Marvel Television has been cleaning up on all fronts recently. So the fact that they’ll be adapting the lesser known Runaways comic book series isn’t so much of a surprise. The fact that it will be on Hulu, however, is (at least a little bit, it is a popular platform after all). Seems like Marvel is really expanding its characters across multiple platforms, but does this mean no more connected universe?
For those not familiar with Runaways (from Wikipedia):
Originally, the series featured a group of six kids whose parents routinely met every year for a charity event. One year, the kids spy on their parents and learn they are “the Pride”, a criminal group of mob bosses, time-travelers, dark wizards, mad scientists, alien invaders and telepathic mutants. The kids steal weapons and resources from their parents, and learn they themselves inherited their parents’ powers; Alex Wilder, a prodigy, leads the team while Nico Minoru learns she is a powerful witch, Karolina Dean discovers she is an alien, Gertrude Yorkes learns of her telepathic link to a dinosaur, Chase Stein steals his father’s futuristic gloves, while young Molly Hayes learns she is a mutant with incredible strength. The kids band together and defeat their parents, and atone for the sins of their parents by fighting the new threats trying to fill in the Pride’s void.
No doubt the show will feature the original cast from the comic, possibly with a little bit of tinkering to avoid the Mutant bits.
Source: Marvel.com
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