Marvel’s Runaways season 3 is a go! Hulu has renewed the TV show based on the classic comic book run by Brian Vaughan for a third season.
Runaways stars Rhenzy Feliz, Lyrica Okano, Virginia Gardner, Ariela Barer, Gregg Sulkin, and Allegra Acosta as six teens who join forces to stop their villainous parents, portrayed by Angel Parker, Ryan Sands, Annie Wersching, Kip Pardue, Ever Carradine, James Marsters, Brigid Brannagh, Kevin Weisman, Brittany Ishibashi, and James Yaegashi.
Runaways season 3 will get 10 episodes, which is down three from Runaways season 2, but is on par with the Runaways season 1 order. Series showrunners/writers Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage seemingly poised to return.
“We are so excited to tell more Runaways stories and are so grateful to Marvel, Hulu, our amazing cast and crew and of course our passionate audience,” said Schwartz and Savage in a press release. “Season three will be a magical time on Runaways, as we deepen our connection to the Marvel universe. We are honored to continue to play in the sandbox created by Brian K Vaughn and Adrian Alphona.”
Hold up. “Deepen our connection to the Marvel universe”? Is this just press statement hype or is this a hint that Runaways may become more integral to the larger MCU? We ask because, now that Marvel is consolidating its shows under one, large corporate umbrella, the company is a good place to make some intentional shared universe choices about its TV content. Could this mean a Runaways/Cloak and Dagger crossover is in our future?
It also seems important to note that Runaways is not getting cancelled, unlike Marvel’s Netflix fare, which is hopefully good news for Cloak and Dagger, which also runs on a network that falls under the Disney umbrella. Runaways is on Hulu, which Disney owns a 60% share following its acquisition of 21st Century Fox. Cloak and Dagger airs on Freeform, which is owned by the Walt Disney Television division of The Walt Disney Company. (And, yes, it is scary that so much of our media is consolidating under one corporatation.) Could there be a move to bring both to Disney+, Disney’s new streaming service set to launch in late 2019?
But we’re getting ahead of ourselves. Whatever happens with the future of Marvel TV, it’s pretty cool news that Runaways will be getting a third season. We didn’t love the second season, but this show has a lot of potential, a charismatic cast, and some very relevant themes it has yet to fully commit to.
