 2.0).
