Rylend Grant Explained

Rylend Grant is a screenwriter, author, and Ringo Award-winning comic book creator from Detroit, MI. He is an ordained Soto Zen Buddhist monk.

Education

Rylend graduated from the University of Michigan with a B.A. in film and art history and then earned his master's degree from the American Film Institute Conservatory.[1] [2] [3]

Film/TV

Rylend was twice a finalist for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting (2003 and 2004)[4] [5] and he won the Final Draft Big Break Competition in 2004.[6] His scripts appeared on Franklin Leonard's Black List in 2005 and 2009, an annual list of Hollywood's best unproduced screenplays as voted by studio and film executives.[7] [8] In 2009, Total Film called his script The Ghost and the Wolf one of the top 50 unproduced scripts in Hollywood.[9] [10]

Grant has been a working Guild screenwriter for over a decade, developing film and television projects with JJ Abrams, Ridley Scott, Howard Gordon, Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Johnny Depp, John Woo, Adam Wingard, Dean Devlin, Luc Besson, Daveed Diggs, and Penélope Cruz, among others.[11] [12]

Grant co-wrote Haunted Heart with Academy Award winning director Fernando Trueba. The film stars Academy Award nominee Matt Dillon (“The House That Jack Built”), Goya-nominated Aida Folch (“The Artist and the Model”), and Juan Pablo Urrego (“Memoria”). The English-language film started shooting in Greece in September 2022.[13]

Grant co-wrote State of Consciousness with Dikran Ornekian and Guillaume Tunzini. The film - starring Emile Hirsch (Into the Wild) and directed by Marcus Stokes (The Walking Dead) - will be released in 2022.[14]

Fiction

Rylend has published several short stories, many of which are being developed for film and television. His short story Thief Coach, written with Dikran Ornekian, was published online at Popcorn Fiction.[15] The film rights were sold to Fast & Furious director Justin Lin's Perfect Storm Entertainment.[16] [17] [18] Rylend recently finished writing the filmic adaptation for Lin to direct.

In 2017 his science fiction story, Botany Bay, was set up with F. Gary Gray attached to direct in the wake of his Straight Outta Compton success.[19] [20] His story Smugglers is being developed for television by Game of Thrones and Fargo director/producer Matt Shakman.[21] [22]

Comics

Rylend's ten-issue political action thriller titled Aberrant, was published in the summer of 2018 by Action Lab Entertainment.[23] In 2019, the series won a Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry Awards "Fan Favorite" award for "Favorite Villain"[24] [25] and was nominated for two others. Grant was nominated for "best writer" alongside Brian Michael Bendis, Jeff Lemire, Scott Snyder, and Brian K. Vaughan and Issue #4 of the series was nominated for "best single issue/story".[26] [27] [28]

In July 2018, collider.com announced that the series was being developed as a one hour television series by 24 and Felicity Executive Producer Tony Krantz via his Flame Ventures banner and that Grant would be penning the pilot and producing the series alongside Krantz.[29] [30] [31]

Action Lab published Grant's next comic series - described as a "twisted deconstruction of the superhero genre" - titled Banjax in June 2019.[32] [33] [34] The book was nominated for four Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry Awards including "best series" alongside Bitter Root, Black Hammer: Age of Doom, and Something is Killing the Children.[35]

Grant's Tokusatsu Comic Book Suicide Jockeys was published by Source Point Press in 2021.[36] The book is described as "Voltron meets The Fast and the Furious ... with an extra dollop of heart and soul."[37]

Screenrant recently announced that Grant would be writing the Fa Sheng: Origins Wuxia comic for Immortal Studios and Dynamite Entertainment.[38] [39]

Grant has released two comic book titles on Kickstarter; a paranoid thriller set in the world of astral projection called The Jump[40] and a dark crime drama called The Peacekeepers.[41]

Grant also collaborated with Monster Matador creator Steven Prince on spinoff of the indie comic book called Tales From the World of Monster Matador.[42] [43] [44]

Grant has hosted dozens of panels at major comic book conventions including San Diego Comic Con, WonderCon, and Los Angeles Comic Con.[45] [46] [47]

Poker

Before working as a writer, Rylend exclusively made his money playing poker online and in card rooms in and around Los Angeles, CA.[48] [49] [50] He cashed in over a dozen high profile tournaments at the Bicycle and Commerce Casinos in the mid '00s, most notably winning the $200 buy-in No Limit Hold'em event at the California Poker Open and placing third at the $300 buy-in No Limit Hold'em event at the Heavenly Hold'em tournament. He's also won or cashed in hundreds of tournaments online.[51] [52]

Zen

Rylend is an ordained Soto Zen Buddhist monk in the lineage of Gudo Nishijima and Brad Warner and the President of Dogen Sangha Los Angeles, where he and a few others often lead classes in Warner's stead.[53] [54] [55]

