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Today's Guest: DC Legends of Tomorrow and Arrow showrunner Marc Guggenheim, writer of comic books including "Arrow 2.5," "The Infinite Adventures of Jonas Quantum," "Stringers," "The Rocketeer at War!" and "Squadron Sinister," author of Overwatch.
Watch this exclusive Mr. Media interview with Arrow showrunner Marc Guggenheim by clicking on the video player above!
Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of Olicity ‘shippers who won’t be happy until they’re sitting in a tree, k-i-s-s-i-n-g… in the NEW new media capital of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida!
Marc Guggenheim is one of those onion guys, where every time you peel back a layer, two more costumed characters appear in its place.
A year ago, when he first appeared on Mr. Media, we spent most our time talking about his first novel, the out-of-control shadow government story of Overwatch. That, and a bit about his day job as writer and producer of The CW’s hit show “Arrow,” which had just spun off “The Flash.”
Today, this guy has got superheroes coming out of his eyes, ears and, well, everywhere else. MARC GUGGENHEIM podcast excerpt: "The simultaneous shooting schedule of the Arrow/The Flash/DC's Legends of Tomorrow crossover and two-hour pilot has been a much bigger headache than dealing with the actors' agents and managers. The scheduling is really, really hard. It was all filmed at the same time. It requires a tremendous amount of creativity on the part of the producers and the assistant directors on the various shows who handle scheduling. Not easy! And not easy on the actors who sometimes have to run from one set to the other. We're all now recovering from the scheduling mishegas. That said, we do it because the end result is so worthwhile. And the end result is awesome. As I said to the 'Arrow' crew yesterday, a quadruple axle is far more impressive than a double axel. People are going to watch these four hours of television and I think it's goi
