The Runaways are a team of super-powered teenagers who were created as part of Marvel Comics’s Tsunami imprint, which was meant to convince readers of Japanese manga to read superhero comic books as well. Like their team name suggests, said teenagers ran away from home when they discovered that their parents were a super-villain team called The Pride that performed an annual human sacrifice in order to strengthen a trio of semi-divine giants called the Gibborim. Once the giants had recovered their strength, it was their intention to wipe clean the surface of the Earth so that it could be restored to the utopia that it had once been, while six people would be spared to rule at their side for the rest of time. Surprisingly, The Pride had decided that those six positions would be reserved for their children, though super-villains being super-villains, their exact thoughts on the matter were more complicated than that.
Regardless, since the Runaways had never been introduced to the family business, it should come as no surprise to learn that they reacted to the human sacrifice in a not so positive manner. Through various means, they acquired the super-powers needed to take on The Pride, which they sought as a way of making up for the sins of their parents.
What Should You Expect from Marvel’s Runaways?
There has been interest in making an adaptation of The Runaways for some time. This can be seen in how there were plans for a movie as far back as 2008, which was in the scripting stage of the movie-making process at the time. By 2010, the people behind the movie had started casting the characters with expectations that the movie would be released sometime in 2014. However, those plans never came to fruition because of The Avengers, which proved to be so successful that production resources were reallocated from what would have been The Runaways movie.
However, the interest in an adaptation never died out, with the screenwriter of the movie having expressed at one time the idea of turning the comic book series into a TV show instead. As a result, Hulu ordered up a pilot as well as a number of scripts in August of 2016, which have been entrusted to Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage as co-showrunners. Since that time, the Runaways have been cast, as have their parents, which were followed by a series order of 10 episodes in May of 2017.
It remains to be seen how close the TV show will stick to its source material. Some of the information that has been released so far suggests that there will be some changes to make it seem more modern, which is appropriate considering that it has been more than a decade since the original comic book series started up. Regardless, people who are interested in the TV show should know that Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage have collaborated on a number of successful TV shows such as The O.C. and Gossip Girl, meaning that they are bringing plenty of expertise and experience to the project. As a result, they should not hesitate to check out the results when The Runaways comes out on November 21 of 2017.
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