Grant was featured prominently in director Pirooz Kalayeh's documentary about Warner and Dogen Sangha Los Angeles (now the Angel City Zen Center) titled Brad Warner's Hardcore Zen.[56] [57]

American Ninja Warrior

Rylend was a contestant on season 2 (2010) of the sports entertainment television series American Ninja Warrior, a spin-off of the Japanese television series Sasuke, in which competitors try to complete a series of obstacle courses of increasing difficulty. Grant breezed through the course, but ultimately failed to surmount the final and most difficult obstacle, the warped wall.[58] [59]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Alumni News - Spring 2019 U-M LSA History of Art. lsa.umich.edu. October 15, 2019.
  2. Web site: Burdette . Chad A. . June 10, 2019 . Talking Action Lab Danger Zone's BANJAX with creator Rylend Grant . October 15, 2019 . The Comics Multiverse . en-US.
  3. Web site: RICH INTERVIEWS: Rylend Grant Creator/Writer for Aberrant – First Comics News. www.firstcomicsnews.com. March 29, 2018 . October 15, 2019.
  4. Web site: 2004 Nicholl Fellowship Finalists. Oscars.org.
  5. Web site: 2003 Nicholl Fellowship Finalists. Oscars.org.
  6. Web site: Final Draft Big Break - Past Winners. finaldraft.com.
  7. Web site: Black List 2005. blcklst.com.
  8. Web site: Black List 2009. blcklst.com.
  9. Web site: 50 Great Unproduced Movie Scripts. Feature. Matt Maytum 2010-11-29T15:00:00 332Z. gamesradar. November 29, 2010 . en. October 15, 2019.
  10. Web site: Rylend Grant. 2016 Conference. en-US. October 15, 2019.
  11. Web site: Rylend Grant . April 6, 2022 . Simon & Schuster . en.
  12. Web site: Rylend Grant . April 6, 2022 . 2016 Conference . en-US.
  13. Web site: Barraclough . Leo . September 9, 2022 . Film Constellation Boards 'Haunted Heart' By Oscar Winner Fernando Trueba (EXCLUSIVE) . September 14, 2022 . Variety . en-US.
  14. Web site: Emile Hirsch-Starring Psychological Thriller 'State of Consciousness' Starts Shooting in Italy . Nick. Vivarelli. Variety. November 3, 2020. May 6, 2021.
  15. Web site: Popcorn Fiction - Thief Coach. https://web.archive.org/web/20130606032433/http://www.mulhollandbooks.com/popcornfiction/stories/Thief_Coach_by_Rylend_Grant_and_Dikran_Ornekian.html. June 6, 2013.
  16. Web site: Rylend Grant . April 6, 2022 . 2016 Conference . en-US.
  17. Web site: July 19, 2018 . Tony Krantz to Develop Comic Book Aberrant for TV . April 6, 2022 . Collider . en-US.
  18. Web site: Rylend Grant . April 6, 2022 . Simon & Schuster . en.
  19. Web site: Rylend Grant . April 6, 2022 . 2016 Conference . en-US.
  20. Web site: April 23, 2019 . Exclusive: Rylend Grant says 24 producer on board for Aberrant television series . April 6, 2022 . SYFY Official Site . en-US.
  21. Web site: Rylend Grant . April 6, 2022 . 2016 Conference . en-US.
  22. Web site: April 23, 2019 . Exclusive: Rylend Grant says 24 producer on board for Aberrant television series . April 6, 2022 . SYFY Official Site . en-US.
  23. Web site: Aberrant Announcement - Action Lab Entertainment.
  24. Web site: 2019 RINGO AWARD Winners. Newsarama. en. October 24, 2019.
  25. Web site: Syndicated Comics. MacDonald. Heidi. August 22, 2019. The Beat. en-US. October 24, 2019.
  26. Web site: Ringo Awards The Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry Awards. en. October 15, 2019.
  27. Web site: Syndicated Comics. MacDonald. Heidi. August 22, 2019. The Beat. en-US. October 15, 2019.
  28. Web site: 2019 RINGO AWARD Nominees. Newsarama. en. October 15, 2019.
  29. Web site: Exclusive: '24' Producer Tony Krantz to Develop 'Aberrant' Comic Book for TV. Sneider. Jeff. July 19, 2018. Collider. en-US. October 15, 2019.
  30. Web site: Exclusive: Rylend Grant says 24 producer on board for Aberrant television series. Estrella. Ernie. April 24, 2019. SYFY WIRE. en. October 15, 2019.
  31. Web site: 24 producer developing TV adaptation of Action Lab's Aberrant. July 21, 2018. Flickering Myth. en-US. October 15, 2019.
