I’m not the biggest comic fan in the world, but I do try to read the occasional “funnybook” here and there, and one of the few writers that I have been following with some enthusiasm for the past few years is Brian K. Vaughan. Like many people, I got into him through the wildly popular series Y The Last Man, and from there I checked out some of his other work including Ex Machina and Runaways. I was surprised to find myself pretty addicted to the first volume of Runaways for a while there, despite the fact that it’s definitely aimed at a younger audience and contains plenty of corny soap opera elements. Incidentally, it looks like Runaways is the next Brian K. Vaughan series slated to for a big screen adaptation.

Marvel Studios have announced that Kevin Feige will be producing a Runaways movie, with Vaughan himself writing the script. The story revolves around a group of teenagers who band together when they find out that they are the sons and daughters of super villains, and decide to use their inherited powers for good. As silly and cutesy as the series is, I’d much rather see a Runaways movie than a Smallville-esque take on some other characters (ie. Justice League) just because it was created specifically to be a teen-oriented series in the first place. Personally I’d also prefer the Runaways movie to standalone, rather than have cameos from other heroes in the Marvel universe, even though the comic itself did have appearances from the Young Avengers (among others). No word yet on what kind of release window they’re looking at for this, and unfortunately, no word either on the status of the one BKV movie I really want to see: Y The Last Man!