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Married showrunners in rival universes; 'Amanda Knox' directors
TV writer-producers and married couple Marc Guggenheim and Tara Butters recently found themselves running shows on opposite sides of the superhero wars: Butters at Marvel's Agent Carter and Guggenheim at DC Comics' Arrow and Legends of Tomorrow. Plus, the directors of the new Amanda Knox Netflix documentary on their quest to go beyond salacious headlines.
By Kim Masters • • 29m ListenFor married couple Tara Butters and Marc Guggenheim, the rivalry between Marvel and DC Comics got personal. Guggenheim was producing the DC Comics show Arrow for the CW, while Butters was running Marvel's Agent Carter on ABC. The couple talks about what it's like to work in the competing universes. Then, the filmmakers of the new Netflix documentary Amanda Knox knew they couldn't make their movie until they could get Knox herself to talk to them. That meant waiting years.
Photo: Amanda Knox in the new Netflix documentary Amanda Knox, directed by Rod Blackhurst and Brian McGinn. (Netflix)
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3 storiesHollywood News Banter
Matt Belloni, executive editor of the Hollywood Reporter joins Kim Masters to discuss top entertainment news stories of the week.
Read the story7 minMarried showrunners Tara Butters and Marc Guggenheim
Television writer-producers Tara Butters and Marc Guggenheim have been married almost 12 years. They recently sat down with Michael Schneider, host of KCRW's podcast The Spin-off , and told him about their careers -- including when they first met.
Read the story11 minDirectors Rod Blackhurst & Brian McGinn on 'Amanda Knox'
After British student Meredith Kercher was found brutally murdered in Perugia, Italy, in 2007, news stories quickly focused less on the victim than her roommate, Amanda Knox.
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