<![CDATA[io9: Drew Pearce]]> http://cache.io9.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/io9.com.png <![CDATA[io9: Drew Pearce]]> http://io9.com/tag/drew pearce http://io9.com/tag/drew pearce <![CDATA[Runaways movie to begin filming in March 2011]]> The big-screen adaptation of Brian K. Vaughan and Adrian Alphona's Marvel comic Runaways will begin filming next spring in Los Angeles. Its production moniker, "Small Faces," is a reference to the British band who had a hit single entitled "Runaway." More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5627634&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[The creator of superhero comedy "No Heroics" will co-write the Runaways movie]]> Drew Pearce brought a welcome Tick-inspired snark to superhero comedy No Heroics. So it's fantastic news that he's going to co-write the movie version of Brian K. Vaughn's ground-breaking comic The Runaways. [Deadline] More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5550393&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[The U.S. Isn't Ready For Snarky Superheroes?]]> Superheroes drink in a bar, try to get on TV, and have really weird/bad sex. Britain's No Heroics sounds like a perfect U.S. sitcom, but ABC passed. We asked creator Drew Pearce about it. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5259717&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Superhero Sitcom Won't Lose Its Powers When It Crosses The Atlantic]]> No Heroics, the British sitcom that proved superheroes can be just as raunchy and insecure as the rest of us, is coming to the U.S.. But ABC's version won't be a Life On Mars-style remake. Original creator Drew Pearce says he'll be involved in the new version, and it'll stay true to the U.K. version. We'll have more details from Pearce about how the U.S. branch of our favorite superhero watering hole will work soon. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5152913&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Worst Superheroic Sex Role Play EVER!]]> Third-tier superhero The Hotness finally gets lucky with a super-groupie... but she wants to roleplay being rescued, in this bizarrely funny scene from No Heroics, the new ITV superhero sitcom which aired last night in Britain. The really funny part about this scene is that you can sort of relate to the horror of trying to role-play your real-life job in bed. No Heroics turns out to be much more about work, and specifically the absurd nastiness of working in the entertainment industry, than anything else. More »
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