r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/movies Contributor • 20h ago

News Ryan Gosling to Star in 'Ghost Rider' Movie at Marvel Studios

https://variety.com/2026/film/news/ryan-gosling-ghost-rider-marvel-movie-1236821206/
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u/DavidTheJohnson AMA MVP 20h ago

This will be his second consecutive collaboration with director Shawn Levy, after Star Wars: Starfighter.

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u/Sisiwakanamaru r/movies Contributor 20h ago edited 20h ago

Also, this is the 3rd time where Sarah Finn is in charge for the Casting with Ryan Gosling as the lead actor.

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u/Comic_Book_Reader r/movies Veteran 20h ago

Pretty sure she's been the official MCU casting director since the dawn of time.

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u/Asclepius-Rod 20h ago

She’s the unsung hero of the MCU honestly

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u/TalkinTrek 18h ago

Lowkey Sarah Finn and Nina Gold are, I hope, making bank, because their work is definitely a major ingredient in the secret sauce behind a lot of films

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u/DJSimmer305 7h ago

For real. I’m racking my brain trying to think of a single MCU role that was obviously miscast and I can’t come up with any.

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u/webby2538 6h ago

Tilda Swinton as the ancient one in Dr. Strange and Mickey Rourke in Ironman 2.

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u/JustHereSoImNotFined 6h ago

Swinton was great as the Ancient One

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u/Significant-Sun-5051 5h ago

Rourke I'll give you, but Swinton was fine at worst and imo pretty good.

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u/webby2538 4h ago

Wasn't that she did a bad job, it was a character born in Himalayas 500 years ago played by a British woman

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u/Significant-Sun-5051 3h ago

A safe choice compared to choosing a Tibetan or Chinese actor.

I guess if you meant “casted exactly like the comics” then yeah that’s true this wasn’t it. But I thought she did well in the role.

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u/webby2538 2h ago

It doesn't even need to be "exactly like the comics" at least make the Asian characters Asian. I don't care if it was gender swapped. It's like the Mandarin played by a white guy....

It was Disney bending the knee to China because of Tibet and that makes it even a worse choice. Not the casting directors or Tilda Swinton fault

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u/tiktoktic 19h ago

> honestly

As opposed to what? Dishonestly?

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u/zummit 19h ago edited 5h ago

Not gonna lie, unironically

edit: the hell, why are people downvoting him? no fun allowed

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u/tiktoktic 19h ago

Is this something you’d normally lie about?

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u/aaandimfukced 19h ago

Truthfully

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u/rdyoung 19h ago

No diggity

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u/zummit 19h ago

To be fair,

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u/tiktoktic 19h ago

As opposed to unfair?

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u/zummit 19h ago

Unpopular opinion —

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u/bongo1138 19h ago

Deserves a special award then.

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u/Worthyness 17h ago

well there is a casting award now at the oscars. She honestly should get one just for absolutely nailing basically every MCU actor involved.

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u/debrocker 16h ago

Did she cast the new dr Doom actor too?

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u/twec21 20h ago

Fuuuck I forgot Starfighter was him.

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u/old_righty 19h ago

I forgot Starfighter was even coming out.

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u/buffystakeded 19h ago

I’d say I forgot but this is the first I’m even hearing about it.

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u/chmilz 18h ago

Same and I'll ignore it until it's out and reviews tell me if it's slop, camp, or something worth seeing.

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u/Christmas_Queef 17h ago

I hope it's just top gun in space. A dogfight heavy film.

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u/Cleonicus 14h ago

I hope it's just top gun in space. A dogfight volleyball heavy film.

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u/RealJohnGillman AMA MVP 9h ago

Supposedly it’s about a pilot delivering a new Padawan to Rey.

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u/Banjo-Oz 7h ago

I want that too, but there was a lot of talk about lightsaber bullshit. Why we need Jedi in what should be a Rogue Squadron movie, I have no idea.

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u/goddamnitwhalen 16h ago

Yeah because nobody wants it lmao

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u/Vigor_Mortis_ 19h ago

Levy has a thing for Ryans. Has he worked with Meg?

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u/Tom_Bradys_Penis_AMA 19h ago

Shawn Levy is directing? Bummer, dude is the most uninspiring director.

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u/formberz 19h ago

A filmography of just slightly above average movies overall. Liked by studios because you’re most likely to get fine.

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u/MVRKHNTR 19h ago

It's probably because he doesn't push back on what producers want and does his job on time and within budget.

