Runaways 

After discovering their parents are super-villains in disguise, a group of teenagers band together to run away from their homes in order to atone for their parents' actions and to discover the secrets of their origins.

Stars:

Rhenzy Feliz, Lyrica Okano, Virginia Gardner

1 win & 2 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Rhenzy Feliz	...	Alex Wilder 15 episodes, 2017-2018
Lyrica Okano	...	Nico Minoru 15 episodes, 2017-2018
Virginia Gardner	...	Karolina Dean 15 episodes, 2017-2018
Ariela Barer	...	Gert Yorkes 15 episodes, 2017-2018
Gregg Sulkin	...	Chase Stein 15 episodes, 2017-2018
Allegra Acosta	...	Molly Hernandez 15 episodes, 2017-2018
Kevin Weisman	...	Dale Yorkes 15 episodes, 2017-2018
Angel Parker	...	Catherine Wilder 13 episodes, 2017-2018
Ryan Sands	...	Geoffrey Wilder 13 episodes, 2017-2018
Annie Wersching	...	Leslie Dean 13 episodes, 2017-2018
Kip Pardue	...	Frank Dean 13 episodes, 2017-2018
Ever Carradine	...	Janet Stein 13 episodes, 2017-2018
James Marsters	...	Victor Stein 13 episodes, 2017-2018
Brigid Brannagh	...	Stacey Yorkes 13 episodes, 2017-2018
Brittany Ishibashi	...	Tina Minoru 13 episodes, 2017-2018
James Yaegashi	...	Robert Minoru 13 episodes, 2017-2018

Storyline

Follows a group of six teenagers in the Marvel universe - Nico Minoru, Karolina Dean, Molly Hernandez, Chase Stein, Alex Wilder, and Gertrude Yorkes - who discover that their parents are secretly members of a super-villain cabal called The Pride. After deciding they're no longer safe in their own homes, the kids go on the run. In the midst of hiding from their elders, the teens learn about themselves and become a family of their own.

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Plot Keywords:

teenager | super villain | marvel cinematic universe | based on comic book | superhero | 

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Genres:

Action | Drama | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Official Sites:

Marvel [United States]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 November 2017 (USA)

Also Known As:

Marvel's Runaways

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

ABC Studios,Disney-ABC Domestic Television,Hulu

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The Runaways was originally going to be a film in Phase One, with production began on May 2008. Brian K. Vaughn was hire to write the screenplay, Peter Sollett meant to direct the film, and Drew Pearce to write a new script. However, the project was shelved in 2013 due to the success of The Avengers, with Phase Three being the earliest time for The Runaways to become a film but it was left unannounced. The creators of Gossip Girl, Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Salvage, later made a deal with Marvel Television to turn the almost-abandoned project in to a TV series.

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Connections

Referenced in The Chronic Rift: In Review - February 2018 (2018)

User Reviews

There Can Only Be One.... season

This series is an excellent example of the importance of good screen writing. Perhaps any lesson one might wish to learn about what to avoid while adapting or creating a television series can be gleaned from the missteps found in this series.

The only thing more cliché than saying that the writing in Runaways is a train wreck, is the series itself. Some (but by NO MEANS all) of the actors and actresses in this series are clearly more talented than the limited script permits them to be, but there is just simply no escaping the dumpster fire that is the written pages which found their way upon the screen.

After enduring the three episodes and asking myself, "what is happening here?" "What is this about?" "Who are the bad guys?" "Who are the heroes?" All I can find myself replying is that not even the writer knows up to this point, and with ten minutes left in the fourth episode I found myself yearning for some way for my wasted hours of life to return to me.

The series has, in writerly terms, spent entirely too much time laying pipe, and the plot moves with all the speed and menace of a shipwrecked barge.

I demand a refund on my time.