Marc Guggenheim

American screenwriter, television producer, comic book writer, and novelist

Marc Guggenheim

Guggenheim at the 2017 WonderCon.

Born|  (1970-09-24) September 24, 1970 (age 53)

Long Island, New York, U.S.

Nationality| American
Occupation(s)| Television producer and comic book writer
Notable work| Arrow
Legends of Tomorrow
Eli Stone
Green Lantern
Spouse| Tara Butters
Family| Eric Guggenheim
David Guggenheim

Marc Guggenheim (born September 24, 1970)[1] is an American screenwriter, television producer, comic book writer, and novelist. He is best known as the creator of the television series Eli Stone (2008–2009), Arrow (2012–2020), and Legends of Tomorrow (2016–2022), executive producer of the animated series Tales of Arcadia (2016–2021), as well as the writer of the feature films Green Lantern (2011) and Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013).

## Early life[edit]

Marc Guggenheim was born and raised to a Jewish family[2][3] on Long Island, New York.[citation needed] He attended the University at Albany, State University of New York. His brothers are screenwriters Eric Guggenheim and David Guggenheim.[4]

## Career[edit]

Guggenheim worked in Boston, Massachusetts as a lawyer at Hutchins Wheeler & Dittmar, and part-time writer for five years.

### Television[edit]

After a romantic comedy script led to a few meetings with producers, he moved to California to pursue a career as a screenwriter. A script for The Practice was his first produced work. He eventually served as a producer for Law & Order, Jack and Bobby, CSI: Miami, and In Justice.

With Greg Berlanti, Guggenheim is the co-creator of the ABC show Eli Stone. He later became executive producer of ABC's No Ordinary Family. Guggenheim, together with Berlanti and Andrew Kreisberg, adapted the Green Arrow comics into the television series Arrow. The three, alongside Phil Klemmer, went on to develop the spin-off series Legends of Tomorrow. Guggenheim served as co-showrunner on Arrow for seasons 1-6 and 8, and on Legends of Tomorrow for seasons 1-4. In the fall of 2018, he stepped down as showrunner and serve as an executive consultant to both shows.[5] He remained in this role until the shows ended.

With Guillermo del Toro, he co-wrote the pilot and several episodes of the award-winning animated series Tales of Arcadia, an original franchise created for Netflix from DreamWorks Animation, for which he won an Emmy in the category of "Best Writing for an Animated Series" and nominated for several others. He remained as Executive Producer throughout the series' three installments, Trollhunters, 3Below and Wizards: Tales of Arcadia.

In October 2020, it was announced that Guggenheim would be writing a series based on Green Lantern alongside Seth Grahame-Smith, who is showrunning the series, for HBO Max in 2021.[6] However, In October 2022, when Grahame-Smith departed from the series Guggenheim confirmed he would also no longer be involved.[7]

### Comic books[edit]

He served as an intern at Marvel for a time in 1990 for editor Terry Kavanagh, and was the colorist for an eight-page Iceman/Human Torch story while there. His writing experiences also include the comic books Aquaman for DC Comics, Wolverine and The Punisher for Marvel, and Perfect Dark Zero for Rare Game. He wrote Blade for twelve issues with artist Howard Chaykin.

In 2006, Guggenheim took over the writing of The Flash.[8] Guggenheim's run concluded with the death of the fourth Flash, Bart Allen.

In 2007, Guggenheim became one of the rotating team of writers on The Amazing Spider-Man. His first story appeared in Amazing Spider-Man #549. He also launched a creator-owned comic, Resurrection, for Oni Press.

He wrote the comic book Young X-Men for Marvel which was launched in April 2008, and in 2008 was working on a comic with Hugh Jackman and Virgin Comics, Nowhere Man,[9] and on Super Zombies for Dynamite Entertainment[10] and Stephen King.[11]

He wrote the script for the 2009 video game X-Men Origins: Wolverine, developed by Raven Software, a video game based on the film of the same name.

