EXCLUSIVE: Ryan Condal succeeded the place others failed — out of half-dozen or so writers who took a stab at co-creating a Sport Of Thrones prequel with creator George R.R. Martin, Condal’s Home of the Dragon was the one to make it to sequence at HBO. After a giant launch, the fantasy drama was rapidly renewed for a second season, and now HBO additionally has renewed Condal’s general deal.
Condal initially was signed into an general deal by HBO in 2020, on the heels of Home of the Dragon receiving a straight-to-series order. He co-created the drama with Martin and served as author, govt producer in addition to co-showrunner on Season 1 alongside director Miguel Sapochnik. Condal was named sole showrunner for Season 2.
“Ryan Condal is a singular expertise. He has an impressive potential to inform tales, construct worlds, and form character, in addition to deep ardour and respect for George R.R. Martin’s universe,” mentioned Francesca Orsi, EVP, HBO Programming, Head of HBO Drama Collection and Movies. “The years we’ve spent collaborating with him on Home of the Dragon have affirmed our need to increase our partnership with him now and in years to return.”
Home Of the Dragon debuted in August to robust evaluations and the biggest viewers for a brand new unique sequence within the historical past of HBO. The present is now averaging 29 million viewers per episode within the U.S.
“After I picked up that paperback copy of ‘A Sport of Thrones’ over 20 years in the past, I wasn’t even certain I’d make it as a screenwriter,” Condal mentioned. “To search out myself right here, having co-created a sequence set in Westeros, is sort of past thought. I’m extremely lucky. I’m grateful to George R.R. Martin for believing in me and to HBO for putting their belief in me. I’m thrilled to be partnering with HBO to inform the subsequent chapter within the Targaryen saga, and I’m hoping that it’s simply certainly one of many to return.”
Condal beforehand co-created with Carlton Cuse, govt produced, and showran the USA sequence Colony for 3 seasons. On the characteristic facet, he not too long ago wrote Neo Earth for Netflix and Brad Peyton, bought a pitch to Lionsgate with Chad Stahelski hooked up to direct, and wrote Highlander for Stahelski, which is about up at Lionsgate. He beforehand wrote Hercules starring Dwayne Johnson. Condal is repped by Grandview, WME and McKuin/Frankel/Whitehead.
