David Goyer Writing Ghost Rider Sequel

David Goyer Writing Ghost Rider Sequel

Nicolas Cage has been suggesting for a while now that he's game for "Ghost Rider 2," and now it looks like it will come to pass.

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By Dingleberry - Sep 23, 2009 03:09 PM EST
Filed Under: Ghost Rider
Source: Variety

"Variety" is reporting that David S. Goyer is in early talks to create the story for the sequel. Cage will presumably be back for more given how excited he's sounded about it.

No word on whether the director of the first film, Mark Steven Johnson, will be back as well. In the "Variety" piece, former Marvel head Avi Arad, who will produce "Ghost Rider 2," also talked up some of the other Marvel properties that might find their way to the screen given the Disney acquisition-- Dr. Strange, Nick Fury, Power Pack, Guardians of the Galaxy, and The Avengers all got name checked, even though Fury and the Avengers are already part of ongoing movies. I guess he just want to remind everyone at every turn of just how many Marvel characters we're dealing.

As for the Ghost Rider movie, the sequel seems to mostly be motivated from Sony's desire to keep the property and not cede it do Disney. They can't keep the movie in development forever without progress, of course. I wouldn't expect to see this one actually coming to fruition any time soon.

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LEEE777
LEEE777 - 9/23/2009, 3:40 PM
Yo very cool news @ BARRY!! ; )

I liked GR!!!



Imran
Imran - 9/23/2009, 3:40 PM
BRING. IT. ON.

:-D
InFamouslyCool
InFamouslyCool - 9/23/2009, 3:47 PM
it's been awhile so i cant remember if ghost rider was good.
CrashTest
CrashTest - 9/23/2009, 3:50 PM
I like GR but the movies was not good. It had GR moments but it had some really bad ones as well. Dark Heart and Mephisto sucked. A second one, re-boot cast, and have a cross over.
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 9/23/2009, 3:51 PM
NO TO [frick]ING REBOOTS!
StephenStrange
StephenStrange - 9/23/2009, 3:55 PM
hmmmm. How odd. Didn't the first one perform poorly?
StephenStrange
StephenStrange - 9/23/2009, 3:56 PM
lol @ Dellmorte
dancingmonkey08
dancingmonkey08 - 9/23/2009, 3:59 PM
Ok dark sequel please with a good serious story and good director please and destroy those bloody jelly beans!
TheUnknown
TheUnknown - 9/23/2009, 3:59 PM
I don't really want to see a reboot, unless it's not an origin story.
GUNSMITH
GUNSMITH - 9/23/2009, 4:01 PM
WHO SHOULD DIRECT GHOST RIDER 2?
InTylerWeTrust
InTylerWeTrust - 9/23/2009, 4:03 PM
Please, make this actually good this time! The first was way too comical, and wasn't nearly as serious as it should have been.

Go ahead with a sequel, but change the cast, Johnny is top priority. Whoever thought Nic Cage was a good idea for Blaze, they need to be fired, IMMEDIATELY.
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 9/23/2009, 4:05 PM
Nite @ TEA!!
StrangerX
StrangerX - 9/23/2009, 4:06 PM
I didn't mind Nic Cage as Blaze. As long as it shuts him up about being a superhero. The problem was really the story it wasn't as Dark as it should have been. Blaze really needs a deep story.
InTylerWeTrust
InTylerWeTrust - 9/23/2009, 4:12 PM
I do agree that this movie was awful. Bad acting, bad direction, bad CGI, bad all around.

Daredevil was okay though, haven't seen the Director's Cut of that yet though.
krypton38
krypton38 - 9/23/2009, 4:24 PM
dellamorte1872: What are you talking about? Ghost Rider wasn't exactly good but it wasn't terrible either. It had some decent scenes. The casting was terrible on all counts and obviously that is gonna spoil a film. but it is enjoyable in its own way. As for Daredevil I think it gets some shit that it doesn't deserve. Ok so the playground fightscene between DD and Elektra is complete shite and bizarre but apart from that it only had a few minor niggles and the directors cut is brilliant, maybe not up there with the likes of spidey 2, x2 and TDK but it was good. same goes for Hulk. Maybe should have been trimmed but all it really needed was a decent climax and a proper villain smackdown. The reboot has the ending but its missing something that ang lees version had. No more bad mouthing DD ok!
NERO
NERO - 9/23/2009, 4:24 PM
I don't get Nick Cage. He claims to be a huge comic fan, named his kid Kal-El, has a Ghost Rider tat, all that, but he keeps jumping on board these terrible CBMs like the God awful version of Supes he was cast in (No flying, black suit, no cape, etc.), a really dumbed down almost child-like take on Ghost Rider as a Jelly bean swilling Johnny Blaze. You'd think such a huge comic fan would want these stories to be more loyal.

I just don't get it. Mark Steven Johnson needs to stay the hell away from comicdom, he's at two strikes already, to allow him a third is just bad all around.
Minotauro
Minotauro - 9/23/2009, 4:24 PM
@Tyler - COME'ON now!!! you liked daredevil more than ghostrider?? G-Rider wasn't that bad....Well, Oh? wait?...Nic Cage supposedly..Everything else was just average but cheesy!!!
Bijous
Bijous - 9/23/2009, 4:25 PM
Man, the first one was reeeaaaaalllly hard to watch...
InTylerWeTrust
InTylerWeTrust - 9/23/2009, 4:28 PM
Yes, I liked DD more than Ghost Rider. The acting was superior, the tone much more fitting to the character, the action also very fitting to the character, etc.

