

(It wound up being a TV movie instead.) Condal asked his WME agents to see if local writer George R.R. He was on location in Santa Fe with Pascal on would-be NBC pilot “The Sixth Gun,” based on his own comic book. Here’s how Ryan Condal went from the creator of a failed Pedro Pascal pilot to becoming the “ House of the Dragon” showrunner and crafting a series packed with bloody action spectacle, sexy royal intrigue, and a new suite of engaging characters.īack in 2013, when “Game of Thrones” was two seasons in, Ryan Condal had nothing to do with it. Back in 2015, when “ Game of Thrones” was still going strong, HBO knew it needed to prepare a follow-up to the franchise.

“House of the Dragon” is now well established as a record-breaking HBO success, but there was a time when that was not a given. Welcome to It’s a Hit! In this series, IndieWire speaks to creators and showrunners behind a few of our favorite television programs about the moment they realized their show was breaking big.
