Eva Mendes, who portrayed the childhood sweetheart of Nicolas Cage's Johnny Blaze "Roxanne", will not be returning for the Ghost Rider sequel. The actress confirmed to
SuperHeroHype at yesterday's junket for her upcoming film, "The Other Guys".
When asked on her return,
"No, unfortunately" was all Mendez had to say.
Minus Eva Mendez, Nichlas Cage will be reprising his lead role as the stunt motorcyclist, Jonny Blaze. And tentatively titled
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, with a story written by David Goyer. And Avi Arad, Ari Arad, Michael De Luca and Steven Paul are producing, while Goyer and Mark Steven Johnson are exec producing.
The "Crank" duo directors Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor will helm the sequel, and the studio hopes to get principal photography going by late fall.
DCMF - I for one think this is great news. Eva mendes is a great actress, but she did nothing for me in the 2007 Ghost Rider flop. Personally I think this type of film could do better without a potential love interest. What do you think?