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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With The Acolyte being canceled, it's likely we won't be getting more live-action Star Wars projects set in the High Republic era for now, which is a shame.
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Joker: Folie a Deux has generated a lot of discussion over its budget, and it's a discussion that director Todd Phillips doesn't quite seem to understand.
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The director of Alien: Romulus has an idea for what a sequel could look like, but the question is whether Disney will be willing to wait for him to make it.
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Before Josh Brolin was cast as Cable in 2018's Deadpool 2, this WWE wrestler was convinced he was going to play the part.
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Deadpool & Wolverine has a sequence that ended up being the most challenging that director Shawn Levy ever created, thanks to the Deadpool Corps. arrival.
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Watch the first trailer for Kyle Mooney's horror comedy Y2K, which finds the turn of the century sparking '90s techno monsters at a New Year's Eve party.
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Borderlands, the new film based on the beloved video game series, is shaping up to be one of the worst box office bombs of the modern era.
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Alien: Romulus is a big hit at the box office, and for the Alien franchise in general. Here's how and why that happened.
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Bones' effects team has to quickly reconfigure a dead body prop after a casting miscommunication for season 2's 'Bodies in the Book.'
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Joaquin Phoenix was hesitant to return for a Joker sequel, and had one specific condition regarding the film.
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One episode of Bones required star Emily Deschanel to really use her imagination.
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Alien: Romulus takes a bold swing in its final act, but the decision is rooted in Ridley Scott's mythology whether fans like it or not.
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Alien vs. Predator was far from a box office flop, but the 2004 crossover movie didn't do either franchise any favors.
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There probably won't ever be a sequel to the infamous flop Catwoman, but would Halle Berry return if there was?
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The Nicolas Cage movie Longlegs is officially one of the biggest indie horror box office hits in years.
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The 2024 remake of The Crow spent years in development hell. Unfortunately, things aren't looking promising at the box office.
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Tom Cruise and Chris McQuarrie's Jack Reacher movie is currently in Netflix's top 10, and so is its less-liked sequel, 2016's Jack Reacher: Never Go Back.
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Kraven the Hunter and Logan are both R-rated Marvel movies, but they share another connection now thanks to the new Kraven trailer.
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James Wan is attached to direct a remake of the classic Universal Monster movie Creature from the Black Lagoon. Here's why he's a perfect choice for the gig.
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Will Blake Lively make her feature directing debut with the sequel to It Ends With Us? Early signs are looking good.
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The co-creator of the Borderlands video game franchise has weighed in on the movie adaptation's terrible opening weekend at the box office.
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Eli Roth's Borderlands bombed hard at the box office in its opening weekend. What went wrong? A lot, actually.
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The Sixth Sense was a huge hit upon its release in 1999, so much so that M. Night Shyamalan is still living in its shadow today.
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The 2024 D23 Expo featured the first-look footage for TRON: Ares, the upcoming TRON movie starring Jared Leto. Let's break down the footage we saw.
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Lucasfilm offered a sneak peek at Din Djarin and Grogu's first big screen adventure, The Mandalorian and Grogu, at the D23 Expo.
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Jude Law leads in an intrepid crew of young galactic adventurers in the first teaser trailer for Star Wars: Skeleton Crew.
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Disney is bringing Moana 2 to theaters in November 2024, and the studio revealed a new trailer for the animated sequel tonight at D23.