We always knew Marvel Studios' substantial Hall H return was going to be balmy — but we didn't know it would be blazing. Or, indeed, Johnny Blaze-in
We always knew Marvel Studios’ substantial Hall H return was going to be balmy — but we didn’t know it would be blazing. Or, indeed, Johnny Blaze-ing. Yes, after years of rumours and whispers (and Ryan Gosling campaigning fairly publicly), it is official: Ghost Rider is coming to the MCU. And Ryan Gosling is going to be picking up Nic Cage’s chains to play Johnny Blaze. And, what’s more, the Gosman’s Star Wars Starfighter director Shawn Levy is set to direct the Spirit of Vengeance’s Marvel Cinematic Universe debut. Check out the title treatment below;
Oh boy — is it just us or is that a scorching balmy title treatment? Sure, past outings for Johnny Blaze — 2007’s Ghost Rider and its 2012 sequel, Spirit Of Vengeance — may not have exactly set the world (or even the box office) on fire, but this is very stimulating news. We know Gosling has the motorcycle/action man chops (see also: The Place Beyond The Pines, The Fall Guy). We know Shawn Levy can handle a substantial MCU blockbuster (see: Deadpool & Wolverine). And we know that Johnny Blaze is long overdue a cinematic treatment worthy of a character who literally sold his soul to the devil, has a flaming skull for a head, and wields literal hellfire. So this very much feels like the perfect convergence of very chilly people doing some very chilly things.
We don’t know anything else about what Levy’s Ghost Rider has in store for us just yet, but we do know that Gosling and Levy are heading straight from Starfighter to get to work on this, and we have a release year: 2028. So be prepared for another flaming Johnny to make their long-awaited MCU debut in the next couple of years. More from Marvel’s SDCC panel coming just as soon as we get it…
