Ryan Condal

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Ryan J. Condal
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Condal at San Diego Comic-Con 2016
Born
Ryan J. Condal

1979/1980 (age 41–42)[1]
Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey, US
NationalityAmerican
Alma materVillanova University 2001 (Bachelor of Accountancy)
Occupation
  • Screenwriter
  • Executive producer
Years active2008—present
Spouse(s)
Caitlin Monahan
​
(m. 2012)​
[1]

Ryan J. Condal (born 1979 or 1980) is a screenwriter and an executive producer who co-created the TV series Colony (2016–2018) and the upcoming TV series House of the Dragon, a prequel to the TV series Game of Thrones (2011–2019). He was a screenwriter for the films Hercules (2014) and Rampage (2018).

Background[]

Upbringing and early career efforts[]

Condal was born in 1979 or 1980 in Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey, in the United States and grew up in Hasbrouck Heights. He graduated from Villanova University in 2001 with a Bachelor of Accountancy degree. He worked in pharmaceutical advertising for six years before he sold a script titled Galahad to The Film Company in early 2008.[2] The script ranked in the Top 15 of The Black List for 2008. He was subsequently hired by Universal Pictures to write an adaptation of the Radical Comics 2008 comic book series Hercules: The Thracian Wars. The studio 20th Century Fox also hired Condal to write a new draft of a screenplay adapting the Oni Press comic book series Queen & Country.[3] By 2010, Condal helped rewrite a screenplay adapting the epic 17th-century English poem Paradise Lost for Legendary Pictures.[4]

By 2012, he was working on a film adaptation of The Art of War by Sun Tzu, also for Legendary,[5] though by late 2013, screenwriter was hired to write a new approach.[6] Also in 2012, Condal was hired by CBS Films to write an English-language remake of the 2009 Spanish-language film Celda 211.[5] He was also hired to write a film titled Boy Nobody for Sony Pictures. Condal began collaboration with Carlton Cuse to produce for NBC a television pilot of the comic book series The Sixth Gun. Condal wrote the pilot, and he and Cuse were executive producers of the pilot.[7] The pilot was green-lighted in 2013, and it was filmed in the US state of New Mexico, but NBC did not pick up the series.[8]

First credits: Hercules, Colony, and Rampage[]

Condal's first official screenwriting credit, shared with Evan Spiliotopoulos, was for the 2014 film Hercules. Condal had written an initial script for Paramount Pictures,[9] and Spiliotopoulos revised the script.[10] Meanwhile, despite the pilot for The Sixth Gun not becoming a TV series, Condal and Carlton Cuse sought to work together again and co-created the project that would become the TV series Colony (2016–2018).[11] In 2014, USA Network green-lighted a television pilot.[12] The pilot for Colony was picked up and ultimately became a TV series co-produced by Legendary Television and Universal Cable Productions. It premiered on USA Network in January 2016.[13] Colony lasted for three seasons, from 2016 to 2018, and was canceled in July 2018 before the third season's finale.[14]

In 2016 before Colony premiered, Condal and Cuse were hired to rewrite the script for the film Rampage produced under New Line Cinema.[11] They rewrote a draft written by Ryan Engle, and Adam Sztykiel wrote the final revisions.[15] Later in 2016, Condal began writing a screenplay for Warner Bros.'s perpetually-in-development remake of the 1976 science fiction film Logan's Run, itself based on a book published in 1967.[16] By early 2018, Condal created and wrote Conan, a potential TV series adapting the character Conan the Barbarian as written by Robert E. Howard, and the series was acquired by Amazon Studios.[17] Condal also submitted a script to Lionsgate that would reboot the Highlander film series, a studio effort that was a decade old.[18] Shortly after Rampage's release in the second quarter of 2018, Lionsgate hired Condal to write a screenplay adapting the Image Comics series Analog.[19]

Creating House of the Dragon[]

