Marvel series 'Runaways' headed to Hulu

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By Darian Scalamoni

            According to Collider, Marvel is going to bring a new series to a streaming service that isn’t Netflix. It appears that a long developing project based on the comic series Runaways will be headed to Hulu. This is exciting news after there has been little to no talk of this project coming to fruition after a report back in 2010 that had Peter Sollett (Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist, Freeheld) set to direct a feature film adaptation of the property.

            The comic book series follows a group of teenagers who discover that their parents are a band of supervillains known as “The Pride” and runaway only to discover their unusual birthrights. The original team includes prodigy Alex Wilder, a witch named Nico Minoru, an alien named Karolina Dean, a mutant named Molly Hayes, a tech-aided boy named Chase Stein and a telepathic link named Gertrude Yorkes with a pet dinosaur named Old Lace.

            The Hulu series will be created by Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage who also created Gossip Girl and they will act as showrunners on Runaways. This series sounds like it has the potential to be tons of fun and it’s another reason why I need to invest in a Hulu subscription.