movie I Want to Marry Ryan Banks, starring Bradley Cooper, for ABC Family. The film is now available under the title The Reality of Love. In 2006, Hodge created his first primetime drama series, Runaway (CW), starring Donnie Wahlberg, Leslie Hope, Dustin Milligan, and Sarah Ramos. It was the first drama series launched by The CW. In 2011, Hodge created The Playboy Club (NBC) about the first Playboy Club in Chicago in the 1960s. The pilot was directed by Alan Taylor. The show starred Laura Benanti, Amber Heard, Jenna Dewan, Leah Renee, Naturi Naughton, Eddie Cibrian, David Krumholtz, and Jenifer Lewis. Also in 2011, Out Magazine named Hodge one of the "Out 100" in their annual list of the most influential LGBTQ public figures. In 2015, Hodge created Wayward Pines (FOX) based on the best-selling novel by Blake Crouch. The event series starred Matt Dillon, Terrence Howard, and Melissa Leo. The series was meant to be just ten episodes, but it performed very well and FOX ordered a second season. Hodge, however, had moved on to create another series with Blake Crouch, Good Behavior, based on Crouch's short story "The Pain of Others." In 2016, Hodge created Good Behavior (TNT) starring Michelle Dockery and Juan Diego Botto. The show was critically well-received and aired for two seasons. Hodge was nominated for the 2018 Writers Guild of America Award for Best Dramatic Writing for the episode "The Heart Attack is the Best Way." In 2017, Hodge returned to his theatrical roots as co-book writer for the musical stage adaptation of Holiday Inn, the 1942 Universal film starring Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire. The musical had its first production at the Goodspeed Opera House in Connecticut before opening on Broadway at the Roundabout Theatre. In 2018, Hodge wrote the screenplay for feature film The Darkest Minds (20th Century Fox) based on the NYT bestselling novel by Alexandra Bracken. The film starred Amandla Stenberg and Harris Dickinson. Filmography Film Television The numbers in directing and writing credits refer to the number of episodes. Musical theatre References External links Chad Hodge official website Chad Hodge Interview on Scripts & Scribes 1977 births Television producers from Illinois American television writers American gay writers Place of birth missing (living people) Living people LGBT producers American male television writers Northwestern University alumni People from Highland Park, Illinois Screenwriters from Illinois Showrunners 21st-century LGBT people