Tag: Marc Guggenheim

Marc Guggenheim, an executive producer for “No Ordinary Family,” which premieres on ABC this fall, and a screenwriter for the 2011 feature film “Green Lantern,” hears the purists wail about the Hollywoodization of Comic-Con International, but he has a different take. He was interviewed by Hero Complex contributor Nicky Loomis. NL: What do you say to old-school souls who complain about the changing ethos of Comic-Con? MG: There are a lot of positives about it. Every year it gets bigger. I sort of feel like it’s like worrying about the weather. There’s no going back. The genie is out of the bottle. I think that Comic-Con has been more about pop culture anyway — I like to call it Omni-Con. NL: How has Hollywood’s presence at Comic-Con affected the comic book creative community? MG: One, I think that it’s been really good for comic ...

FIVE QUESTIONS WITH MARC GUGGENHEIM These are high-flying days for writer Marc Guggenheim — he’s an executive producer on “No Ordinary Family,” which has just finished filming its pilot for ABC (and stars Michael Chiklis, shown in photo below), and his script will take Green Lantern onto the silver screen in the Martin Campbell-directed movie now being filmed in New Orleans. Guggenheim, whose name is well-known to comics fans, also wrote the script for the video game based on “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” and has held the executive producer post on shows such as ”FlashForward” and “Eli Stone.” GB: For the TV show, tell me a bit about the concept and cast and also how you came to be such a key figure on a show with characters you didn’t create? MG: It’s basically your typical family drama with the one atypical addition ...