Guggenheim was intended to take over Action Comics after the War of the Supermen limited series,[12] but was replaced by Paul Cornell. Guggenheim instead worked on Justice Society of America.[13][14]

## Personal life[edit]

Guggenheim is married to fellow writer-producer and showrunner Tara Butters,[15] who has previously worked on projects including Marvel's Agent Carter, ABC's Resurrection and Dollhouse.[16]

During the 2023 writers strike Guggenheim sided with the WGA and went on strike.[17][18]

## Filmography[edit]

Marc Guggenheim television work  Year  | Title  | Credited as  | Notes

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Writer  | Producer  | Executive producer
2001  | The Practice | Yes  |  |  | Writer (1 episode), staff writer
2003  | Dragnet |  |  | Writer (1 episode)
2001–2004  | Law & Order | Yes  |  | Writer (8 episodes), executive story editor; co-producer, producer
2004–2005  | Jack & Bobby |  | Writer (4 episodes); supervising producer
2005  | CSI: Miami |  |  | Writer (3 episodes); supervising producer
2006  | In Justice |  |  | Writer (1 episode); supervising producer
2006–2007  | Brothers & Sisters |  |  | Writer (2 episodes); consulting producer
2008–2009  | Eli Stone |  | Yes  | Co-creator; writer (5 episodes)
2009–2010  | FlashForward |  | Writer (4 episodes)
2010–2011  | No Ordinary Family | Yes  |  | Writer (3 episodes); consulting producer
2012–2020  | Arrow | Yes  | Co-developer; writer (28 episodes); consulting producer (30 episodes)
2015–2016  | Vixen |  | Co-developer; writer (1 episode)
2016–2020[19] | Legends of Tomorrow | Yes  | Co-developer; writer; consulting producer
2016–2018  | Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia[20] |  | Executive producer; writer
2018–2019  | 3Below: Tales of Arcadia |  | Executive producer; writer (2 episodes)
2019  | Carnival Row |  | Executive producer; writer (1 episode)
Supergirl |  | Executive producer; writer
2020  | Wizards: Tales of Arcadia |  | Executive producer; writer (2 episodes)
Marc Guggenheim film work  Year  | Title  | Credit  | Notes

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2011 | Green Lantern | Screen story by, screenplay by | With Greg Berlanti & Michael Green and Michael Goldberg
2013 | Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters | Screenplay by | "Based on" the novel by Rick Riordan
Marc Guggenheim video game work  Year  | Title  | Credit  | Notes

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2005 | Perfect Dark Zero | Writer | With Dale Murchie
2006 | Call of Duty 3 | With Richard Farrelly and Adam Gascoine
2009 | Join the Mosaic |
X-Men Origins: Wolverine | Based on the film directed by Gavin Hood
2010 | Singularity | Written by | With Lindsey Allen and Emily Silver

## Bibliography[edit]

### Novels[edit]

* Overwatch (2014)
* Arrow: Fatal Legacies (2018) co-authored with James R. Tuck[21]

### Comics[edit]

#### DC Comics[edit]

* Batman Confidential #50–54 (2011)
* Arrow Special Edition #1 (2012)
* Arrow #1–12 (2012–2013)
* Adventures of Superman vol. 2 #8 (2013)
* Legends of the Dark Knight 100-Page Super Spectacular #4 (2014)
* Arrow: Season 2.5 #1–12 (2014–2015)
* Flash: Season Zero #5 (plot) (2015)
* Love is Love OGN (Batman) (2016)
* Crisis on Infinite Earths Giant #1–2 (with Marv Wolfman) (2019–2020)
* Titans Giant #1 (2020)
* Batman: Gotham Nights #11, 18, 20 (digital) (2020)

#### Marvel Comics[edit]

* Punisher: The Trial of the Punisher #1–2 (2013)
* X-Men vol 4 #18–22 (2014)
* collected in: X-Men Volume 4: Exogenous (tpb, 112 pages, 2015)
* Daredevil vol. 4 #15.1 (2015)
* All-New, All-Different Marvel Point One #1 (S.H.I.E.L.D.) (2015)
* Squadron Sinister #1–4 (2015)
* collected in: Squadron Sinister (tpb, 141 pages, 2015):
* X-Tinction Agenda #1–4 (2015)
* collected in X-Tinction Agenda: Warzones! (tpb, 112 pages, 2016)
* The Accused #1 (2016)
* Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. #1–10 (2016)
* X-Men Prime #1 (2017)
* X-Men Gold #1–36, Annual #1 (2017–2018)
* Star Wars: Age of Rebellion Special #1 (2019)

#### Oni Press[edit]

* Stringers #1–5 (2015)
* collected in: Stringers Volume 1 (tpb, 141 pages, 2016)

#### Legendary Comics[edit]

* The Infinite Adventures of Jonas Quantum #1–6 (2015–2016)

