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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Jason Alexander's George Costanza appeared in nearly every single episode of Seinfeld. Here's the only one he didn't show up in (and why).
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Francis Ford Coppola may be ending his run as a director with the long-awaited Megalopolis, and it may also be the biggest box office flop of his career.
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Transformers One has been described as the start of a trilogy, but do the end credits include any extra scenes? Here's a spoiler free answer.
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Beetlejuice 2 continues to be a big hit for Tim Burton and a big hit at the box office, which is good news for everyone involved with the movie.
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A new horror movie from the folks at A24 has ended up being a big box office flop. Here's what happened to The Front Room.
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The Bones creatives had to rely on low-tech effects to create a glowing corpse on time for the episode 'The Glowing Bones in the Old Stone House.'
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Sylvester Stallone is an Oscar winning superstar, but his film with the highest score on Rotten Tomatoes may be a little unsuspecting.
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As The Maze Runner turns 10 years old, we look back at how this blockbuster was made for a surprisingly small(ish) budget.
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While Mike Flanagan is committed to adapting Stephen King's Dark Tower books for TV, it meant he almost had to give up on another King adaptation.
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Transformers One could expand the Transformers franchise's box office potential much like Into the Spider-Verse did with Spider-Man.
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The war between Coke and Pepsi to become the number one soda on the marketplace is becoming a movie thanks to a rather unexpected filmmaking team.
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The internet had a LOT to say about the Minecraft movie's first teaser trailer, and we suspect they'll be much more open to this animated version.
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A horror hit at the box office almost got dumped directly to streaming.
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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story's CGI recreation of the late Peter Cushing has resulted in a lawsuit eight years after the film's release.
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Spider-Man 4 is moving forward with director Destin Daniel Cretton, who has already made another movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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Tim Burton's Beetlejuice Beetlejuice was the ghost (sequel) with the most (money) at the box office this weekend. Let's examine why it did so well.
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Kurt Russell didn't reprise his Stargate movie role for the spinoff series SG-1, but it's hard to fault his logic for passing on the show.
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It: Chapter Two had the impossible task of following up one of the most profitable horror movies, ever, but the box office tells a not-so scary story.
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Horror remake Speak No Evil has a strong box office forecast, which is exactly what Blumhouse Productions needs after a bad year.
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Now that Beetlejuice 2 is here, what are the odds we'll get a Beetlejuice 3? Tim Burton provided some insight into that possibility when we interviewed him.
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Liev Schreiber's Sabretooth isn't in Deadpool & Wolverine, but the actor has a fair excuse for not reprising his X-Men Origins: Wolverine role.
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Is there even more pandemonium in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice once the credits start rolling? Here's our spoiler-free guide.
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The most surprising box office hits of all time have come in various shapes and sizes, from mico-budgeted horror films to comedies with no-name casts.
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Noah Hawley's Alien TV show supposedly takes place around the year 2094. Here's why that could prove to be a small problem for the franchise's timeline.
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Fargo creator Noah Hawley's Alien TV show, Alien: Earth, is coming in 2025, and we finally know what the sci-fi/horror series is about.
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Dolores Umbridge actress Imelda Staunton is returning to the Harry Potter franchise, but it's not in the upcoming Max series.
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Inside Out 2 has overtaken 2019's The Lion King at the box office, ending (for now) a debate over the line between live-action and animation.