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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Drama Movies
By Ryan Scott
Sony's plan to release four films about The Beatles in April 2028 is one of the boldest, riskiest gambles in recent movie history, and we really hope it works.
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Marvel's newly-unveiled Thunderbolts* merchandise has revealed Lewis Pullman's full look as Sentry in the MCU film, complete with his costume.
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If you weren't wise enough to stay up watching Adult Swim into the early morning of April Fool's Day, you missed an incredible Rick & Morty stage anthology.
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Disney is going to lose a whole lot of money on its live-action Snow White remake for reasons that, it bears repeating, are not Rachel Zegler's fault.
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Tom Hardy is offering new insight into why his Venom never really crossed paths with Tom Holland's Spider-Man on the big screen.
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Hollywood might look at the box office performance of A24's Death of a Unicorn and conclude they should stop making movies like it, but the opposite is true.
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Disney's Snow White was no match for the latest Jason Statham action movie, which gave the box office some much-needed support over the weekend.
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The DVD might feel omnipresent to younger /Film readers, but one of the first films released on DVD is so recent, it had a sequel in 2024.
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In its final season, Arrow set the stage for a spinoff series titled Green Arrow & the Canaries. Here's why The CW ultimately cancelled its plans for the show.
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The novels of Agatha Christie helped M. Night Shyamalan assemble the cast of characters for his 2021 beach-based thriller Old.
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No one could have predicted 35 years ago that bringing everyone's favorite heroes in a half-shell to the big screen would dominate the box office.
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Scott Derrickson, the director of Sinister, The Black Phone, The Gorge, and the upcoming The Black Phone 2, is sticking with horror for his newest movie.
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Could A Minecraft Movie become a major box office hit on the level with its fellow video game adaptation, The Super Mario Bros. Movie? Let's discuss.
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Did you notice several high-profile Marvel Cinematic Universe actors were missing from the official Avengers: Doomsday cast? There's no doubt a reason for that.
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While plenty of stars were confirmed to appear in Avengers: Doomsday, spare a thought for the Marvel actors whose names did not appear on a live-streamed chair.
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The Yellowstone franchise continues to expand even more. Yet another spin-off show is in the works, this time focusing on Luke Grimes' Kayce Dutton.
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While Thunderbolts* has yet to hit theaters, Marvel's cast reveal for Avengers: Doomsday has already spoiled major aspects of the film.
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A hit comedy from Joker director Todd Phillips upset The University Of Georgia of so much that they banned other movies from filming there.
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The Big Bang Theory co-creator Chuck Lorre knows the show's writers were missing something important about Kaley Cuoco's Penny at first.
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Amazon has locked down a pair of big name producers to handle the next James Bond movie. Here's everything we know so far.
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In a new interview, Ben Affleck pinpoints what went wrong with his tenure as Batman and how the DCEU ultimately fell apart.
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If you're wondering what happened to the animated Smallville sequel series, a recent update pours cold water on the project.
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Robert De Niro plays dual roles in The Alto Knights, but double the De Niro wasn't enough to convince audiences to turn up for the film's opening weekend.
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Disney's live-action Snow White remake had a disappointing opening weekend at the box office, so what went wrong? Well, several things, in fact.
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After years of making massive-budgeted franchise plays, director Jaume Collet-Serra returns to horror with The Woman in the Yard.
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Jaume Collet-Serra's airport thriller Carry-On helped pave the way for The Woman in the Yard, his long-awaited return to the horror genre.
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We visited the set of Blumhouse's newest horror movie, The Woman in the Yard. Here's what we learned and what we saw on the production's last day.
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