Marvel's Runaways are loose and they'll be invading a streaming service near you soon.
The duo behind Gossip Girl - Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage - are taking their shot at the comic book craze for a teen-centric drama on Hulu.
Hulu has ordered a pilot script for Marvel's Runaways, based around a group of super-powered teens who discover their parents are part of a crime syndicate.
The teens can barely get along, but they must learn to work together in order to get even with their evil mums and dads.
"I'm a long-time fan of Runaways and couldn't be more excited to bring [creators Brian K. Vaughan and Adrian Alphona's] characters to life," Schwartz said today.
"Josh and I can't wait to get to work for Marvel and Hulu," his partner Savage added.
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The Runaways team was created back in 2003 by Marvel - and over the years has included expert strategist Alex Wilder, super-Skrull Xavin, actual dinosaur Old Lace and even X-Men member Jubilee just to name a few.
"We've known the Runaways' story would make great television and being lucky enough to have Josh and Stephanie - who have time and again created shows that speak so genuinely to this exact audience - write and produce the series is nothing short of remarkable," Marvel TV boss Jeph Loeb told Deadline.
The Runaways aren't the only superhero team in Marvel's TV universe - with the Agents of SHIELD back in action this fall on ABC and Netflix's Defenders forming next year.
Freeform has a mini-Marvel team of its own with an upcoming Cloak and Dagger TV show coming in 2017.
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