In brightest day, in blackest night, an expensive new HBO Max series will be green lit … That’s how the Green Lantern oath goes, right? Because HBO Max has, in fact, green lit a new Green Lantern series, this one hailing from co-writers and executive producers Marc Guggenheim and Seth Grahame-Smith (Grahame-Smith will also serve as showrunner), according to Variety. While the project was announced as being in development in 2019, HBO Max has firmly committed and a plot synopsis has been revealed (again via Variety): “The show will depict the adventures of a multitude of Lanterns, …

When executive producer Marc Guggenheim started working on Netflix’s Trollhunters almost a decade ago, he had no idea where it would lead. Back then it was a single animated television series based on a story by Guillermo del Toro, but it would soon become much more. From a single series, about an average suburban kid tasked with defending the world from ancient evil, would spin an entire trilogy of shows. 3Below, a sci-fi take on the material, would follow. And now, Wizards, the final series, is about to launch. (You can read our review here.) So we were …

After the smash big-screen success of Rob Liefeld's comic book creation Deadpool, Hollywood has been looking to see what other Liefeld creations should make the vault to the big screen. Coming up next on the docket? Prophet, about a vulnerable, transient man named John Prophet who undergoes various medical experiments and becomes a tortured supersoldier in the process (think Captain America with PTSD). Studio 8 (White Boy Rick) acquired the screen rights in 2018, and Marc Guggenheim (Arrow) was attached to write the screenplay two years later. Now, in an exclusive interview with our very own Coy Jandreau, …

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Marking Arrow-verse executive producer Marc Guggenheim’s directorial debut, the episode of The CW series Legends of Tomorrow that’s entitled “The One Where We’re Trapped on TV” is a wild one, with Charlie (Maisie Richardson-Sellers) having trapped the Legends in different television shows. While Charlie thinks she’s protecting the Legends from her sisters, there’s not a chance that things will turn out as planned, as the Legends always find a way to screw things up, in the best way possible. During this 1-on-1 phone interview with Collider, Marc Guggenheim talked about how …

Marc Guggenheim is a busy, busy man. One of the Arrowverse's chief architects was just set on the script for Sony's Jackpot movie yesterday, but what does that mean for his adaptation of Rob Liefield's Prophet? When Guggenheim hopped on the phone with Collider's Christina Radish to talk Legends of Tomorrow, the writer also offered an update on his big-screen superhero project. Guggenheim is still plugging away at Prophet—which is set up at Jeff Robinov‘s Studio 8—and trying to find a unique way into the crowded comic book movie world. [caption id="…

A few days ago, we learned that Batwoman lead actress Ruby Rose would depart the CW superhero series despite playing the title character. Rose apparently left because of the demanding schedule for the show, but whatever her reasons, Batwoman is coming back for a second season, which means that its writers will now have to figure out a way to make that departure work. Christina Radish spoke to Batwoman executive producer Marc Guggenheim about what the show will do now that they have to find a new actress to play the masked vigilante: This is the first time that you’…

The Sony Pictures Universe of Marvel Characters continues to expand at an alarming rate, as the studio just announced Marc Guggenheim is writing a feature film based on the character Jackpot. The news, via Deadline, arrives one day after Sony set S.J. Clarkson as director on the Madame Web movie. The SPUMC is growing, folks. You can't stop the SPUMC. In the comics, Jackpot is the superpowered alter ego of two different women, Sara Ehret and Alana Jobson. Ehret arrived first, created by writer Dan Slott and artist Phil Jimenez for Spider-Man: Swing Shift, a pregnant scientist …

Jeff Robinov's Studio 8 has tapped Arrow scribe Marc Guggenheim to adapt Rob Liefeld's comic Prophet, Collider has confirmed. Deadpool creator Liefeld is producing with Adrian Askarieh (Hitman: Agent 47) and Brooklyn Weaver (Run All Night), while John Hyde and Terissa Kelton are also expected to be involved in a producing capacity. Robinov will apparently also produce with Studio 8 executives John Graham and Guy Danella, who will oversee the Image Comics project for the studio. [caption id="attachment_718264" align="alignright" width="300"] Image via Rob Liefeld, Image Comics[/caption] Deadline reports that Studio 8 plans to build …

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The end of Arrow is nigh. The CW's longest-running DC Comics show officially set its series finale date for January 28, 2020, so all that's left to do is get in some last moments with Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell) and Co. (Plus, uh, that massive dimension-hopping event Crisis on Infinite Earths. There is also that.) Getting in on all the melancholy is Marc Guggenheim—one of Arrow's creators along with Greg Berlanti and Andrew Kreisberg—who shared notes from the original pitch that resulted in the series. [caption id="attachment_839144" align="alignright" width="360"] Image …