Stephen Scaia

Scaia was born in Indianapolis, Indiana and spent his childhood in Dayton, Ohio.{{Cite web |url=https://www.artofmanliness.com/articles/so-you-want-my-job-screenwriter/ |title=So You Want My Job: Screenwriter, 2012 |access-date=2012-08-10 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190424190541/https://www.artofmanliness.com/articles/so-you-want-my-job-screenwriter/ |archive-date=2019-04-24 |url-status=live |date=2012-08-10 }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.tmstash.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/DeadSquad_01-pr.pdf |title=DEAD SQUAD - MEET THE TEAM |access-date=2014-10-16 }} He attended Emerson College, studying film and television. After graduating in 1998{{Cite web |url=https://securelb.imodules.com/s/1427/ec/interior-2col.aspx?sid=1427&gid=1&pgid=1011 |title=Emerson College - Notable Alumni |access-date=2019-04-24 }}{{Cite web |url=https://alterhs.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/RT_Spring_2010.pdf |title=FORMER KNIGHTLY NEWS EDITOR, FIELD COMMANDER HITS THE "TARGET" |access-date=2010-04-24 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190501144353/https://alterhs.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/RT_Spring_2010.pdf |archive-date=2019-05-01 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=http://connection.emerson.edu/s/1427/ec/interior-2col.aspx?sid=1427&gid=1&pgid=1011 |title=A sampling of Emerson College's alumni |access-date=2010-04-24 }} he moved to Los Angeles.{{Cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-dec-30-et-reynolds30-story.html |title=Meet the new extended family, 2003 |website=Los Angeles Times |date=30 December 2003 |access-date=2003-12-30 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190425165322/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-dec-30-et-reynolds30-story.html |archive-date=2019-04-25 |url-status=live }}

He started his career as a Production Assistant eventually becoming a writer's assistant on The West Wing.{{Cite web |url=https://podtail.com/en/podcast/the-writers-panel/bill-prady-donick-cary-and-stephen-scaia/ |title=The Writers Panel with Ben Blacker |date=12 March 2013 |access-date=2013-03-12 }} His writing caught the eye of one of the producers, which landed him his first staff-writing job on Judging Amy (2004). Since then, Scaia has written and produced for multiple television series, most notably, co-creating Blood & Treasure (2019–present).{{Cite web |url=https://directories.wga.org/member/c250b619-830d-4fda-a9f1-bc40533a1571 |title=Stephen A. Scaia, WGAW Directory |access-date=2019-04-29 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190429173319/https://directories.wga.org/member/c250b619-830d-4fda-a9f1-bc40533a1571 |archive-date=2019-04-29 |url-status=live }} with his former collaborator Matthew Federman. The pair stopped co-writing together in early 2020.

Scaia began his writing career on Judging Amy (2004). Since then, he has received writing credits on E-Ring (2005), Jericho (2006), Warehouse 13 (2009), Human Target (2009), Limitless (2015), and Blood & Treasure (2019-2023) and Tulsa King (2023-2024).

Scaia received his first producer credit on Jericho (2008). In 2009–2010, he served as a co-producer on Warehouse 13 and Human Target. In the subsequent years, he also worked on Charlie's Angels (2011), and was a co-executive producer on Limitless (2016). In 2019, Scaia co-created the action-adventure series Blood & Treasure, serving as executive producer, as well as a showrunner and the director of multiple episodes.

In 2004, Scaia appeared as a guest star in season 6, episode 7 of Judging Amy, playing the role of Dr. Rinier.{{Cite web |url=http://www.tv.com/shows/judging-amy/early-winter-364147/ |title=Judging Amy - Season 6 Episode 7 (Early Winter), Full Cast List |access-date=2019-04-29 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190429182038/http://www.tv.com/shows/judging-amy/early-winter-364147/ |archive-date=2019-04-29 |url-status=live }}

In 2005, Star Wars: Underworld, a live-action TV series by George Lucas, was put into development with Scaia attached as one of the writers.{{Cite web |url=https://www.denofgeek.com/us/tv/star-wars/268941/why-star-wars-underworld-didnt-happen |title=Why Star Wars: Underworld Didn't Happen |date=13 November 2017 |access-date=2017-11-13 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190426145127/https://www.denofgeek.com/us/tv/star-wars/268941/why-star-wars-underworld-didnt-happen |archive-date=2019-04-26 |url-status=live }} However, the series fell apart due to a lack of funding.

In 2011, Scaia and Federman were hired by New Line Cinema to adapt Y: The Last Man into a feature-film, and after submitting a draft, it was reported that the studio was "pleased enough to move the project up their priority list".{{Cite web |url=http://collider.com/y-the-last-man-adaptation/ |title=Y The Last Man Adaptation |website=Collider |date=10 September 2012 |access-date=2012-09-10 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190426152834/http://collider.com/y-the-last-man-adaptation/ |archive-date=2019-04-26 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=https://www.vulture.com/2012/09/y-the-last-man-one-of-new-lines-1st-priorities.html |title=Y The Last Man One of New Lines First Priorities |date=10 September 2012 |access-date=2012-09-10 }} However, the project stalled during the development stage, and in 2014, it was announced that New Line Cinema would be reverting the rights back to the co-creators of the property, Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra.{{Cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/y-last-man-movie-dead-735902 |title=Y The Last Man Movie Dead |website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=26 September 2014 |access-date=2014-09-26 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190426153457/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/y-last-man-movie-dead-735902 |archive-date=2019-04-26 |url-status=live }}

