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Marvel's Runaways Series coming to Hulu
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torre_avenue
Banned
Nextwave is Saga levels of unfilmable. And that makes me cry inside everytime.
From the other thread:
Well, I'd say international distribution rights for the show might be sold to Netflix, but who really knows?
The plot summary is the perfect cocktail of teen angst, minor uses of CGI, dysfunctional familial relationships, and sexual tension to work perfectly with the showrunners' sensibilities.
Huh. Surprised that this ended up on Hulu. Though given that Marvel seems to be pulling the plug on the ABC shows, maybe Hulu is their new replacement for handling the non-Netflix shows?
Drew Pearce, the IM3 writer, wrote a screenplay for it but it was shelved years ago.
I'd be curious to see someday all of the unused scripts that Marvel has stockpiled over the years. Tons of stuff, like Runaways and a Nick Fury/SHIELD movie, that weren't produced because they fell out of step with the MCU plans.
Drew Pearce, the IM3 writer, wrote a screenplay for it but it was shelved years ago.
I'd be curious to see someday all of the unused scripts that Marvel has stockpiled over the years. Tons of stuff, like Runaways and a Nick Fury/SHIELD movie, that weren't produced because they fell out of step with the MCU plans.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Hah, that's about where I gave up as well.
But it was a really neat book when it first came out. That and Young Avengers, actually. (Which I have to imagine someone is trying to work on at this moment)
torre_avenue
Banned
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They'll just change her story to an Inhuman. I'm sure since Fox got their two mutant TV series, they'd be willing to let Marvel TV use her albeit not as a mutant.
Weapxn
Mikkelsexual
I am so on board with all of that. I'm somewhat skeptical of it being on Hulu, but whatever.
I do hope Cloak & Dagger will be able to appear in the series eventually, though.
I do hope Cloak & Dagger will be able to appear in the series eventually, though.
She was a Runaways character, mutant or not. Do they really have any say in her appearance outside of not calling her a "mutant?"
Choppasmith
Member
Neat, surprised they went with Hulu though, now I gotta get that if I want to watch it :/
torre_avenue
Banned
See, that's where I get regularly confused. I can't remember if Fox owns the rights to all mutants in Marvel as a whole, or just those affiliated with the X-Men.
Actually wait, considering the whole brouhaha with Scarlet Witch & Quiksilver, its likely those associated with the X-Men. So, likely yes, Molly belongs to Marvel Studios/TV but the rights with calling her a mutant are probably with Fox. So, they'll just Inhumanize her.
Huiu has been pretty great with their original programming. Casual, Difficult People, The Path and 11/22/63 were all very well done. Plus of its a Marvel product then it doesn't matter anyway. I just hope they can crossover more freely. Cloak and Dagger and Punisher would be great.
ArgyleReptile
Banned
Are they going to let
live this time? If not, I'm passing on it.
Alex
BrightLightLava
Unconfirmed Member
Hulu is still a better option than Freeform (nee ABC Family), so I'm still calling it a win.
CaviarMeths
Member
Hulu = "please pirate this" to everyone not in the US, I guess.
Netflix could always pick it up outside of the US ala Star Trek
torre_avenue
Banned
*cough*
Don't the rights get decided based on which hero/group the person is affiliated with & which book they started out in?
For Kingpin, his first appearance was in a Spider-Man comic but the character has become affiliated with Daredevil since Miller's run, hence why Marvel could use him in DD. Fisk was a shared character with Sony.
So, in the case of Molly, her first appearance is in a Marvel-owned property but she has become affiliated with the X-Men. So, its a shared character, using the Kingpin reasoning. Marvel can use her, but can't call her a mutant. Fox can use her and call her a mutant, but can't use the Runaways.
Unspeakable Evil
Member
Considering how busy the Netflix schedule is I can see why they went with Hulu.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
Honestly, Runaways would be super hard to adapt to a two-hour movie. The little I've read speaks more as an episodic.
AI am pretty sure mutants is a blanket thing, there are a ton of characters that are mutants and never fucked with the X-men and marvel hasn't used them.
