Announced today via Deadline, Marvel Television in collaboration with Hulu is bringing the cult favorite comic book series Runaways to television. Runaways, created by Brian K. Vaughan and Adrian Alphona, was a superhero comic book series published by Marvel Comics, that debuted in July of 2003. The series features a group of teenagers (Nico Minoru, Karolina Dean, Molly Hayes, Chase Stein, Alex Wilder, and Gertrude Yorkes) who discover their parents are part of an evil, superhuman crime syndicate known as “The Pride”. In the wake of this discovery, and the realization that they too have powers of their own, the kids band together, rebelling against the villainous machinations of their parents and set out to defeat them.
The show will be spearheaded by Gossip Girl creators Josh Schwartz & Stephanie Savage, Marvel Television and ABC Signature.
“I’m a long-time fan of Runaways and couldn’t be more excited to bring Brian and Adrian’s characters to life,” said Schwartz.
Schwartz and Savage will serve as showrunners, they’ll also executive produce with Geoff Loeb (Marvel’s Head of Television) and Jim Chory. Fake Empire’s Lis Rowinski will also produce. The order is for a pilot plus additional scripts with an eye toward a full-season greenlight.