In 2012, Scaia was also hired to pen the script for a Zorro reboot based on the 2005 novel by Isabel Allende.{{Cite web |url=http://collider.com/matthew-federman-stephen-scaia-zorro/ |title=ZORRO Reboot to Be Penned by Matthew Federman and Stephen Scaia |website=Collider |date=6 October 2011 |access-date=2011-10-06 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190426152047/http://collider.com/matthew-federman-stephen-scaia-zorro/ |archive-date=2019-04-26 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2011/10/sony-hires-matthew-federman-stephen-scaia-to-pen-zorro-reboot-180129/ |title=Sony Hires Matthew Federman & Stephen Scaia To Pen 'Zorro' Reboot |date=6 October 2011 |access-date=2011-10-06 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190426152300/https://deadline.com/2011/10/sony-hires-matthew-federman-stephen-scaia-to-pen-zorro-reboot-180129/ |archive-date=2019-04-26 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=https://www.firstshowing.net/2011/sonycolumbia-hiring-tv-writers-to-reboot-the-masked-hero-zorro/ |title=Sony/Columbia Hiring TV Writers to Reboot the Masked Hero 'Zorro' |date=6 October 2011 |access-date=2011-10-06 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190426154514/https://www.firstshowing.net/2011/sonycolumbia-hiring-tv-writers-to-reboot-the-masked-hero-zorro/ |archive-date=2019-04-26 |url-status=live }} The adaptation was to have taken place prior to his origins in Johnston McCulley's "The Curse of Capistrano" in 1919.

In 2013, Scaia and Federman were hired to write the Ghost Recon movie for Ubisoft with Michael Bay at the helm.{{Cite web |url=https://variety.com/2013/film/news/y-the-last-man-scribes-to-pen-ghost-recon-movie-for-ubisoft-warner-bros-exclusive-1200616721/ |title='Y: The Last Man' Screenwriters to Pen 'Ghost Recon' Movie for Ubisoft, Warner Bros. (EXCLUSIVE) |date=18 September 2013 |access-date=2013-09-18 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130919001711/http://variety.com/2013/film/news/y-the-last-man-scribes-to-pen-ghost-recon-movie-for-ubisoft-warner-bros-exclusive-1200616721/ |archive-date=2013-09-19 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=https://collider.com/tom-clancys-ghost-recon-adaptation-matthew-federman-stephen-scaia/ |title=TOM CLANCY'S GHOST RECON Adaptation to Be Penned by Matthew Federman and Stephen Scaia |website=Collider |access-date=2013-09-18 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20191217151951/https://collider.com/tom-clancys-ghost-recon-adaptation-matthew-federman-stephen-scaia/ |archive-date=2019-12-17 |url-status=live }}

In 2014, it was announced that Scaia and Federman would be adapting Pax Romana, a miniseries based on the graphic novel by Jonathan Hickman.{{Cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2014/04/syfy-developing-pax-romana-miniseries-the-magicians-series-721667/ |title=Syfy Developing 'Pax Romana' Miniseries, 'The Magicians' Series |date=30 April 2014 |access-date=2014-04-30 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190426143456/https://deadline.com/2014/04/syfy-developing-pax-romana-miniseries-the-magicians-series-721667/ |archive-date=2019-04-26 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=https://www.bleedingcool.com/2014/08/08/two-screenwriters-plus-darby-pop-leads-to-dead-squad-talking-shop-with-matt-federman-and-stephen-scaia/ |title=Two Screenwriters Plus Darby Pop Leads To Dead Squad – Talking Shop With Matt Federman And Stephen Scaia |access-date=2010-08-08 }}

Also in 2014, Scaia was hired to adapt Garrett Graff's nonfiction book Raven Rock, which explores the history of the U.S. government's secret plan to "save itself" in the event that most of America or its leaders are killed in a nuclear attack on the U.S."{{Cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2014/09/nbc-nabs-raven-rock-drama-from-robert-zemeckis-bob-cooper-eone-paramount-tv-842038/ |title=NBC Nabs 'Raven Rock' Drama From Robert Zemeckis, Bob Cooper, eOne & Paramount TV |date=30 September 2014 |access-date=2014-09-30 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190426150842/https://deadline.com/2014/09/nbc-nabs-raven-rock-drama-from-robert-zemeckis-bob-cooper-eone-paramount-tv-842038/ |archive-date=2019-04-26 |url-status=live }} The series was acquired by NBC in a "script deal with significant penalty".{{Cite web |url=https://www.spoilertv.com/2014/10/raven-rock-drama-based-on-upcoming-book.html |title=Raven Rock - Drama based on Upcoming Book Lands at NBC with Script Deal and Penalty |date=October 2014 |access-date=2014-10-01 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190501141605/https://www.spoilertv.com/2014/10/raven-rock-drama-based-on-upcoming-book.html |archive-date=2019-05-01 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/devwatch/raven-rock/listings/ |title=Raven Rock - Futon Critic |access-date=2014-10-01 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190501142055/http://www.thefutoncritic.com/devwatch/raven-rock/listings/ |archive-date=2019-05-01 |url-status=live }}

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