Board Thread:Television/@comment-1713281-20151029033607/@comment-1894786-20170711180652

KalKent wrote: Edward Zachary Sunrose wrote: KalKent wrote: Assuming that it is in the MCU, like the other Freeform show 'Cloak & Dagger'. Any show that isn't X-Men related and has "Marvel's" as part of its name, like those two and the upcoming 'Runaways' for Hulu, Marvel have never explicitly stated that they are in the MCU in their official announcements, though maybe they think we should take it for granted by this point. Cloak and Dagger was confirmed MCU when the trailer came out, and New Warriors was confirmed when the official announcement came (Roxxon is in the C&D trailers and features heavily in MCU productions, while the official announcement for New Warriors mentions Speedball growing up watching the Avengers Tower).

The only production currently up in the air with its MCU status is Runaways, and even that one is obviously in the MCU because it's not going to be the sole exception.

I missed the description for Speedball. When it originally came out I just skimmed through it who the character names were, since no actors had been announced at the time. And yeah, Roxxon is the main MCU element in Cloak & Dagger, but I also read in some official reports that it will be set in the MCU.

With Runaways it could go either way. Since it's on Hulu, a competitor to Netflix (though not a good one since Hulu is only available in the U.S. and Japan), and Netflix has their own MCU shows; I wouldn't be surprised if they made the show like Legion and have it be based on the comic, but set in its continuity.

The main thing in Runaways that could possibly connect to the MCU, is the character of Tina Minoru as part of the Pride, who previously appeared in an unnamed non-speaking role in 'Doctor Strange'. Since Runaways is also dealing magic and mysticism, the thing that would cement the MCU tie would be if Tina mentions having left Masters of the Mystic Arts along with Mordo. Since she was never named in the movie, I think they'll just make it so that she was former member (as shown in the prequel comic), but left, making the movie girl (who is far younger than Tina should be as the mother of a teenager) someone completely different.