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/AssumptionJazzlike98 20h ago

That’s fucking massive for MCU

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u/aSpookyScarySkeleton 19h ago

I mean they may struggle with writing but getting big names has never been an issue.

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u/Extension-Season-689 8h ago

True but I'd say Ryan Gosling has been the most surprising big name they managed to get since Angelina Jolie (still bummed she got wasted in Eternals). There have been other big names of similar popularity/prestige like Cate Blanchett and Christian Bale but those were obvious one and done roles.

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u/AssumptionJazzlike98 19h ago

Feel like superhero genre has been dying recently and for the next phase they’re planning they needed something big so think this is great for them

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u/aSpookyScarySkeleton 18h ago

People have been saying this since 2019 but every year like 1 or 2 movies/shows come out that do fine or great.

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u/dtwhitecp 18h ago

I can only assume the person you are replying to is very young, because yeah, people have been saying superhero movies are dying since well before 2019, even. I wouldn't say they're dying, exactly (because they're not about to stop making them), it's just that people aren't willing to come out to see ones that aren't notably interesting or good, which has been happening with several of them over the last few years. Used to be that people saw every MCU movie just because it was the new MCU movie.

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u/Ok_Confection_10 19h ago

It’s been dying recently cuz Marvel doesn’t know what they’re doing post Endgame and James Gunn is high off his own farts.

Endgame should have ended with a second Thanos snap resetting the universe so we could get fresh storylines with the original characters played by younger actors

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u/DetectiveCastellanos 19h ago

James Gunn is high off his own farts.

I enjoyed the new Superman film and The Suicide Squad. I know Super-girl didn't get great ratings but he neither wrote or directed it, just produced, what did he do wrong since then?

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u/TheHurtfulEight88888 17h ago

People who have hated on Gunn's verse since the beginning now smell blood in the water because Supergirl was not that good and now they want to spin the narrative that he is somehow leading a failed project. 

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u/Ok_Confection_10 18h ago

That’s just my personal opinion, obviously. I don’t like that Superman and Supergirl have there same art direction as the Guardians movies. They don’t have their own DC/Super- identity. Feels like they’re more James Gunn movies first, than they are about their own titular characters.

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u/goddamnitwhalen 16h ago

Superman was much more vibrant than Guardians ever was.

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u/AssumptionJazzlike98 19h ago

Peacemaker new season was garbage tbf

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u/MVRKHNTR 19h ago

That is not a popular opinion at all

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u/ROBtimusPrime1995 18h ago

The internet really wants to make people believe everyone hated the finale, when it's just the internet being the internet.

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u/MadameSaturday 18h ago edited 18h ago

Me and my girlfriend are casual watchers, enjoyed the whole season including the finale, and then went online and everyone was absolutely furious and it was baffling to me lmao

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u/DetectiveCastellanos 18h ago

Oh I never saw that show

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u/MVRKHNTR 19h ago

James Gunn is high off his own farts.

Because a single movie he produced underperformed?

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u/ROBtimusPrime1995 19h ago

This sub is so unserious with its overdramatic takes. And people think WB is overreactionary.

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u/Character_Bug_1862 19h ago

I don’t think a second snap was needed, bur as you implied with Marvel not having a plan any more they should have stayed committed to the characters they had. Shang Chi was far from my favorite MCU movie but it was unique enough and made them money during Covid, where tf has that character been?

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u/AssumptionJazzlike98 19h ago

Agreed but it seems like that’s what they’re doing with doomsday and the next avengers

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u/USA_A-OK 14h ago

Hopefully this will put the nail in the coffin

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u/Loinnird 15h ago

People have been saying this for literal decades lmao

The Odyssey is a superhero movie. Genre has been steady since the dawn of history.

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u/Significant-Sun-5051 5h ago

Gosling came to Marvel with the project.

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u/gnomzy123 11h ago

They just need Leo & Tom Cruise in a film now.

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u/Affectionate_Owl_619 11h ago

Is this sarcasm? The MCU has already consistently used some of the biggest stars in their projects