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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A bizarre conspiracy theory involving the box office numbers of Sonic the Hedgehog 3 and Mufasa: The Lion King has cropped up, but there's no truth to it.
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While Jim Parsons is relatively confident about his abilities as an actor, he felt very differently about his run as a producer on Young Sheldon.
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Join us as we rank the Star Trek movies based on their box office performances (both adjusted and unadjusted for inflation) and budgets.
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Young Sheldon was still riding high when it was canceled after seven seasons, which made the decision a massive shock to star Annie Potts.
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Is Godzilla male or female? Buckle up, because the issue of the iconic kaiju's gender is far less straightforward than you might've assumed.
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Robert Eggers' Nosferatu enjoyed a bigger box office debut than expected over the winter holiday frame. Here's what went right for the horror remake.
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Jason Momoa is officially joining James Gunn's DC Universe. However, the actor will play a famous DC Comics villain/antihero rather than Aquaman.
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Rami Malek won the Best Actor Oscar for his portrayal of Freddie Mercury in Bohemian Rhapsody, but did he actually sing all of the Queen songs?
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From the dreaded return of Beetlejuice to the antics of Deadpool & Wolverine, here are the 10 highest-grossing movies at the 2024 box office.
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When Rick Grimes wakes up from a coma on The Walking Dead, the world around him has crumbled and he's miraculously not been eaten by zombies ... how?!
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Yellowstone has come to an end after five seasons, but IMDb users voted in their best episode of the show before Kevin Costner's exit from the Western series.
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Montana Jordan played Georgie Cooper on Young Sheldon for 141 episodes, but one aspect of the character drew him to the role in the first place.
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According to Disney, Andor is the single most expensive Star Wars project it has ever made. Here's why that investment is worth it for the studio.
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Sonic the Hedgehog 3 managed to handily defeat Mufasa: The Lion King during the movies' opening weekend at the box office. Here's how.
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Dead Boy Detectives was taken from its fans too soon. Here's why Netflix cancelled the supernatural DC series after just one season.
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The Big Bang Theory was still going strong when costar Melissa Rauch wrote and starred in a comedy that wound up flopping hard at the box office.
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In honor of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker's fifth anniversary, we're looking back at what might be the most complicated $1 billion box office success ever.
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Blumhouse is reviving The Mummy with a filmmaker who knows a thing or two about how to successfully resurrect a dead horror movie franchise.
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Robert Eggers' Nosferatu might just be the horror film that manages to revitalize vampire movies at the box office over the winter holidays.
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Want to check out the original 1922 version of Nosferatu before the Bill Skarsgård-led remake arrives? You can currently do so for free.
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One of the many beloved comedies starring the late, great John Candy has entered Prime Video's top 10 just in time for the winter holidays.
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Sci-fi queen Zoe Saldaña feels that awards voters have not adequately recognized the work actors do when it comes to motion capture performances.
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Morbius is profitable? Sony's Spider-Man without Marvel's Spider-man movie Morbius? The flop that gave us 'It's Morbin' Time?' That Morbius?
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The War of the Rohirrim did not have a good opening weekend at the box office, but Warner Bros. execs probably aren't pulling their hair out over it.
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Director Roland Emmerich didn't seem to appreciate Toho's classic monster design for Godzilla, calling his version from the maligned 1998 movie "way better."
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Kraven the Hunter had a deeply disappointing debut at the box office, so let's examine what went wrong with Sony's latest Marvel movie.
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South Park is, confusingly, leaving Max for Paramount+ in 2025, so let's break down how the show's streaming rights became such a mess to begin with.