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Jeremy Renner Joins McTeigue's Raven, Circling Battleship

by Alex Billington
February 17, 2010
Source: NY Times

He may win an Oscar in a few weeks, but even if he doesn't, Jeremy Renner has had a fantastic breakout year. He was rumored to potentially play Hawkeye in Marvel's Thor, but that never panned out. However, he has a few other big deals in the works. NY Times did a profile on some of this year's Oscar nominees and talked a little bit with Renner, who revealed that he's cast in James McTeigue's Raven and also that he's "in talks with Universal and director Peter Berg about taking the lead role in Battleship." He's also had "no fewer than five meetings to star in another project," but won't reveal what it is. Maybe that was Hawkeye?

As for The Raven, the next project from V for Vendetta and Ninja Assassin director James McTeigue, the film is inspired by the famous Edgar Allen Poe poem of the same name, The Raven follows Poe and the last five days before his death. As McTeigue explains: "It's basically set in 1850s Baltimore. The logline would be: an amalgamation of Poe's stories crossed with Se7en. It's about a serial killer loose in 1850s Baltimore." We don't know exactly what role Renner will be playing, but it's probably the lead role of Edgar Allen Poe. NY Times also revealed that Ewan McGregor is in talks to co-star and shooting should take place soon.

As for Battleship, Renner says that he has to choose between either taking on that role or the other secret project that he's had five meetings about, since both of them are expected to shoot in the summer and he can't do both. I'm not sure what the other project is (anyone heard anything?), but I'm always up for seeing Renner in anything, he's such a solid actor. With these two big starring roles coming up, it definitely looks like Renner is ready to hit the mainstream following The Hurt Locker. And if he wins an Oscar on the 7th, it'll only help solidify his presence even further. We'll keep you updated on everything Renner - stay tuned!

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From around the web:

Xerxex

good, guy needs more work.
midnightlight

he is the man
People's Champ

D'Agastino!!!!!!!!!
Jon

What about The Riddler in Nolan's third Batman? That is big enough for him to not talk about.
Cineprog

There was nothing in this article which stated what Renner was doing next, He might be doing the Raven, he might be doing Battleships. It's all specutlation..
Cody

No #5 "who revealed that he's cast in James McTeigue's Raven" and it also says hes in the talks for the others so its not speculation there just negotiating.
Andy

He was even awesome in the episode of Angel that he was in!
Craig

I like Jeremy Renner a lot, but a movie about the board game Battleship sounds like a terrible idea. The Raven does sound very, very interesting though.