Gossip Girl creators Stephanie Savage and Josh Schwartz will act as showrunners on the exciting new TV show.
Hulu has just greenlit a pilot and full-season script order for a TV adaptation of Marvel's Runaways comic from the creators of Gossip Girl, Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, as well as Marvel Television and ABC Signature.
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We just learned that Tamara Becher will be joining the writing team for the new show. Becher, who has also written for Marvel's Iron Fist, made the announcement via Twitter...
This is also good news because it means the TV series is moving ahead fairly quickly. Sure, there is still much to do before filming even begins on this show, let alone we get to see it, but it looks like Marvel and Hulu are taking it seriously.
Runaways — adapted from the comic by Brian K. Vaughn and Adrian Alphona (at one point in its run, Joss Whedon also wrote for the series) — tells the story of a group of diverse teenagers who discover their parents are part of an evil crime organiztion called "The Pride."
Though the six teens despise one another, they band together to investigate their parents' nefarious plots. Scwartz and Savage wrote the script for the pilot and will serve as showrunners moving forward.
Speaking about the project to Deadline, Schwartz said: "I’m a long-time fan of Runaways and couldn’t be more excited to bring Brian and Adrian’s characters to life." Schwartz' interest in the comic book world isn't so surprising considering he created the character of comics nerdboy Seth Cohen on The O.C. — a character we've argued before made a huge contribution to the cultural shift that made comics cool.
Head of Marvel Television Jeph Loeb will also serve as an executive producer on the Runaways project, saying: "We’ve known the Runaways' story would make great television and being lucky enough to have Josh and Stephanie — who have time and again created shows that speak so genuinely to this exact audience — write and produce the series is nothing short of remarkable."
Guys, this is gonna be great...