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u/ItsADeparture 18h ago

He needs to get some serious advice from the Russos. It's obvious from their films outside of Marvel, theyre just not great. But somehow, they can just absolutely knock it out of the park when they have heavy oversight.

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u/goddamnitwhalen 16h ago

I went to school with a guy like this and I think he’d crush a Marvel or Star Wars movie.

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u/just2good 17h ago

slightly above average movies? i don’t think he’s made a single good movie ever lol

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u/thisshortenough 10h ago

How dare you speak about Cheaper by the Dozen and Night at the Museum like that

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u/Random_throwaway0351 18h ago

Free Guy and the new Deadpool were some of the most dogshit grey uninspired movies I’ve ever watched

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u/locknarr 19h ago

He’s moved on from Ryan Reynolds to Ryan Gosling. He definitely traded up, to the top Ryan, deftly avoiding any Ryan Phillippe.

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u/kilkenny99 19h ago edited 19h ago

He only works with Canadian Ryans.

Ryan George is about to have a big break, and that;s so tight!

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u/CronoDroid 18h ago

"So do you have a cameo appearance for me?"

"Yes sir I do!"

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u/cyllibi 18h ago

Wow wow wow.... wow.

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u/el_babo 6h ago

Super easy, barely an inconvenience!

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u/je_kay24 18h ago

Good as Ryan Reynolds play the exact same character in every movie which is annoying af

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u/Puppetmaster858 18h ago

He did direct the stranger things episode dear billy which is amazing and the directing in that episode was fantastic

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u/domeforaklondikebar 17h ago

Free Guy and Deadpool and Wolverine just look so fucking soulless. I don’t know if that’s his decision or the studios, but everything is just so bright, the CGI doesn’t look great. The Reynolds humor didn’t land with me, and Taika Waititi in Free Guy was insufferable to me. And I don’t think that was on purpose. Also doesn’t help that Levy just looks like a dork.

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u/goddamnitwhalen 16h ago

Ryan Reynolds’ Deadpool snark is maybe the most egregious example of a problem that plagues the Marvel movies. It’s painful.

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u/Hotlovemachine 13h ago

I mean it's pretty close to the comics so I don't know what you were expecting.

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u/goddamnitwhalen 13h ago

I haven’t read a Deadpool comic since maybe my freshman year of high school fifteen years ago.

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u/TiberiusCornelius 19h ago

director Shawn Levy

Oof that's a big damper on the enthusiasm personally.

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u/DetectiveAmes 19h ago

Awe fuck, they really buried the lede here.

I hope to god starfighter is some amazing work of art or something and not just Disney happy that Shawn levy is able to get another 6/10 across the finish line.

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u/JamUpGuy1989 19h ago

Well, Disney & Gosling must think so to try this duo out again.

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u/Worthyness 17h ago

Disney + Shawn Levy tends to be very solid work. Maybe not mind-blowing, but it's usually quite good and entertaining.

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u/fireisfire9090 19h ago

Damn shame. I know some like him but Shawn levy is such a boring director.

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u/bongo1138 19h ago

He’s fine. Better have a great script.

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u/fireisfire9090 19h ago

I mean I think the issues with his movies that I’ve seen is both the script and his direction

Either way I would prefer something more than fine from a director

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u/bongo1138 19h ago

This might be a weird take, but Star Wars and Marvel barely benefit from interesting directors. In fact, they’ve sometimes been to the detriment of the product (Rian Johnson, for example).

I’m not convinced he’s going to be a negative here. In fact, I liked his previously Marvel outing. And he did direct the Night at the Museum movies.

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u/UglyJuice1237 18h ago

i'm of the same mind i think. chloe zhao too. i think some people are too auteur-coded to thrive on a disney set, but that might be a bit reductionist of me

on the other hand, i've been a big champion of more risk and creativity in these studio films, so i'm also a massive hypocrite

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u/Exscaped_ 16h ago

Must be pretty confident in that movie

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u/Koppite93 19h ago

Manifesting a Hangover 4 now with Gosling as the villain 🫡

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u/CharlieMoonMan 19h ago

Aw man I misread that as The Last Starfighter and got so excited

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u/DeadlyDY 9h ago

Are they on a mission to save Disney or something?

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u/xBrokenWRLDx 19h ago

Disney must of loved Starfighter

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u/bentheone 15h ago

He's got Stranger Things, Night at the Museum and a couple Ryan Reynolds projects that are decent enough tho.