Ghost Rider had dreadful acting, an unfitting comedic tone, and bland action, at least for my tastes.
krypton38
krypton38 - 9/23/2009, 4:29 PM
No more bad mouthing DD
Minotauro
Minotauro - 9/23/2009, 4:35 PM
@Tyler - Nic Cage = Ben Affleck in both comparisons..
I agree with you on DD having the better darker tone! But ghostrider was just for fun! And you have to know the GR comics to know the character..
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 9/23/2009, 4:36 PM
DELLA! BE [frick]ING GRATEFUL YOU EVEN GOT A DD MOVIE!!!

: D

And i liked it, BULLSEYE made that movie!!
InTylerWeTrust
InTylerWeTrust - 9/23/2009, 4:40 PM
Ben Affleck was superior to Cage by far. He felt like the character, both Murdock and DD, while Cage only sort of felt like Blaze, and didn't feel like GR in the slightest.

Just because GR was "for fun" doesn't excuse the fact that it was poorly made and acted.
BubastisTheLynx
BubastisTheLynx - 9/23/2009, 4:40 PM
Im usually against rebooting movies but Ghost Rider SUCKED! They should go the way of Incredible hulk.Plus Ghost Rider could be part of the avengers.
krypton38
krypton38 - 9/23/2009, 4:41 PM
Tyler: While I think ghost rider is ok, I do agree with your comments...Fonda was dreadfull and not the mephisto I wanna see. Blackheart was absolute shit. Wes Bentley(I think thats his name) was a disgrace... why did he get that role? And I f#@*ing hate the jellybeans tic. complete shit. But I have seen worse....Catwoman, Elektra, Batman Forever, Batman And Robin, Superman 4...I could go on
theHuch
theHuch - 9/23/2009, 4:42 PM
Could Nic Cage actually try acting in this movie. I cannot believe that guy won an academy award, and he just went through the motions in Ghost Rider. Almost the worst acting I've ever seen- then I saw The Happening.
InFamouslyCool
InFamouslyCool - 9/23/2009, 4:43 PM
i remember now.. it sucked, and looked really cheap. no thanks, i'd rather see another finding nemo.
krypton38
krypton38 - 9/23/2009, 4:49 PM
Ghost Rider needs to be rebooted big time. I dont think they need a big name actor just good actors. Oh and a better script and most importantly it needs to be violent not kid friendly
InTylerWeTrust
InTylerWeTrust - 9/23/2009, 4:52 PM
I don't think they necessarily have to reboot. They just have to recast is all. And make the tone more serious and the story darker and more mature.
krypton38
krypton38 - 9/23/2009, 4:59 PM
I'd prefer to see a completely different version to be honest. Ghost Rider is one of my favourite marvel comics and I think it could be done so much better. Tom Jane as BLAZE
Minotauro
Minotauro - 9/23/2009, 5:03 PM
"Ben Affleck was superior to Cage by far. He felt like the character, both Murdock and DD, while Cage only sort of felt like Blaze, and didn't feel like GR in the slightes. Just because GR was "for fun" doesn't excuse the fact that it was poorly made and acted."

@Tyler - If GR is poorly made and acted! Then the oscar should go the over-acted bullseye/scottish Collin Farrell!! Or the limp Ben Affleck/Matt Murdock..Where's Stick? Oh, he's in Elekra! Nic Cage was plain out miss casted! Eve Mendes tried.. And the Black Heart was just not to intimidating .. But both are just like it is...poorly made by the same director!!! There go, both "for fun"???
DDD
DDD - 9/23/2009, 5:07 PM
GR needs to have a younger actor in the roll than Cage or Tom Jane...and it needs to be dark and serious with no damm camp! Geez, I thought camp in superhero movies went out with the disastrous "Batman & Robin"! Get rid of the stinking camp in CBM'S!!!

Yeah, Tyler@, they definitely need to recast! And get a horror director to direct it!
flames809
flames809 - 9/23/2009, 5:14 PM
finally part 2
spideysweb
spideysweb - 9/23/2009, 5:15 PM
Needs to be R - Rated. Get cage out of there. I agree DDD we need a good horror director in on this one.
InTylerWeTrust
InTylerWeTrust - 9/23/2009, 5:16 PM
Farrell was great as Bullseye. He didn't over act at all, he nailed the character's personality.

As did Affleck, he was serious as DD, kind and sympathetic as Murdock. Well, maybe he didn't nail DD, but he was good.

I'm not really sure what you meant by your last sentence, so I can't comment.
StrangerX
StrangerX - 9/23/2009, 5:24 PM
@ DDD-I totally agree the campy vide has to go. That's what's killing the movies. Execs think they need a campy flick in order to get younger audiences to like it. That's done and over with now. Kids are just as into a serious story as we are.
krypton38
krypton38 - 9/23/2009, 5:28 PM
Minotauro: Colin Farrell is Irish you idiot, and he was brilliant in the role
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