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Saturday, October 3
When Sony announced that Ghost Rider 2 was moving forward, an older David Goyer script was mentioned as the possible basis of the storyline. Collider spoke with Goyer and asked him to explain how a script he wrote so long ago became the basis for a sequel.
I wrote a script for that about 9 years ago, and Sony decided and the producers, that they wanted to make that as the sequel script. So, in this case, I'm coming on as a producer and we're basically just doing a polish of my 9-year-old script. so there's not as much work involved. So that was kind of nice to see that one come full circle after 9 years.
Goyer's original script called for an R-rating, though that will not be the case for Ghost Rider 2. Still, Goyer insists that shouldn't put off any fans.
It was definitely written as a hard-R. originally I was writing it, Stephen Norrington was going to direct it and I was going to produce it and it was a, you know, Blade-type film, and now they want it to be PG-13. That having been said, The Dark Knight has come out, and The Dark Knight was ... I like to say it was sort of skirting the bleeding edge of PG-13, so I think that people feel like you can get away with a lot ... not get away, but people's concepts of what a PG-13 movie can be I think have changed. There's no question we're going to have tone some things down, but I don't think we'll have to do that much.
Ghost Rider 2 currently has no scheduled release date. Nicolas Cage is expected to return and hopes the sequel goes in a "whole other direction."
Posted 10/3/2009 by Ryan
Related: Nicolas Cage | Ghost Rider | Stephen Norrington | Ghost Rider 2 | David Goyer
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Thursday, September 24
After Disney's $4 billion acquisition of Marvel, any movie studio owning rights to a Marvel property went scrambling to continue development or risk having those rights reclaimed by Marvel and its new parent company.
According to a report from Variety, Columbia is now actively pursuing a sequel to Ghost Rider, and has brought in Batman Begins and The Dark Knight scribe David Goyer to work out the story and supervise writers for the Nicloas Cage vehicle. Goyer says he hasn't officially signed on for the sequel yet, but plans are in place to base the sequel on a Ghost Rider script Goyer wrote years ago. Director Mark Steven Johnson used his own script for the original Ghost Rider.
Columbia isn't the only studio worried about losing rights to Marvel characters. Fox is rebooting The Fantastic Four and every possible X-Men movie, while Sony is already writing the scripts for Spider-Man 5 and 6.
Having Goyer attached to Ghost Rider 2 would likely be considered a positive move for Cage, who is returning for the sequel and has already stated that he is hoping to go in a "whole other direction."
Posted 9/24/2009 by Ryan
Related: Nicolas Cage | Ghost Rider | Ghost Rider 2 | David Goyer
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In an article primarily focusing on a Ghost Rider sequel and other Marvel Comics movies currently in development, Variety reports that a CGI Popeye movie might be heading to the big screen.
Avi Arad, the man credited for dragging Marvel out of bankruptcy and setting it up to become a producer of its own film properties, left the company in 2007, but he hasn't left the characters behind. Arad, who is producing the Ghost Rider and Spider-Man franchises at Columbia, said that Marvel characters can be mined for movie ideas for decades.
I had this poster of the Marvel universe, with these beautifully drawn characters, and we used to say you could throw a dart, hit a character and make a hit movie under the Marvel brand. There is [a] long list yet to be unleashed.
According to the article, Arad is separately developing an adaptation of the popular Japanese anime property Ghost in the Shell for DreamWorks, and has secured the rights to Popeye, which is expected to be made as a CGI-animated feature, rather than a live-action movie like Robin Williams' 1980 box office disaster.
Posted 9/24/2009 by BrentJS
Related: Avi Arad | Popeye | Ghost Rider
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Thursday, July 16
For fans who felt Ghost Rider didn't live up to expectations, Nicolas Cage has some comforting words regarding the sequel. In an interview with MTV, Cage spoke of Ghost Rider 2 becoming more of a reboot than a typical sequel.
Without talking too much about it... I would like to do a reconceive. I would like to go in a whole other direction. I think that's what they're talking about. I would make it much less of a western and more of an international story.
The international angle Cage is referring to may be a teaming of Ghost Rider with the Catholic Church; a potentially darker version of Ghost Rider not unlike the "philosophical" one Cage described previously.
