Drew Pearce To Adapt Marvel’s Runaways
Marvel Studios has hired British screenwriterDrew Pearceto write the big screen adaptation toBrian KVaughan’sRunaways.Nick and Norah’s Infinite PlaylisthelmerPeter Sollettis signed to helm the adaptation.
Pearce created the UK superhero comedy television seriesNo Heroics, which was nominated for Best New British TV Comedy of 2008 at the British Comedy Awards. The series focuses on “the love lives and day-to-day trials” of a group of friends who just happen to be off-duty superheroes, hanging out in bar for superheros where superpowers are not allowed. You can watch a trailer for the series below:
Runawaysfollows a group of teenagers discover that their parents are an organized group of super villains called The Pride. On the run from their homes, the group bands together and begin a journey of discovery, both of their parents' origins and of their own inherited powers.
Vaughn, best known for the critically acclaimedY: The Last ManSeries (which at one point was in development with DJ Caruso and possibly starring Shia LaBeouf) and as a writer/co-producer on the middle seasons ofLost, createdRunawaysin 2002 with Adrian Alphona. Vaughan had originally been hired to pen the adaptation in 2008.
Unlike most other books in the Marvel universe, the individual Runaways story arcs are collected in small, manga-sized trade paperbacks. In 2006, the series won the Harvey Award for best continuing/limited series. Geek godJoss Whedon, a vocal fan of the book, took over the series after Vaughan and Alphona left at issue #24 of the title’s second volume.
Marvel is not ready to set a date for this latest adaptation or the previously announced Ant Man.
source:deadline