With A Song of Ice and Fire author George R. R. Martin, Condal created the TV series House of the Dragon that would be a prequel to HBO's TV series Game of Thrones (2011–2019), and in late 2019, HBO ordered the prequel series to be produced. Condal served as a showrunner with Miguel Sapochnik and also served as an executive producer with Sapochnik, Martin, and Vince Gerardis.[20]

Credits[]

Condal's credits
Year(s) Title Medium Credits Ref.
2014 Hercules Film Screenplay credit with Evan Spiliotopoulos [21]
2016–2018 Colony Television Co-creator with Carlton Cuse; executive producer [22]
2018 Rampage Film Screenplay credit with Ryan Engle, Carlton Cuse, Adam Sztykiel [21]
2022 House of the Dragon Television Co-creator with George R. R. Martin; writer; executive producer [22]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Caitlin Monahan, Ryan J. Condal". The New York Times. April 15, 2012. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
  2. ^ Plyler, Will (September 22, 2008). "Interviews: Ryan Condal". Done Deal Professional. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
  3. ^ Zeitchik, Steven (August 23, 2009). "Fox, scribe go 'Country' mile". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on August 27, 2009. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
  4. ^ McNary, Dave (September 16, 2010). "Proyas finds 'Paradise'". Variety. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
  5. ^ a b Abrams, Rachel; McNary, Dave (April 30, 2012). "'Hercules' scribe to pen 'Cell 211'". Variety. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
  6. ^ Kit, Borys (October 17, 2013). "'Predators' Scribe Enlisted for 'Art of War' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
  7. ^ Rose, Lacey (October 11, 2012). "'Lost's' Carlton Cuse Developing 'The Sixth Gun' at NBC". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
  8. ^ Gomez, Adrian (May 23, 2014). "Raising the dead: See the never-released pilot of 'The Sixth Gun' series". Albuquerque Journal. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
  9. ^ Sneider, Jeff (March 5, 2012). "Dwayne Johnson signs on as Hercules". Variety. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
  10. ^ Kroll, Justin (November 7, 2012). "Par pairs with MGM on 'Hercules'". Variety. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
  11. ^ a b Kroll, Justin (February 2, 2016). "Carlton Cuse and Ryan Condal to Rewrite Dwayne Johnson's 'Rampage' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
  12. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (July 28, 2014). "USA Gives Pilot Order To Alien Drama From Carlton Cuse, Legendary TV & UCP". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
  13. ^ "Netflix Acquires Worldwide Rights to Jane the Virgin, Two Other Shows". Variety. September 27, 2015. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
  14. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (July 21, 2018). "'Colony' Canceled By USA Network After 3 Seasons". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
  15. ^ Kroll, Justin (March 16, 2017). "Malin Akerman Joins Dwayne Johnson in 'Rampage'". Variety. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
  16. ^ Lincoln, Ross A. (June 1, 2016). "'Logan's Run' Redo Starts Anew With 'Colony's Ryan Condal". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
  17. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (February 5, 2018). "Conan the Barbarian TV Series In Works At Amazon From Ryan Condal, Miguel Sapochnik & Warren Littlefield". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
  18. ^ White, Peter (March 1, 2018). "'Highlander' Reboot Gets Moving After 'Colony' Writer Ryan Condal Hands In Script". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
  19. ^ Kit, Borys (May 22, 2018). "'John Wick' Director, 'Colony' Creator Tackle Comic Book 'Analog' for Lionsgate (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
  20. ^ Otterson, Joe (October 29, 2019). "'Game of Thrones' Prequel Series 'House of the Dragon' Ordered at HBO". Variety. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
  21. ^ a b "Ryan Condal". rottentomatoes.com. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
  22. ^ a b Andreeva, Nellie (September 12, 2019). "'Game Of Thrones' House Targaryen Prequel From George R.R. Martin & Ryan Condal Nears HBO Order". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved May 5, 2021.

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