Well, we’ve suspected this was coming for quite some time now, but it’s confirmed that one of FTN’s favourite stars is set for a BIG role in the MCU.
Yes, Ryan Gosling IS Ghost Rider and he’ll be coming to the big screen soon, directed by Deadpool & Wolverine’s Shawn Levy. The duo has just finished filming Star Wars: Starfighter together.
During Marvel Studios’ blockbuster Hall H panel at SDCC, Marvel President Kevin Feige announced the new Ghost Rider movie is set for a 2028 release.
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Feige, who has hinted before that he really wanted to get Gosling into the MCU, said that one of the casting questions he gets asked most is if Gosling is going to play Ghost Rider. Well, he’s not going to be asked that again.
Taking to the stage, Gosling said: “Wow, is this really happening? As you know, this is a character I’ve wanted to play for a very long time.”
Tidbit:
Deadpool star Ryan Reynolds ‘crashed’ the Marvel SDCC Hall H presentation as Deadpool, sporting the grey suit from the comics. The bit seems to suggest that Deadpool will not be appearing in Avengers: Doomsday…
but I have to say, I can’t help feeling we’re going to see that grey suit onscreen soon.
Levy also took to the stage as the news was announced and revealed that it was during the filming of the new Star Wars movie that the plan was hatched for the duo to bring Johnny Blaze to the big screen once more.
“As Ryan started talking about his vision for this character, we started riffing,” Levy said, “and I finally said, ‘Bro, let’s ride.’ So guys, we’ll see you in 2028.”
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The character of Blaze/Ghost Rider has been played by Nicholas Cage in two movies in the past, though both are pretty dire. On top of this, the MCU has kinda already had a Ghost Rider in the form of Robbie Reyes played by Gabriel Luna in Agents of SHIELD. Although the series has since been disconnected from the official MCU canon,
This is big news for Marvel as both Gosling and Ghost Rider are something fans have wanted to see in the MCU for a long time.
Is Levy the man to direct the movie? We’ll find out in 2028.
Star Wars: Starfighter is set for cinematic release on May 28th, 2027.
Watch Gosling come up on stage at SDCC:
Ghost Rider enters the MCU
Ryan Gosling will star in Marvel Studios’ Ghost Rider, directed by Shawn Levy. #SDCC pic.twitter.com/MR2HJww2Wg
— Marvel Studios (@MarvelStudios) July 26, 2026
Source: Marvel
Marc
Marc is a self-confessed nerd. Ever since seeing Star Wars for the first time around 1979 he’s been an unapologetic fan of the Wars and still believes, with Clone Wars and now Underworld, we are yet to see the best Star Wars. He’s a dad of two who now doesn’t have the time (or money) to collect the amount of toys, comics, movies and books he once did, much to the relief of his long-suffering wife. In the real world he’s a graphic designer. He started Following the Nerd because he was tired of searching a million sites every day for all the best news that he loves and decided to create one place where you can go to get the whole lot. Secretly he longs to be sitting in the cockpit of his YT-1300 Corellian Transport ship with his co-pilot Chewie, roaming the universe, waiting for his next big adventure, but feels just at home watching cartoons with his kids….
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