RUMOR: The Russo Brothers Are Casting The MCU's New GHOST RIDER For AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY

According to a fiery new rumour, Marvel Studios is finally looking to cast a new Ghost Rider, with the Spirit of Vengenace likely to make his MCU debut as soon as next December's Avengers: Doomsday...

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By JoshWilding - May 23, 2025 08:05 AM EST

Filed Under: Avengers: Doomsday

Yesterday evening, the news broke that Marvel Studios has delayed Avengers: Doomday and Avengers: Secret Wars. Fans are understandably disappointed, but it now gives the Russo Brothers the time they need to hopefully make both movies as good as possible.

In March, a lengthy video posted to YouTube and social media revealed who will star in Avengers: Doomsday. Many expected names were missing, as were any new additions to the MCU. Kevin Feige later confirmed that the cast wasn't complete, news which doesn't come as a huge surprise; the MCU may be jam-packed, but there's still plenty of heroes we've yet to see on screen.

Talking on The Hot Mic podcast, Jeff Sneider confirmed that Marvel Studios and the Russos are in the process of casting Ghost Rider for the next Avengers movie.

"I have heard this week that Marvel is casting the role of Ghost Rider," he revealed. "That's for Doomsday. I'm hearing that Ghost Rider is going to be in Doomsday."

He'd go on to state that this is the MCU's Ghost Rider, not the return of Nicolas Cage as the Johnny Blaze he played in the late 2000s/early 2010s. The Spirit of Vengeance was previously rumoured for Spider-Man: Brand New Day; as that movie was set to open between Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars, it may well have been the plan at one time or another.

It's exciting that Earth's Mightiest Heroes might recruit Ghost Rider to help in the battle against Doctor Doom, and a crazy to think we're only eighteen months away from potentially seeing the Avengers, X-Men, Fantastic Four, and Ghost Rider all on screen at the same time.

Promoting The Fall Guy last year, Ryan Gosling was asked by Josh Horowitz about getting the seal of approval from Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige to play the MCU's Ghost Rider if he's interested. "This was a magical moment. I told Josh I would like to play Ghost Rider. He found Kevin Feige, corners him, does an interview with him. When he says, 'I would like this,' all the lights go off."

As for whether there's been any real movement on that front, a cagey Gosling responded, "I don't know." When his co-star Emily Blunt interjected and said she didn't expect him to sign up for a superhero project, the Academy Award nominee told her, "I would love to, it would be amazing. Come be in Ghost Rider."

You can find out who we think should play the MCU's Ghost Rider by clicking here.

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ObserverIO - 5/23/2025, 8:14 AM

Nic Cage or GTFO.

Imagine if Deadpool & Wolverine had cast some rando as Blade. That massive audience reaction? All gone.

Latverian - 5/23/2025, 8:37 AM

@ObserverIO -

Wanna go total left-field? Caleb, from Trail of Tears.

Garth Ennis? Check!
Relatively unknown? Double check!!
Old-timey western vibe? Triple f#ckin' check!!!
Bound to ruffle some feathers? Che-che-che-check, please!!!!

Read it, cast him, thank me later.

AllsGood - 5/23/2025, 8:41 AM

@ObserverIO - NO to Nicolas Cage getting Old and Fat at 61 years old.

Casting for a new Ghost Rider not Cameo.

dragon316 - 5/23/2025, 8:53 AM

@ObserverIO - fans won’t see it new people might have who don’t know who blade is never knew snipes played blade

Corruptor - 5/23/2025, 2:53 PM

@AllsGood - It doesn't much matter about old and fat when he's in human form, he's just bones when he hellfires up. Cage can do that great world weariness that comes with living with a demon for decades.

Anyway, most bikers are fat old men. It's the only throb between the legs they get now.

soberchimera - 5/23/2025, 2:54 PM

@ObserverIO - Please no more nostalgia bait, especially from a duology that was awful.

ObserverIO - 5/23/2025, 2:59 PM

@soberchimera - no more nostalgia bait AFTER Secret Wars.

