Board Thread:Television/@comment-24416813-20140115063611/@comment-3048593-20171203070529

Assuming the negotiations with Fox falls through again, I think any live-action show planned that isn't X-Men related, unless it's a radically different setting to where it doesn't fit (to the point of being intentionally contradictory), it taking place in the MCU is a given nowadays.

Before Loeb confirmed it, I remember there being confusion over if 'Runaways' would, but I remember the main reasons for why had mainly having to do with 1. It being on Hulu, and 2. Them never mentioning if it would. The 2nd especially when one compared to when 'Cloak & Dagger' was originally announced. Them mentioning it so late may also have to do with assuming it would be a given, not just with "Marvel's" being part of the name. And with it being on Hulu, has to do with them being competitors with Netflix. So it was essentially "Why would Hulu agree to have a show take place in the same world, as the shows their competitor has?"

And yes, while Loeb said that it "sort of" takes place in the MCU, keep in mind that the Netflix shows and the upcoming 'Cloak & Dagger', "sort of" do and will as well. With 'Runaways' in particular, Loeb mentioned that while heroes like the Avengers do exist and have had an impact on this world in the past, it's not something the main characters will be obsessed over or would constantly make references to, since they have their own lives to worry about, and other interests to focus on.