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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Horror Movies
By Ryan Scott
The folks behind Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey 3 have just hired a controversial screenwriter to write the script, and it's left us scratching our heads.
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Horror Movies
By Ryan Scott
Scheduling issues related to the Screen Actors Guild strike in 2023 forced Weapons director Zach Cregger to overhaul the film's main cast, with one exception.
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Horror Movies
By Ryan Scott
Thanks to Weapons, Warner Bros. remains on a commercial hot streak and has now set a box office record that even Disney couldn't quite match back in 2019.
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Horror Movies
By Ryan Scott
Zach Cregger's Barbarian follow-up, Weapons, flew past expectations at the box office, so let's examine how the twisted horror flick became a cinematic event.
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Horror Movies
By Ryan Scott
As recently confirmed by director Zach Cregger, here are the reasons why Pedro Pascal dropped out of the horror film Weapons before production even began.
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Michael Crichton initially wrote Jurassic Park as a screenplay before a book, but there's a good reason that he didn't ultimately write the movie.
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Todd McFarlane and Blumhouse's Spawn film reboot has endured one of the most tumultuous journeys through development hell in modern history. Let's recap it all.
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Romance Movies
By Ryan Scott
Edgar Wright's adaptation of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World is one of the most beloved comic book movies of all time, but it bombed at the box office.
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Horror Movies
By Ryan Scott
The trailers for Weapons have leaned into how scary the movie is — and it is. But it's also surprisingly (and intentionally) funny.
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Warner Bros. is angling to learn from its previous mistakes (and those of Marvel) when it comes to the number of DC Studios movies it releases per year.
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Horror Movies
By Ryan Scott
Jason Voorhees is finally getting back to killing teenagers in live-action in the upcoming Friday the 13th short, Sweet Revenge. Check out the trailer here.
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Nobody turned Bob Odenkirk into an action star in 2021, with modest box office success. Can Nobody 2 be an even bigger hit?
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Luna Blaise watched some classic blockbusters to prepare for her role in Jurassic World Rebirth, along with, surprisingly, a lesser-known Disney animated movie.
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Horror Movies
By Ryan Scott
Michael Shanks, the director of the body horror film Together, took some inspiration from an unlikely place: a Star Trek movie from the 1990s.
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We have more details about what the potential (and seemingly inevitable) Stranger Things spin-off will be about (whenever Netflix gets around to ordering it).
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Disney's Marvel, Star Wars, and Pixar brands have all been struggling in one way or another lately, and it's all for the same reason. Can Disney course correct?
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Comedy Movies
By Ryan Scott
The Naked Gun reboot/sequel wasn't a huge hit right away, but its box office opening was solid enough to keep hope alive for theatrical comedies in general.
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The Fantastic Four: First Steps is far from a bomb, but its box office performance does raise questions about how Marvel Studios should proceed going forward.
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Comedy Movies
By Ryan Scott
Christian Bale's portrayal of Patrick Bateman is one of horror's finest, but a Starship Troopers star played the character two years later.
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Comedy Movies
By Ryan Scott
The Naked Gun director Akiva Shaffer has never had a box office hit, but many of his movies, like Hot Rod, have gone on to become cult favorite comedies.
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2005's Fantastic Four would've established a shared universe (sorta) with Fox's X-Men films if it had included this deleted scene with Hugh Jackman's Wolverine.
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Horror Movies
By Ryan Scott
John Krasinski is returning to write and direct A Quiet Place Part III, which now has a release date (and is something Krasinski has been teasing for years).
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Horror Movies
By Ryan Scott
While it may not be the next Barbenheimer, early signs indicate Weapons and Freakier Friday should make for a lucrative bit of box office counter-programming.
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Drama Shows
By Ryan Scott
With Pamela Anderson enjoying a career resurgence thanks to projects like The Naked Gun, she's taken a moment to reflect back on Hulu's Pam & Tommy miniseries.
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Comedy Movies
By Ryan Scott
The Naked Gun is bringing comedy back to theaters in a big way. But do the laughs keep coming with a post-credits scene?
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AMC has decided to pull the plug on The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon after season 4, but it sounds like this may not be the end for Daryl and Carol.
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Almost two decades after its initial release, this comic book movie starring James McAvoy and Angelina Jolie has gotten a new lease on life thanks to Netflix.
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