Runaways
Release info: TBA (likely 2018), Hulu.
Cast: The team of teen runaways consists of Rhenzy Feliz as Alex Wilder, Lyrica Okano as Nico Minoru, Virginia Gardner as Karolina Dean, Ariela Barer as Gert Yorkes, Gregg Sulkin as Chase Stein and Allegra Acosta as Molly Hernandez. Their villainous parents, collectively known as The Pride, include Randy Sarks, Angel Parker, Brittany Ishibashi and James Marsters.
Crew: Creative partners Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage – previously of Gossip Girl, The O.C. and Chuck fame – will serve as showrunners. The pair had spent a year conversing with Marvel Studios before they finally got the go-ahead to make the series.
What to expect: Six teenagers from Los Angeles discover that their parents are part of a supervillain group known as The Pride. With the powers, gifts and inventions they’ve inherited, they decide to runaway and stop their parents’ evil scheme for world domination.
Why you should be excited: Brian K. Vaughan’s Runaways comic series is a brilliant teen-orientated take on the Marvel universe, with lots of great Young Adult drama, humour and superhero action. Hopefully, the show will replicate that success on screen.