They're not really fit for a movie.
They "run away" from others, escape from incoming danger, have random romance plots, internalize angst, try fitting in with another superhero group, realize they don't want to be with them, run away again etc.
SENPAIatLARGE
Banned
Can't wait for a whole new generation to be shook when the only black character is evil and dies first.
AnotherDayAnotherDollar
Banned
Yeah, well, that's cool.
I want a Blade TV series though. Keep expanding that mature audience. Punisher, Daredevil, and now give me Blade and Ghostrider. Hulu or Netflix is fine with me.
Marvel owes nothing to Netflix and want to expand their brand. Now that the big 4 are all co owners of Hulu (DIS, TWX, CMCSA, FOX), you can expect more original shows like this to show up there. They are actually a very big challenger to netflix and cable companies with their current strategy and publicly known roadmap.
bobbychalkers
Member
This is a much better format for the Runaways than a movie in my opinion. I'm just wondering if its gonna be apart of the MCU.
Most of Marvel's shows are in the MCU (barring the Fox shows). And with Nico's mother in Doctor Strange (at least judging by the prologue comic), they already have set-up for The Runaways in the MCU.
The Runaways was the first comic I started picking up. Great entry point for a younger audience.
I prefer longer narratives over shorter ones but the smaller budget hurts a bit. Plus it means less cameos like
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I prefer longer narratives over shorter ones but the smaller budget hurts a bit. Plus it means less cameos like
Captain America
He's still a character after he dies.
GuitarAtomik
Member
Yay! It's finally happening! I hope it gets a proper budget.
The Netflix shows are more or less the Marvel Knights imprint of the MCU. It's the darker, street level, as adult as they can get side. Runaways doesn't really make sense there in context of the other shows unless they plan on putting a bunch of new shows on there to broaden that focus.
The Netflix shows are more or less the Marvel Knights imprint of the MCU. It's the darker, street level, as adult as they can get side. Runaways doesn't really make sense there in context of the other shows unless they plan on putting a bunch of new shows on there to broaden that focus.
ArgyleReptile
Banned
Is the prologue comic for Doctor Strange out?
I believe so, it pretty much helps set the stage for the movie.
IdreamofHIME
Member
Awesome, lock it on a service only available to US audience.
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Deleted member 13876
Unconfirmed Member
Awww yeees.
Permanently A
Junior Member
Runaways is an absolutely amazing story. Kinda petered out in subsequent arcs but the beginning was one hell of a ride.
The first part, at least.
torre_avenue
Banned
There is a difference between Marvel using them and them not having the rights. I'm blanking out on those non-X-men mutants, which prominent ones are there?
And I hope this means Marvel gets BKV to write them a new Runaways ongoing.
BKatastrophe
Member
*cough*
Battle of the Atom was bad, but the arc of All-New when the future Brotherhood comes back was pretty dope
darkhunger
Member
Quake was a mutant before MCU happened. Heck Cloak and Dagger were mutants when the Fox contract was signed, before that was retconned in the mid-2000's.
This always did make a bit more sense as a TV series, though I could easily see how you could get the first arc condensed into a film. Surprising to see it on Hulu instead of Netflix, though I guess they might want to keep it separate with the Netflix series being decidedly more adult in content?
darkhunger
Member
Or Hulu just wants a piece of the MCU action since they're the ones paying for it.
ABC Signature Studios doing a special effects heavy show like this (with the dinosaur and powers and stuff) will be interesting since they mostly do cheaply produced shows... I know they are producing Cloak & Dagger too, but the CG in that won't be as extensive.
Pretty sure they went with Quake getting her powers from hyde's fucked up dna from the start. The premise of the team was kids from criminals.
We going to skip over C and D getting powers from fucked up heroin?
Or C and D getting powers because it was part of D'Saprye plan to take over hell?
Both came before the mutant thing, and way more valid
Angelus Errare
Banned
Fuck this up? How can the showrunners of Gossip Girl & The O.C. when both shows were great! I mean who didn't watch the The O.C. that shit was so goooooodddd
Never watched it. Couldn't relate.
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