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Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance Trailer Has Arrived

Alright I thought this trailer was going to be a joke. Looks like the joke just might be on me. The footage from the trailer actually looks pretty good and nice music to match the trailer. Make sure to stick around til the end of the trailer. Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance is an upcoming 3D superhero film based on the Marvel Comics supernatural antihero Ghost Rider , scheduled to be released in theaters on February 17, 2012. The film is a sequel to the 2007 film Ghost Rider. It will be directed by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor ( Crank ). Cage will reprise his role as Johnny Blaze/Ghost Rider . Nicolas Cage returns as Johnny Blaze in Columbia Pictures’ and Hyde Park Entertainment’s Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance. In the successor to the worldwide hit Ghost Rider, Johnny – still struggling with his curse as the devil’s bounty hunter – is hiding out in a remote part of Eastern Europe when he is recruited by a secret sect of the church to save a young boy ( Fergus Riordan ) f

Ghost Rider 2 Budget Slashed

Why Even Make The Movie? With a production deadline looming, Sony has partnered with Hyde Park Entertainment as a cofinancier on the 3D “ Ghost Rider 2 ,” with Nicolas Cage in the lead - at a much leaner budget. The first film in 2007 set up Cage as stunt motorcyclist Johnny Blaze, who gives up his soul to be come a vigilante. That film had an estimated budget of $110 million, and grossed $115 million domestically, and a total of $229 million worldwide. This time Ashok Armitraj’s Hyde Park Entertainment has stepped in to cofinance the project because Sony has so much capital tied up in 'SpiderMan' and 'Men in Black 3' and 'The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.' The budget has been cut from $135 million to a leaner $75 million , according to a knowledgeable insider. (Even Nic Cage had to take a serious haircut to reprise Johnny Blaze, down from his $12 million fee to what one knowledgeable insider said was $7 million. ) Sony had no initial comment. The p

Idris Elba Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance

Idris Elba Talks Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance Idris Elba and Johnny Whitworth are in negotiations to join the cast of “ Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance ,” Columbia’s sequel to the 2007 hit. The movie, with Nicolas Cage back as the demonic biker anti-hero, has Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor behind the cameras. Based on the Marvel comic, the pic is set to begin shooting in late November in Romania and Turkey. The story sees Johnny Blaze, aka Ghost Rider ( Cage ), hiding out in remote Eastern Europe and struggling to repress his curse. Blaze is recruited by a sect to take on the devil ( Ciaran Hinds ), who wants to take over his mortal son’s body on the kid’s birthday. Elba plays an alcoholic warrior monk tasked with finding Ghost Rider. Whitworth plays a criminal who is recruited by the devil to find the boy and is later turned into a demonic creature. Neveldine and Taylor also wrote the script, working off a story by David Goyer. Avi Arad, Ari Arad, Michael De Luca, A

Nicolas Cage And "Crank" Team To Bring Us Ghost Rider Sequel

Nicolas Cage And "Crank" Team To Bring Us Ghost Rider Sequel Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor are in early negotiations to direct Columbia’s “ : 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. 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. Neveldine and Taylor, are known thei