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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The Fall Guy got off to a poor start at the box office, and unfortunately, the rest of the summer season isn't looking so hot for our ol' pals in Hollywood.
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A movie about the making of the sports classic Rocky is in the works, and Green Book director Peter Farrelly (of Dumb & Dumber) fame will be at the helm.
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Star Wars: The Phantom Menace returned to theaters and ended up with strong box office numbers
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Tarot barely made it into the box office top five in its opening weekend, but this critically-panned horror movie could be a quiet success.
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Adam Wingard's Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire has overtaken Gareth Edwards' 2014 Godzilla film to become the highest-grossing Godzilla movie of all time.
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Richard B. Riddick lives as Vin Diesel gears up to reprise his sci-fi role in the upcoming Riddick: Furya.
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Ryan Gosling-led action comedy The Fall Guy topped the charts this weekend in the slowest summer box office start since The Lizzie McGuire Movie.
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Marc Webb's The Amazing Spider-Man 2 made over $700 million worldwide, but still ended up killing Sony's attempt at a solo, non-MCU Spider-Man franchise.
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A legend was born of Haruo Nakajima's performance in 1954's Godzilla, but he lost a lot of weight due to his extremely cumbersome costume.
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The composer of the original Godzilla film was warned that working on the movie might be a form of career suicide. Thankfully, he didn't listen.
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Marvel head honcho Kevin Feige was hesitant to sign off on Ryan Reynolds' early pitches for Deadpool & Wolverine, but the actor just kept the ideas coming.
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Apes together strong at the box office, with this month's Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes tracking for a solid opening weekend.
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We spoke with The Fall Guy director David Leitch and stars Ryan Gosling, Emily Blunt, Winston Duke, and Stephanie Hsu about their terrific new action romance.
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Playing the villain in Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga was a scary prospect for Chris Hemsworth, but also something that felt like the right move.
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Sony Pictures and a private equity company have put in a cash offer to buy Paramount, one of the last remaining major Hollywood studios. Here's what it means.
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Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt star in The Fall Guy, kicking off summer blockbuster season. But does it have a credits scene? Here's the spoiler-free answer.
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Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace was the highest-grossing film of 1999. It was re-released in 2012, but more than a decade later, how high can it go?
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With season 2 on the way, Fallout has already become one of the biggest hits ever for Amazon and Prime Video.
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Adam Wingard's Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire and Mike Mitchell's Kung Fu Panda 4 have delivered the goods at the box office. Here's where things stand.
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Given how poor the first quarter of the year has gone at the box office, the 2024 summer box office season now has an unfair amount of ground to make up.
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With Dune: Part Two still in the top 10 and Challengers debuting at No. 1, the weekend box office cemented Zendaya as an A-list star.
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We interviewed director Scott Derrickson about his entire career, including all the highs (Sinister, Doctor Strange) and lows (The Day The Earth Stood Still).
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Five years later, Avengers: Endgame is still the biggest achievement of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, changing movies forever.
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There are now two Evil Dead movies with directors in the works, including the spinoff of the beloved horror franchise announced earlier this year.
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Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt are coming off Barbie and Oppenheimer, but can they work their magic on The Fall Guy's box office? Let's investigate.
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From a South Korean horror film to one of the most acclaimed sequels in recent memory, we're counting down the biggest box office hits of 2024 so far.
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2024 has already seen numerous misfires at the box office, from hopeful big studio blockbusters to smaller, original movies just trying to find their way.