Elektra, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Spider-Man 3 even the Tim Story Fantastic Four movies were all hated by fans. Doesn't matter where nostalgia is concerned.

ObserverIO - 5/23/2025, 8:18 AM

You know who Ryan Gosling could be in the MCU? Nick Fury. Not in Secret Wars in the reboot.

Nick Fury Agent of SHIELD.

Irregular - 5/23/2025, 8:22 AM

@ObserverIO - Nah, Ryan Gosling as Ghost Rider is damn near perfect. Not only is Ryan an excellent actor, but he DOES look a lot like Johnny Blaze. Especially a lot of the comics Johnny is in the past 10 years.

ObserverIO - 5/23/2025, 8:23 AM

@Irregular - Then maybe wait for the reboot. In a multiversal cameo filled movie it's Nic Cage or bust. Or Sidney Sweeney's latex covered busts. Or all three.

AgentofSH1ELD - 5/23/2025, 8:26 AM

@ObserverIO - As an actual AgentofSHIELD, I have to disagree with this.

Irregular - 5/23/2025, 8:28 AM

@ObserverIO - I wouldn't put too much thought in this rumor. This just sounds like a theory that is cobbled together and not a real source. There scoops have been pretty bad lately from Sneider. Especially since none of their "scoops" were able to reveal that these films would be delayed. Noticed how none of them even mentioned that but yet they have these "connections" in Hollywood?

They have no real scoops. It's becoming predictable at this point.

Antitrollpatrol - 5/23/2025, 8:33 AM

@Irregular - I would love for him to be ghost rider but with him shooting start wars starfighter I doubt they'll go with him.

AnEye - 5/23/2025, 8:34 AM

@Antitrollpatrol - Exactly that’s a good point. Starfighter is coming up for him.

CorndogBurglar - 5/23/2025, 11:03 AM

@ObserverIO - Totally agree with this.

If they are going to have Ghost Rider as a regular after Secret Wars then I would personally like it to be Dan Ketch. He's bu far favorite GR.

Irregular - 5/23/2025, 8:24 AM

I doubt it's true, but it wouldn't surprise me this is just more of a theory that they are passing a scoop. Remember, Spider-Man was introduced in Civil War because of who? The Russo Bros.

So it's very plausible they might do that but I find that extremely ridiculous to introduce Ghost Rider with ANOTHER character to warn about Doom. Which again, I doubt this is true.

KaptainKhaos - 5/23/2025, 8:26 AM

It's a MCU rumour so it's 99.99% false.

That being said, I hope it's the greatest incarnation of the Spirit of Vengeance, Devil Rig!!!!

TheVisionary25 - 5/23/2025, 8:31 AM

Damn , that’s crazy if true…

If they are going with Johnny Blaze then Ryan Gosling could work but honestly I think my pick might be Boyd Holbrook now.

Anyway , I’m still hoping to have a scene of MCU GR now riding Battleworld with Cage’s variant and Gabriel Luna’s Robbie Reyes aswell.

vectorsigma - 5/23/2025, 8:31 AM

No scooper got the news on the delays. This says much about these bums.

More time for everyone from the Marvel universe getting mentioned in rumors to be included from here on out

bobevanz - 5/23/2025, 9:06 AM

@vectorsigma - exactly. These clowns know nothing

Irregular - 5/23/2025, 9:42 AM

@vectorsigma - Yup! I said that up above. These are jus theories they are concocting that make their "scoops" seem plausible because they know people in the industry. But they in no way have an exact clue.

Like no shit Marvel is casting this week just like last week and the week before. Feige already said this isn't the full cast.

JacobsLadder - 5/23/2025, 10:18 AM

@vectorsigma - for real. That's pretty big news and nobody scooped it. The media also claim to be completely surprised that the president was a [frick]ing vegetable. They never saw him wander off into the jungle or talk to dead people or any of the other hundreds of instances where it was pretty obvious the guy was not firing on all cylinders. But hey, let's write books about it after the fact. clown world.

gambgel - 5/23/2025, 8:34 AM

dont think this is the right movie/moment to introduce a new Ghost Rider, but we'll see...

