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An American screenwriter and producer who created the CW series Arrow, launching a television universe of DC superhero shows that ran for eight seasons, and co-created its spinoff Legends of Tomorrow. He wrote the feature films Green Lantern and Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, and earlier created the medical drama Eli Stone, building a career at the intersection of comic-book adaptation and network television.