Ryan Scott
School
Mesa Community College
Expertise
Box Office, Star Wars, James Bond
- Since 2016, Ryan has had more than 11,000 articles published for a wide variety of respected publications, including Fangoria and Inverse, in addition to /Film.
- Ryan has interviewed everyone from Tower Records founder Russ Soloman to mega-producer Jerry Bruckheimer.
- The 2018 "Child's Play" remake features a quote from his review on the Blu-ray.
Experience
Ryan has been working as a journalist, primarily in the pop culture space, for a decade and counting. He got his start writing for sites such as the Phoenix New Times before making the jump to writing about movies and TV full time for Movieweb. During his years obsessively covering every corner of the entertainment industry, he has interviewed many big names, including Oscar-winning director Darren Aronofksy and super star composer Michael Giacchino. He has also been on the ground to cover some of the biggest events in all of entertainment, including SXSW, San Diego Comic-Con and Star Wars Celebration. Ryan has also been a guest on popular podcasts such as The Kingcast and the Geekdom Fancast, in addition to his regular appearances on the /Film Daily podcast.
Education
Ryan has an Associate's Degree in Applied Science and New Media Studios from Mesa Community College (MCC), one of the largest and most respected community colleges in the country. He also studied Audio Production Technologies at MCC prior to shifting his focus to journalism.
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Stories By Ryan Scott
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The chemistry between the leads in the Bones pilot completely shifted the dynamic for the rest of the series.
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Gareth Edwards' 2014 movie Godzilla launched the ridiculously successful MonsterVerse. What lessons can we learn from that first film? Let's take a closer look.
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George Miller's prequel Furiosa is in a strong position to eclipse its predecessor, Mad Max: Fury Road, at the box office.
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Executives at 20th Century Fox had so little faith in audiences at the time that they nixed one-time director Renny Harlin's ambitious vision for Alien 3.
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Sony's Tom Rothman has an idea for how to save the theatrical film industry, which is in dire need of a shake-up right now: Cheaper ticket prices.
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Insidious 6 will keep the long-running horror franchise going upon its release in 2025.
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Chris Pratt starred in the highest-grossing animated film of 2023, can he do the same this year with The Garfield Movie?
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J.K. Simmons is perfect as J. Jonah Jameson, but before he was cast, his friends thought he should play a Spider-Man villain.
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Donnie Yen will reprise his role as Caine from John Wick: Chapter 4 for the franchise's latest spinoff.
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The NFL is headed to Netflix this Christmas. Here's what that means and why it's kind of a big deal.
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The prevailing wisdom in Hollywood seems to be that DVD is a mostly dead industry, but Horizon director Kevin Costner is here to convince you otherwise.
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Jake Gyllenhaal will return as Dalton in a Road House sequel from Amazon and MGM.
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The Ryan Gosling stunt flick The Fall Guy hasn't been the box office smash it deserves to be, but can it hold strong moving forward?
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Civil War has become the second ever A24 film to hit $100 at the box office.
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Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes swung into theaters this past weekend, and it's off to a strong start at the box office. Let's break down five reasons why.
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Before Amy Allen was Aayla Secura in Star Wars, she was working at Industrial Light & Magic.
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Remember when Stewie met Booth? It really happened back when Bones crossed over with Family Guy in season 4's 'The Critic in the Cabernet.'
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25 years later, let's look back at the Brendan Fraser film The Mummy and how it became a blockbuster hit.
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Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes gives us a spectacular villain in the form of Proximus Caesar, but the real villain was hiding in plain sight elsewhere.
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An actor from the Creature Commandoes animated series is reprising their role in live-action for Peacemaker season 2.
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Renny Harlin's The Strangers: Chapter 1 aims to get horror back on track at the 2024 box office.
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Will John Krasinski's IF be a box office win in a summer off to a slow start? Or will the family-friendly film crash and burn?
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Oscar-nominee June Squibb leads a movie for the first time in her long, storied career in the trailer for the Sundance critical darling Thelma.
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If you're wondering whether to stick around through the end credits of Wes Ball's Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, here's your spoiler-free answer.
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The Office universe is officially returning with a new spinoff series about a small-town newspaper set to stream on Peacock.
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The Fall Guy got off to a poor start at the box office, and unfortunately, the rest of the summer season isn't looking so hot for our ol' pals in Hollywood.
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A movie about the making of the sports classic Rocky is in the works, and Green Book director Peter Farrelly (of Dumb & Dumber) fame will be at the helm.