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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It's good to be the king (of the monsters), with Godzilla x Kong now the highest-grossing MonsterVerse film at the box office.
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When other genres faltered at the box office, horror has delivered breakout hits. But that hasn't happened in 2024, and The Watchers didn't break the cycle.
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Bad Boys 4, aka Bad Boys: Ride Or Die, was a bigger-than-expected hit at the box office. Here's how that happened.
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Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman are gearing up to return for the sequel Practical Magic 2.
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Ghostbusters and Gremlins debuted in theaters on the same weekend, and helped each other become box office hits and lay the groundwork for franchise futures.
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Inside Out 2 aims to bring Pixar's box office dominance back after a rough few years thanks to the underperforming Lightyear and pandemic woes.
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The Hunger Games will return with Sunrise on the Reaping, a new prequel movie (and book) about the infamous Second Quarter Quell.
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It turns out the horror movie Tarot is a surprise hit. Here's how Sony went about turning the small film into box office gold.
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In a Violent Nature, the unrated slasher horror movie by director Chris Nash, is making a killing at the box office.
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With some luck, John Krasinski's IF might turn out to be this year's version of Elemental – at least when it comes to its box office trajectory.
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Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes is proving to be successful at the box office, though opening weekend wasn't huge, because it just passed a big milestone.
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Here's why Disney is not revealing the box office numbers for Daisy Ridley's based-on-a-true-story sports drama Young Woman and the Sea.
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This past weekend, the North American box office pulled in the lowest overall domestic total for any weekend in May or June since 1999. That is not good, folks!
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Paramount Pictures is in the midst of merging with its longtime collaborator Skydance Media, which produces many of its biggest franchises.
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2020 was a terrible year for us all, but the box office found a savior with 'Bad Boys For Life.'
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Horror fans, rejoice! Mike Flanagan's Hush is finally coming to Blu-ray!
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Will Smith and Martin Lawrence are back in action with Bad Boys: Ride or Die. Can this be the cure to the summer box office blues?
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Regal Cinemas and Harkins Theatres are rolling out $1 summer family movie programs that might help get the box office back on track.
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Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire has crossed its final box office milestone, and it proves the franchise seems to have a ceiling when it comes to financial success.
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The director of Blue Beetle will helm the long-brewing film adaptation of the popular video game, which focuses on a secret agent named Rico Rodriguez.
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With Furiosa and The Garfield Movie, Hollywood just suffered through the worst Memorial Day at the box office in nearly three decades. Here's what went wrong.
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Garfuriosa was no Barbenheimer at the box office as both Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga and The Garfield Movie opened below expectations.
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Thanks to the success of Die Hard, the writers of Cliffhanger finally found a way to tell their story, and it became one of Sylvester Stallone's best movies.
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Futurama is full of clever Easter eggs, one of the earliest of which was included in the show's third episode, 'I, Roommate.'
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Ridley Scott's Alien hit theaters 45 years ago this week, and the sci-fi horror film quickly became not only a huge financial, but a hugely influential one.
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Bones actor Katheryn Winnick was warned that the show's fans wouldn't take kindly to her character coming between Brennan and Booth.
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Can Marvel save the summer box office with the R-rated Deadpool & Wolverine? AMC Theaters certainly thinks so.