  32. Web site: Action Lab Press Release - Banjax. April 5, 2019 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20190613055820/http://www.actionlabcomics.com/2019/04/05/banjax-1-a-wholly-original-and-crackingly-twisted-deconstruction-of-the-superhero-genre-by-hollywood-screenwriteraberrant-scribe-rylend-grant/ . June 13, 2019.
  33. Web site: BANJAX #1 CVR A ALVES (MR) (APR191268). previewsworld.com. October 15, 2019.
  34. Web site: DEATH WISH with Superheroes in BANJAX #1 Preview. Newsarama. en. October 15, 2019.
  35. Web site: Ringo Awards – The Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry Awards. November 4, 2020. en-US.
  36. Web site: Strap in for tokusatsu action from Ringo Award-Winning Writer Rylend Grant . April 6, 2022 . Source Point Press . en.
  37. Web site: Strap in for tokusatsu action from Ringo Award-Winning Writer Rylend Grant . April 6, 2022 . Source Point Press . en.
  38. Web site: Firestone . Andrew . March 30, 2022 . Exclusive: Martial Arts Shared Universe Expands With Fa Sheng: Origins Kickstarter . April 8, 2022 . ScreenRant . en-US.
  39. Web site: Dynamite - The Official Site Vampirella: Mindwarp, Immortal Red Sonja, Madballs Vs. Garbage Pail Kids, The Boys and More! . September 14, 2022 . www.dynamite.com.
  40. Web site: Bennett. Jason. June 8, 2020. [Comic Book Review] THE JUMP #1 from Half Evil Comics]. November 4, 2020. PopCultHQ. en-US.
  41. Web site: Bennett. Jason. October 19, 2020. [Comic Book Review] THE PEACEKEEPERS #1 ~ Now on Kickstarter!]. November 4, 2020. PopCultHQ. en-US.
  42. Web site: [Comic Book Review] TALES FROM THE WORLD OF MONSTER MATADOR #1 from 2510 Press & Half Evil Comics]. Bennett. Jason. March 26, 2019. PopCultHQ. en-US. October 15, 2019.
  43. Web site: Tales From the World of Monster Matador #1. www.goodreads.com. October 15, 2019.
  44. Web site: Fanbase Press - 'Tales from the World of Monster Matador:' Comic Book Review. Strategist. Jodi Scaife, Fanbase Press Social Media. www.fanbasepress.com. en-gb. October 15, 2019.
  45. Web site: Eight Can't Miss Events at L.A. Comic Con. Thomas. Sean P.. Los Angeles Downtown News - The Voice of Downtown Los Angeles. en. October 15, 2019.
  46. Web site: WonderCon Anaheim 2018: Publishing Your First Comic Book. wonderconanaheim2018.sched.com. October 15, 2019.
  47. Web site: ABERRANT: Writer Rylend Grant On Action Lab's New Series And The Comic Industry LRMonline. lrmonline.com. June 11, 2018 . October 15, 2019.
  48. cardplayer.com
  49. Web site: Talking Action Lab Danger Zone's BANJAX with creator Rylend Grant. June 10. Chad A. Burdette on. AM. 2019 at 9:15. June 10, 2019. The Comics Multiverse. en-US. October 15, 2019.
  50. Web site: RICH INTERVIEWS: Rylend Grant Writer for "Banjax" – First Comics News. www.firstcomicsnews.com. April 19, 2019 . October 15, 2019.
  51. Web site: (84)Creator Corner #6- Rylend Grant (Banjax/Aberrant) . October 15, 2019 . Podbean.com . en.
  52. Web site: ComicCast #158 "LIVE with Rylend Grant!" from ComicCast. www.stitcher.com. en. October 15, 2019.
  53. Web site: DSLA Teacher Page - Rylend Grant. dogensanghalosangeles.org.
  54. Web site: Brad Warner's Angel City Zen Center to Celebrate Grand Opening. Agsar. Wendy Joan Biddlecombe. April 6, 2017. Tricycle: The Buddhist Review. en. October 15, 2019.
  55. Web site: Talking Action Lab Danger Zone's BANJAX with creator Rylend Grant. June 10. Chad A. Burdette on. AM. 2019 at 9:15. June 10, 2019. The Comics Multiverse. en-US. October 15, 2019.
  56. Web site: Brad Warner's Hardcore Zen at imdb.com. .
  57. Web site: BRAD WARNER'S HARDCORE ZEN. pirooz. en. October 15, 2019.
  58. Web site: American Ninja Warrior at imdb.com. .
  59. Web site: ComicCast #158 "LIVE with Rylend Grant!" from ComicCast. www.stitcher.com. en. October 15, 2019.
  60. Smugglers. May 2015. Suspense Magazine.

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