Marvel Studios To Start Shooting Runaways In March

Production Weekly (via SlashFilm) reports Marvel Studios will start production on The Runaways in March of next year. The film which will be directed by Peter Sollett (Nick & Norah) will focus on the children of super villains who want to become heroes. Marvel is currently looking for young actors to fill roles so we should expect the usual crazy brogue of casting rumors. It's interesting to see the studio have two productions going on at once, since it's expected that Avengers will also be filming during that time.

Drew Pearce Hired To Write Runaways

Deadline reports that Drew Pearce has been hired by Marvel Studios to rewrite the Runaways script. He is best known for creating the British superhero comedy series No Heroics. I'm not sure how much Drew is going to rewrite or polish since the script has already been worked on by Runaways creator Brian K. Vaughan (Lost). Peter Sollett (Nick & Norah) is still set to direct but it doesn't seem that the film will start production anytime soon. Considering projects like Ant-Man, Avengers and S.H.I.E.L.D. could be bigger priorities.