Iron Man and Ghost Rider Updates
Tidbits on the progress of the Marvel movies.
November 13, 2003 - IGN FilmForce has been provided with some brief updates on the status of two high-profile Marvel movies, Iron Man and Ghost Rider. We've been advised by reliable sources that Shellhead's big-screen debut is still in the scripting stage with writers Miles Millar and Alfred Gough now at work on a second draft. Filming on the New Line project is expected to begin sometime in the New Year.
Meanwhile, our trusty Ghost Rider sources informed us that director Mark Steven Johnson is in the "final stages" of finishing his screenplay draft.
As for the recent and persistent rumors that Oscar-winner Jon Voight might still be involved with the project – he was cast in a supporting role back when Ghost Rider was at Dimension Films – IGN FilmForce was advised that there have been no "substantive conversations" about casting Voight. That doesn't mean the door has been closed on the matter, however.
Right now casting and shooting dates depends on Sony's reaction to Johnson's script. As soon as the studio gets the script then decisions on filming dates and the casting of supporting roles will be made.
Nicolas Cage is "solid" to star as the title character. He will shoot The Weather Man before tackling Ghost Rider.