Danielle Ryan
School
Georgia Gwinnett College
Expertise
The Evil Dead Franchise, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Extreme Horror Cinema
- Danielle started her journey as a published writer on CHUD.com, reviewing straight-to-DVD horror movies before starting her first column, examining controversial cinema and our reactions to it.
- She loves doing interviews and having in-depth conversations with creatives about their work. Career highlights include chatting with Matt Damon and Pedro Pascal backstage at Madison Square Garden and showing Charlie Day her fan art of Denim Chicken.
- One day, Danielle wants to direct a feature film, but so far, she has only directed and edited a short. She was also an assistant director on an independent feature film.
Experience
Danielle is an experienced writer with bylines at The Washington Post, Fandom, Bustle, CNN, Paste Magazine, and more. She has written in a variety of fields, including local crime, global public health, and the entertainment industry. A piece she wrote about youth violence programs in American schools was presented before the United Nations. Danielle is passionate about shocking entertainment, mental health discussions, and practical gore effects.
Education
Danielle has a Bachelor's of English with a concentration in writing and rhetoric.
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Stories By Danielle Ryan
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Two new characters who appear in Squid Game season 2 recall real-life players in Netflix's Squid Game game show Squid Game: The Challenge.
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As John Carpenter's The Thing headed toward the end of the production, the movie still didn't have an ending. Thankfully, Kurt Russell came up with a doozy.
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Taylor Sheridan created a TV empire with Yellowstone and its spinoffs, and now a movie he scripted is topping Prime Video's streaming charts.
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Few people understand Star Trek like Michael Dorn, who feels Next Generation was the show that really delivered creator Gene Roddenberry's vision.
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Two of the biggest sci-fi franchises in film history, Dune and. Star Wars, both feature spice ... but are they related? Let us explain.
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Nicholas Galitzine is preparing for his role as Prince Adam aka He-Man in the live-action adaptation of Masters of the Universe and he has the power!
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The Superman trailer features an unfortunate robot who might not be familiar to casual fans, but is an important character in DC Comics.
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Most Ferengi in Star Trek wear veils covering the back of their head, but the headpieces were a last-minute addition after a costuming snafu.
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Living up to the legacy of The Big Bang Theory while still making Young Sheldon its own thing was a huge source of intimidation for Lance Barber.
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Henry Cavill has starred in some major franchises, but he missed out on roles in Twilight and Harry Potter that instead went to Robert Pattinson.
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Young Sheldon (Iain Armitage) is conspicuously absent in the George & Mandy's First Marriage Thanksgiving episode, but that wasn't on accident.
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The Tribbles on Star Trek have influenced everything from Gremlins to Nibbler on Futurama, but they almost had an even cuter name.
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It looks like Red X is going to be making an appearance in the upcoming Harley Quinn season 5, continuing a mystery teased in Teen Titans.
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There were several factors that led to Geena Davis stepping back from Hollywood, although her offscreen life is just as interesting as her film work.
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Horror author Stephen King hated Stanley Kubrick's adaptation of The Shining, but it's not the only movie based on his books that he found 'boring.'
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Everything's bigger in Texas, and that includes the movies. Here are the 10 best movies set in the Lone Star state, ranked.
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Peter Falk once listed his four favorite episodes of Columbo, highlighting the many guest stars he worked with over the course of the series.
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The hit series M*A*S*H ran for 11 seasons across 11 years, but believe it or not, only one episode of the show featured the full cast.
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Jeffrey Wright's Jim Gordon was the MVP of The Batman, but there's a simple reason why he didn't appear in the Penguin spinoff series.
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Different actors have different boundaries when it comes to filming love scenes. For Jada Pinkett Smith, it's always been about one simple rule.
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Before Mike Farrell's character B. J. Hunnicutt became a beloved part of M*A*S*H, he was terrified about joining the show.
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Danny Lloyd played poor, tormented Danny Torrance in Stanley Kubrick's The Shining. But what happened to the young actor after that?
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M. Night Shyamalan was pretty nervous working with Bruce Willis on The Sixth Sense, especially when he got an unexpected request from the actor.
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Dennis Quaid knocked it out of the park playing a total slimeball in The Substance, but he replaced a beloved actor who was originally cast in the role.
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Gladiator II cinematographer John Mathieson had some choice words to say about his longtime collaborator Ridley Scott and his current filming methods.
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Clint Eastwood has directed quite a big few names, but one Western icon never collaborated with him in that regard and came to regret it years later.
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When Breaking Bad actor Giancarlo Esposito was asked to join The Mandalorian as Moff Gideon, he had one specific condition.