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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Disney is once again trying to make a movie about Space Mountain, the oldest ride with the longest line in their theme parks.
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Zack Snyder had considered Tom Cruise for Ozymandias in Watchmen. Cruise, however, had his eye on a different character.
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Sonequa Martin-Green is freely willing to admit that Star Trek: Discovery didn't hit its stride right out the gate.
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Does Zendaya have enough Hollywood juice to be able to open Luca Guadagnino's tennis romance Challengers at the box office?
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Will Family Guy ever end? Apparently not anytime soon.
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Back to Black, the new biopic about Amy Winehouse is already performing well at the U.K. box office. Can the film do the same stateside?
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I attended CinemaCon for the first time, and the experience renewed my love for movies in a big way. Listen to today's episode of /Film Daily to learn why.
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Don't call it a comeback! Shrek 2's been here for 20 years, but over the weekend the sequel returned to the box office top 10.
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A very pregnant Emily Deschanel was determined to perform as many of her own stunts as possible in Bones season 7.
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Shrek 2 solidified DreamWorks as a major player in the field of animated cinema and shattered box office records.
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The directors of Ready or Not and Scream VI hope to reverse vampires' losing streak at the box office with their new horror movie Abigail.
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Consider this a friendly warning to those planning to see Alex Garland's Civil War in a theater: the film's depiction of gunfire is seriously unsettling.
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Get ready to grin again! CinemaCon 2024 audiences caught a first look at Parker Finn's upcoming horror sequel Smile 2.
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Monkey Man and The First Omen aren't breaking any box office records, and that's okay. Theaters need them, regardless.
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Eli Roth was on-hand at CinemaCon to present brand-new footage from his slow-developing Borderlands video game movie adaptation. Here's what we saw.
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The Strangers are back. We saw footage from The Strangers: Chapter 1 at CinemaCon and lived to tell the tale.
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Hayao Miyazaki's The Boy and the Heron had a huge opening at the Chinese box office and is now shaping up to be one of his biggest commercial hits ever.
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MPA Chairman and CEO Charles Rivkin took the stage at CinemaCon 2024 to discuss the matter of movie piracy and revealed a plan to help address it.
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Godzilla x Kong is currently poised to be the highest-grossing MonsterVerse film at the global box office.
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On today's episode of the /Film Daily podcast, we spoke with an executive from Dolby about their new initiative, how Dolby Cinema compares to IMAX, and more.
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Strange as the Phantasm films may be, they're also truly straightforward, unlike so many horror franchises that have become mired in messy continuity.
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A decade ago, Captain America: The Winter Soldier became a box office hit that changed the Marvel Cinematic Universe forever. Let's look at how it happened.
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James Mangold's new Star Wars movie, tentatively titled Dawn of the Jedi, has brought on Andor writer Beau Willimon as the script's co-writer.
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Disney has firmed up its theatrical release slate for 2025 and 2026, setting new dates for The Mandalorian & Grogu, Tron: Ares, Toy Story 5, and much more.
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Alex Garland's Civil War is A24's most expensive movie ever, but can it become a blockbuster hit at the box office? Let's break it down.
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Watch the trailer for Star Wars: Tales of the Empire, the follow-up to Tales of the Jedi.
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Marvel's The Fantastic Four has found someone to play Silver Surfer, and it's no one you would have expected. Instead, it's Ozark star Julia Garner.