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New Showrunner Named For Season 7 of Arrow
Entertainment Weekly reports that Beth Schwartz has been named the executive producer and showrunner for season seven of Arrow. Previous co-showrunner Marc Guggenheim (who worked with Wendy Mericle last season) will be moved into a creative consultant role. That will also extend to Legends of Tomorrow, although executive producer Phil Klemmer will be the showrunner for season 4. Mericle, meanwhile, will be leaving the show.
Schwartz worked with Greg Berlanti’s production company ever since she was his assistant on Everwood. She was a writers’ assistant in season one of Arrow and a co-executive producer in season six.
Berlanti said: “We are all so incredibly thrilled to announce Beth Schwartz as the new showrunner of Arrow. She has been a source of some of the show’s most exciting and memorable moments from the beginning. Beth is a true leader and a captivating storyteller, and we all can’t wait for the audience to see what she and her team dream up as they take Arrow into its next big chapter.“