#### Image[edit]

* Torrent #1 - (2023)[22]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Profile, www.evri.com
2. ^ Abad-Santos, Alex (April 10, 2017). "An artist snuck an anti-Semitic message into Marvel's newest X-Men comic book". Vox. Archived from the original on April 4, 2023. Retrieved April 26, 2023.
3. ^ Sullivan, Brian (January 31, 2008). "Interview: "Eli Stone" Co-Creator Marc Guggenheim | TheFutonCritic.com". www.thefutoncritic.com. Retrieved April 26, 2023.
4. ^ Goldberg, Lesley (October 7, 2016). "The Guggenheim Brothers Offer a Look Inside a TV Writing Family Dynasty". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on April 26, 2023. Retrieved June 4, 2017.
5. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (April 17, 2018). "'Arrow': Beth Schwartz Named New Showrunner, Wendy Mericle Exits, Marc Guggenheim To Be Consultant On 2 Shows". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
6. ^ White, Peter (October 9, 2020). "Seth Grahame-Smith & Marc Guggenheim To Write 'Green Lantern' TV Series For HBO Max". Deadline. Retrieved February 7, 2021.
7. ^ "Marc Guggenheim Responds to Green Lantern Redevelopment News". comicbook.com. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
8. ^ Brady, Matt (November 13, 2006). "Guggenheim Starts as New Flash Writer in February". Newsarama. Archived from the original on November 19, 2006.
9. ^ Jackman, Guggenheim go 'Nowhere', Variety
10. ^ Guggenheim & Gonzales on Bringing 'Super Zombies' to Life, Newsarama, November 5, 2008
11. ^ Issue 1 of Stephen King's N. Hits Comic Stores Today!
12. ^ Segura, Alex (December 10, 2009). "DCU in 2010: Marc Guggenheim Steps in as Writer on Action Comics". The Source. DC Comics.com. Retrieved April 12, 2010.
13. ^ Segura, Alex (April 12, 2010). "Paul Cornell Steps in as New Action Comics Writer". The Source. DC Comics.com. Retrieved April 12, 2010.
14. ^ Guggenheim Takes Charge Of The JSA | CBR
15. ^ Goldberg, Leslie (February 14, 2014). "Married to the Frenemy: DC's 'Arrow' EP vs. Marvel's 'Agent Carter' Boss". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 31, 2017.
16. ^ "Instinct". Dollhouse. Season 2. Episode 2. Fox.
17. ^ @mguggenheim (May 2, 2023). "Register" (Tweet) - via Twitter.
18. ^ Guggenheim, Marc (May 3, 2023). "I like this sign". Twitter. Archived from the original on May 6, 2023. Retrieved May 6, 2023.
19. ^ @mguggenheim (January 27, 2021). "@AhYezzirReturns I would love to see..." (Tweet) - via Twitter.
20. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (June 15, 2016). "'Trollhunters': Anton Yelchin, Kelsey Grammer & Ron Perlman To Lead Cast Of Guillermo del Toro Netflix Animated Series". Deadline. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
21. ^ Wickline, Dan (August 12, 2017). "Marc Guggenheim To Write Novel Connecting Arrow Seasons 5 and 6". Retrieved November 19, 2017.
22. ^ "TORRENT #1". Image Comics. Retrieved May 6, 2023.

## External links[edit]

* Marc Guggenheim at IMDb
* Marc Guggenheim at the Grand Comics Database
* THE PULSE talks to Guggenheim about his work on DC's FLASH comic book series!
* THE PULSE: Marc Guggenheim on working with Marvel's BLADE comic book series
* THE PULSE talks to Guggenheim about the Hyperion vs. Nighthawk Marvel comic book series
* THE PULSE: Marc Guggenheim at SDCC '06 on Marvel's Civil War
* THE PULSE: Guggenheim puts The Punisher on Trial in THE PEOPLE Vs. Frank Castle
* Marc Guggenheim discusses his musical tastes on Marvel.com
* Youth Served: Guggenheim Talks "Young X-Men", Comic Book Resources
* Marc Guggenheim on Twitter

Preceded by

Stuart Moore

|  Wolverine writer
2006  | Succeeded by

Rob Williams

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Preceded by

Jason Aaron

|  Wolverine writer
2007–2008  | Succeeded by

Jason Aaron

Preceded by

Bill Willingham
Lilah Sturges

|  Justice Society of America writer
2010-2011  | Succeeded by

Geoff Johns

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