'Runaways' news: Showrunners say series will not 'closely follow' the comic
Marvel is set to debut its first series on Hulu, with the TV adaptation of the popular Marvel comic, "Runaways" by Brian K. Vaughan and Adrian Alphona. However, fans should not expect the show to be an exact copy of the comic, as showrunners and executive producers Stephanie Savage and Josh Schwartz revealed they are not going to closely follow the source material.
In an exclusive interview with Comicbook at the New York Comic Con 2017, Schwartz explained: "We love the book, so obviously we wouldn't have wanted to do this if we were like, 'well let's just chuck the comic book, we don't need it.' We love the book."
"So naturally, being reverent to it was going to be a part of that but we were very fortunate that we had Brian K. Vaughan in the room with us for the first month in the writer's room of the show," Schwartz added.
Savage further elaborated that the changes they plan to make on the show are a handful of elements that work well in the comic, but not on live TV. "Some of it was that slowing down and digging in process, and some of it is just the process of translating something that works great in a comic but might feel a little heightened or like too much of a bye in something that's live-action and on TV," she said.
Apparently, one of the changes made involved the parents of the "Runaways," the Pride, where a lot more scenes in the show portrayed them in a morally grey area – even though they were portrayed more savagely in the comics.
"Runaways" is about a group of six kids who discover that their parents are part of an evil organization known as "The Pride," all while learning they have inherited their parents' powers as well. Marvel's "Runaways" will premiere on Tuesday, Nov. 21 on Hulu.
Marvel is set to debut its first series on Hulu, with the TV adaptation of the popular Marvel comic, "Runaways" by Brian K. Vaughan and Adrian Alphona. However, fans should not expect the show to be an exact copy of the comic, as showrunners and executive producers Stephanie Savage and Josh Schwartz revealed they are not going to closely follow the source material.
In an exclusive interview with Comicbook at the New York Comic Con 2017, Schwartz explained: "We love the book, so obviously we wouldn't have wanted to do this if we were like, 'well let's just chuck the comic book, we don't need it.' We love the book."
"So naturally, being reverent to it was going to be a part of that but we were very fortunate that we had Brian K. Vaughan in the room with us for the first month in the writer's room of the show," Schwartz added.
Savage further elaborated that the changes they plan to make on the show are a handful of elements that work well in the comic, but not on live TV. "Some of it was that slowing down and digging in process, and some of it is just the process of translating something that works great in a comic but might feel a little heightened or like too much of a bye in something that's live-action and on TV," she said.
Apparently, one of the changes made involved the parents of the "Runaways," the Pride, where a lot more scenes in the show portrayed them in a morally grey area – even though they were portrayed more savagely in the comics.
"Runaways" is about a group of six kids who discover that their parents are part of an evil organization known as "The Pride," all while learning they have inherited their parents' powers as well. Marvel's "Runaways" will premiere on Tuesday, Nov. 21 on Hulu.