Order66 - 5/23/2025, 8:36 AM

Thank god. Enough with this Nic Cage Ghost Rider garbage. Stop with the nostalgia bs. Reboot Ghost Rider properly.

HammerLegFoot - 5/23/2025, 8:51 AM

Ok so I know Ghost Rider but really not that familiar with Johnny Blaze. Would Gosling be a good fit?

RegularPoochie - 5/23/2025, 9:09 AM

@HammerLegFoot - shame to admit it, but he would be almost the perfection as Blaze lmfao

THEKENDOMAN - 5/23/2025, 8:53 AM

Well, it's about bloody time.

But why can't we get a blade, too?

That brother didn't stand a chance, did he?

Lets just [frick]ing forget that a movie was announced

For [frick]s Sake

dragon316 - 5/23/2025, 8:54 AM

Sucks for Sam Jackson marvel slowly using him they hope we forget about him as nick fury ? Last time saw fury was secret invasion nothing more

Ryguy88 - 5/23/2025, 9:06 AM

Can we get a scooper tier list? Where does Jeff Sneider rank?

vectorsigma - 5/23/2025, 9:56 AM

@Ryguy88 - i think all scoopers are wrong this early in production.

They only get a few things right 2-3 months near release

supermanrex - 5/23/2025, 9:21 AM

NO THEY [frick]ING NOT!! EVERYDAY NEW CASTING RUMOR THAT SERVES THE PURPOSE OF BUILDING UNREALISTIC HYPE AND ULTIMATE DISAPPOINTMENT FROM FANDOM WHEN NONE OF THESE BULLSHIT RUMORS COMES TRUE.

AllsNotGood - 5/23/2025, 9:21 AM

Wish we would have seen ghost rider in MCU.....I know what let's have iron heart Agatha instead

mountainman - 5/23/2025, 9:54 AM

@AllsNotGood - They say you are a bigot for not liking these F list Marvel characters.

AllsNotGood - 5/23/2025, 10:04 AM

@mountainman - I wouldn't even call them f tier. Just think of all the a list characters they could have done projects on.....it's not even about diversity because many a list are diverse. They wouldn't be in the state that they are in... madness

mountainman - 5/23/2025, 10:07 AM

@AllsNotGood - If the mutants were done right, you could get an incredibly diverse group of people if adapted accurately. No race swaps needed.

Dani Moonstar and the Proudstar brothers are very cool Native American characters.

Storm, Bishop, Darwin, Gateway and so many more give black representation.

There are so many great options. But we get characters that could never sustain a comic run adapted. It’s just strange decision making.

AllsNotGood - 5/23/2025, 10:08 AM

@mountainman - you know they won't be able to help themselves and race/gender swap someone. They need to put the core list of X-Men in to bring people back inside not some random characters just because they are diverse.

AllsNotGood - 5/23/2025, 10:09 AM

@mountainman - I remember the original cartoon they was this native American guy who could turn into a hawk or something

mountainman - 5/23/2025, 10:19 AM

@AllsNotGood - Dont remember his name but he was on Alpha Flight. Maybe Shaman?

Another cool character. But to me Dani Moonstar and Warpath are both top tier characters. New Mutants could be a great property to adapt after the X-Men reboot. So many great characters and a very diverse team.

CorndogBurglar - 5/23/2025, 11:07 AM

@AllsNotGood - They definitely won't be able to help themselves. And if the casting rumors we have so far are true, then they haven't learned anything and X-Men is doomed.

RUMOR: The Russo Brothers Are Casting The MCU's New GHOST RIDER For AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY

According to a fiery new rumour, Marvel Studios is finally looking to cast a new Ghost Rider, with the Spirit of Vengenace likely to make his MCU debut as soon as next December's Avengers: Doomsday...

Here's Why Disney And Marvel Studios Delayed AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY And AVENGERS: SECRET WARS

AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY Rumor Points To A VERY Surprising Character Return - Possible SPOILERS

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Here's Why Disney And Marvel Studios Delayed AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY And AVENGERS: SECRET WARS

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