New Role For Jeremy Renner

This one caught my eye, may not be your cup of tea, but I wanted to share it with you anyway.  Jeremy Renner has recently been signed on to play John Henry "Doc" Holiday in an upcoming feature that will be based on two different novels about the famous gun slinger, Doc and Epitaph: A Novel Of The O.K. Corral.  Renner and Don Handfield's production company, The Combine, will be producing the film.  in a joint statement, Renner and Handfield had this to say about the upcoming feature:


“We are excited to re-introduce this classic American character to a whole new audience by chronicling Doc Holliday’s incredible transformation from Average Joe dentist to a man who Wyatt Earp called the ‘nerviest, speediest, deadliest man with a six-gun [he] ever knew.’”


Renner will join several other actors that have portrayed the dentist-turned-gun slinger in films.  My favorite was Val Kilmer in the movie Tombstone, which also starred Kurt Russell as Wyatt Earp.  Kirk Douglas played "Doc" in the movie Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, Stacey Keach played him in Doc, and Dennis Quaid played him in Wyatt Earp. 


While Renner is best known for his supporting role as Hawkeye in the MCU movies, he's proven to be a cinematic draw for fans in other movies like The Hurt Locker (which he was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actor) and The Town (which he was nominated for an Oscar for best Supporting Actor), a couple of Mission Impossible movies, and last year's The Arrival. As I hear more about this film (like when it will start filming and when it will be released) I will let you know.