Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor are in early negotiations to direct Columbia’s “Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance,” the sequel to the studio’s 2007 supernatural action movie starring the Marvel Comics character.
Nicolas Cage is in early negotiations to reprise his role as Johnny Blaze, a stunt motorcyclist who, in order to save the life of a loved one, makes a deal with the devil. His soul is twinned with that of a demon, and he becomes a flaming-skulled man driving a motorcycle from hell.
Plot details are under wraps, and it is not known if any other character from the previous movie will return.
While the dealmaking is in the preliminary stages, the studio hopes to get principal photography going by late fall.
"Rider," released in February 2007 to poor reviews, grossed almost $230 million worldwide. The studio faced a ticking clock scenario in where if it didn't act on a sequel soon, the rights to the franchise would have reverted to Marvel. It even considered the possibility of going ahead without Cage.
David Goyer wrote the story. Neveldine and Taylor are writers as well as directors, and the duo may do a rewrite, although that has not been determined at this stage.
Avi Arad, Ari Arad, Michael De Luca and Steven Paul are producing. Goyer and Mark Steven Johnson are exec producing.
Neveldine and Taylor, repped by UTA, are known their for their adrenaline-fueled Jason Statham-starring action movies “Crank” and “Crank: High Voltage.” The pair wrote “Jonah Hex,” the Warner Bros. Western action movie starring Josh Brolin and Megan Fox that opens this Friday.
Comic book fan Cage, repped by CAA, next stars in Disney’s “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice.”
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Posted by: Aeghast | June 15, 2010 at 03:57 PM
Hope he can take home some money after that audit.
Posted by: D.Z. | June 15, 2010 at 07:54 PM
Are you serious? We need a sequel to "Ghost Rider" like we need a goddamn A-Team movie. Um, bad example. I should have written "like we need another super-hero movie". Wait ... Oh, forget it.
Posted by: Slacker Keith | June 16, 2010 at 02:03 AM
Good for him, bad for the movie industry.
Hopefully he'll be able to pay his taxes with that paycheck.
Posted by: Bruno | June 16, 2010 at 02:14 AM
Awesome! Watched the first one with my wife.. found it hilarious!
Posted by: Charlee | June 16, 2010 at 02:16 AM
kick ass, bad lieutenant, the rock, adaptation, 8mm, matchstick men etc.
Posted by: Jesika | June 16, 2010 at 02:17 AM
ugh. the 2007 movie was horrible. and cage is too old & plasticky for this kind of role anyways.
Posted by: Anon | June 16, 2010 at 02:24 AM
reboot plz
Posted by: abner | June 16, 2010 at 02:43 AM
Given that I had no expectation that this sequel would actually be better than the dire first film, this hire would be just about perfect. Nicolas Cage is in early negotiations to reprise his role as Johnny Blaze, a stunt motorcyclist who, in order to save the life of a loved one, makes a deal with the devil.
Posted by: gym bags | June 16, 2010 at 03:22 AM
you know all you people who want it to be rated r maybe only kids like this kind of stuff and has anyone notice that all these marvel movies are pg-13 well dont yah think? a lot of people thought ghost rider wasnt that good did you ever think of the kids or adults that enjoyed it?
Posted by: Alisha | June 16, 2010 at 04:44 AM
The best thing going for that movie is Sam Elliot.
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