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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After almost half a century on the airwaves, Showtime is getting a rebrand in the name of corporate synergy. Welcome to Paramount+ With Showtime.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger doing a comedy wasn't a sure-thing, so when it came time to make Twins, the superstar came up with a unique deal.
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MASH was a huge hit on TV, but the spin-off AfterMASH was not. So what happened? What went wrong? The creator had some thoughts.
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Check out the trailer for Jurassic Park: Survival, a sci-fi horror adventure video game set on Isla Nublar right after the events of the original film.
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The title says it all. If the Star Wars franchise followed the video game canon, Obi-Wan Kenobi would have been killed long before the events of the first film.
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A24 has just struck a deal with Warner Bros. Discovery to bring some of their 2023 movies and future releases to HBO, Cinemax, and the Max streaming service.
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Whatever flavor of Godzilla you prefer, there is something for all the King of the Monster's fans to appreciate right now.
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Disney and Pixar's Soul, Turning Red, and Luca are headed to theaters in the first quarter of 2024.
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On today's episode of the /Film Daily podcast, Ryan and Ben talk about Godzilla Minus One's box office performance and look ahead to the first half of 2024.
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Five Nights at Freddy's has grossed nearly $300 million worldwide against a production budget of just $20 million.
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Disney will cease reporting box office numbers for The Marvels after just four weekends, as the MCU movie limps towards the finish line.
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The Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire trailer brings back everyone's favorite Titans for an all-new MonsterVerse extravaganza.
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Norm's entrances on Cheers became a running gag, which meant the writers had to keep coming up with new material on weekly basis.
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Don Bluth's animated dinosaur adventure The Land Before Time was a huge hit that spawned 13 direct-to-video sequels.
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The Favourite director Yorgos Lanthimos reunited with Emma Stone for strange sci-fi tale Poor Things, but can it win at the box office?
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There's a proper way to watch The Kingsman movies in order, and it might not be what you think.
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The human characters in the Monsterverse have all been a bit forgettable, but that's changed, thanks to Kurt Russell in Monarch: Legacy of Monsters.
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Eli Roth is returning to direct Thanksgiving 2, a sequel to his hit slasher (itself inspired by Roth's original Grindhouse trailer) that will arrive in 2025.
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Avatar 2, aka Avatar: The Way of Water, came out in 2022, but it's still one of the biggest box office hits of 2023 for Disney.
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There's another The Boys spin-off in the works and this one, The Boys: Mexico, has Diego Luna and Gael García Bernal attached.
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Disney was once able to claim multiple billion-dollar movies, but this year, their output has come up short at the box office.
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Director Fede Alvarez's upcoming Alien film will fill a gap in the franchise's timeline by taking place between Ridley Scott's Alien and James Cameron's Aliens.
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The Holdovers hasn't been in theaters long, and it's already making a debut on digital for people to watch at home. Here's how you can check it out.
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In the parlance of today's youth, several Hollywood movies 'ate' at the box office over the Thanksgiving break. That's very good news for movie theaters.
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Blumhouse has a long history of monster horror hits at the box office, but Five Nights at Freddy's is officially their biggest smash yet.
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Disney's Wish looks like a box office flop at a glance, but there's precedent suggesting it could become a winner in the weeks ahead.
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While the original Planet of the Apes movie came out over 50 years ago, the franchise is still going strong.