Posted 7/16/2009 by Ryan
Related: Nicolas Cage | Ghost Rider | Ghost Rider 2
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Tuesday, April 14
There's never been any rumor that fanboys have wanted to be true more than this one: Megan Fox will play She-Hulk in an upcoming big screen adaptation. Reports are quoting an unnamed "source" that claim the Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen star will "make She-Hulk sexier but even more savage than the Hulk, which is whyMegan is the big favorite for the lead. She'll be green of course andwill have to hang on to a few more pieces of clothes than the maleversion when she transforms."
Fox will have competition if Nicolas Cage has anything to say about it. Cage is apparently working on She-Hulk and wants Ghost Rider co-star Eva Mendes to play the part:
I'd like to see Eva play her. It would be her in a bikini just kickinga lot of ass, throwing cars. I'm trying to put that together as wespeak.
Speaking, that is, to a "source." Keep your fingers crossed, comic book fans, and check back with ReelzChannel for updates!
Posted 4/14/2009 by Ryan
Related: Nicolas Cage | Megan Fox | Ghost Rider | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
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Thursday, March 12
Remember Ghost Rider? The movie with Nicolas Cage as the skull-faced comic book character riding around on a flaming motorcycle that looked like it might be good but ultimately was really disappointing? Ready for a sequel? Cage is.
In a recent interview, Cage told MTV News that a writer, and even a new director, will be needed for a potential sequel. Apparently, Ghost Rider and Daredevil director Mark Steven Johnson, according to Cage, "has his own thing going on." What, ruining another possible comic book franchise?
The changes might be a good thing, since Cage says a new Ghost Rider would have to differ greatly from its predecessor:
It has to have that action horror element and go deeper into that if it were to happen and [it should] keep us asking questions. Keep it interesting on a philosophical level.
While that does sound better, Cage admits that any decision to move forward is "up to the studio. It’s really in their hands."
Posted 3/12/2009 by Ryan
Related: Nicolas Cage | Mark Steven Johnson | Daredevil | Ghost Rider | Ghost Rider 2
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Saturday, December 22
Babysitting? Agoraphobic? Under house arrest? Exhausted after spending all day at the mall? Whatever the reason, if tonight finds you stuck at home, there are plenty of movie options to choose from:
On HBO, rambunctious youngsters tear apart an airport in the Holiday comedy Unaccompanied Minors.
On Starz, National Treasure: Book of Secrets star Nicolas Cage lights his hair on fire and battles bad guys in Ghost Rider.
And on Cinemax, Matt Damon learns the ins and outs of the CIA in The Good Shepherd.
Posted 12/22/2007 by reelz
Related: The Good Shepherd | Ghost Rider | Unaccompanied Minors
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Tuesday, June 12
Our pick for this week's DVD release: Breach, writer-director Billy Ray's thriller about the real-life FBI agent who was leaking secrets to the Russians.
Starring Chris Cooper in a chilling performance as government mole Robert Hanssen, and Ryan Phillippe as the young agent who busted him, it should be an act of treason not to see this smart, tense movie.
Also out on DVD today: Ghost Rider, Primeval, and Tyler Perry's Daddy's Little Girls.
Next Showing: These DVDs release today, June 12, 2007.
Posted 6/12/2007 by reelz
Related: Ryan Phillippe | Ghost Rider | Breach | Daddy's Little Girls | Primeval | Chris Cooper | Billy Ray
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Tuesday, April 10
The Hollywood Reporter reported today that Gary Friedrich, creator of the Ghost Rider comic, is suing Marvel Entertainment, Sony other producers of the Ghost Rider film for wrecking his character.
According to THR, Friedrich "accuses Marvel of waste for failing 'to properly utilize and capitalize' on the Ghost Rider character" and claims they "damaged the value of his work by failing to properly promote and protect the characters..."
If successful, Friedrich's effort could set quite a precedent, paving the way for similar lawsuits from the creators of Spawn, The Punisher, Catwoman and other titles butchered by Hollywood.
And with all the negative buzz surrounding Transformers lately, Michael Bay might want to start assembling his legal team now...
Posted 4/10/2007 by reelz
Related: Ghost Rider | Transformers