Runaways Movie on the Way
--by Stephen Schleicher
Word out of H’wood this morning has Bryan K. Vaughan’s Runaways getting the treatment for the big screen. This makes perfect sense as the first series was pretty much self contained from the rest of the M616 making it a tale that can be told without needing appearances by Brad Pitt, Robert Downey, Jr. Sam Jackson, etc.
The good news is Vaughan is penning the adaptation, but the bad news is the film is in pre-production hell with Ant Man as Marvel Studios has yet to announce a start of production or release date. If Marvel wanted to get as much money from the tweeners as possible, they’d ramp this production up quickly and get a team movie out before the Avengers so the company can test the waters, and to rub it in the face of DC/Warner Bros. who have yet to get Justice League out of the starting gate.
So the question is, “Who would you cast in the roles of the Runaways?”
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May 22nd, 2008 at 8:55 am
about time gosh dang it!!!
May 22nd, 2008 at 10:39 am
Trying to explain how the Runaways come from will be a very hard job.
Actually, Marvel should put all his effort in the Avengers movie.
NOTE: the stupid Justice League Mortal Movie was cancelled, thanks to God.
May 22nd, 2008 at 11:24 am
I’ve heard Vaughan say that he personally has also written script drafts of both “Y The Last Man” and “Ex Machina,” which had been optioned, and I’m not sure those films are going anywhere. So the treatment doesn’t really mean we’ll see “Runaways - The Movie” any time soon. Personally, I would settle for maybe getting some “Runaways” comics. What is the giant holdup? There have been, like, 2 issues released in the past six months.
May 22nd, 2008 at 11:34 am
I’d cast a bunch of kids no one’s ever heard of
May 22nd, 2008 at 11:40 am
Make it like the Goonies, except the finale takes place on a Helicarrier instead of a pirate ship. Oh, and Sloth replaced by the Hulk.
May 22nd, 2008 at 11:47 am
“truffle shuffle” would be a great thing for sister grim to shout out, although I don’t know what that spell would do.
May 22nd, 2008 at 12:10 pm
I think it would look something like this
But you know…with a hot Asian girl instead of a chubby kid.
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:35 pm
Definitely cast unknowns in the roles of the kids, but maybe some good actors who normally play good guys as the parents.
May 22nd, 2008 at 5:23 pm
y: the last man is in production if i remember correctly