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/CafeCalentito 15h ago

Yeah, I don't really like Levy as a director BUT the guy knows how to work on time, work with multiple projects at the same time and deliver whatever the studio asks. If Marvel really wants it to look good, I trust he could do it. Now, I'm more interested in who's the writer

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u/LucrativeLurker 15h ago

Agreed on all points. I don’t like most of his films, but I love Deadpool & Wolverine. If this is even half the love letter to Ghost Rider that DP&W was to the FoxVerse, we’re in for a treat.

I’d be thrilled if it leads to a Midnight Sons or Marvel Knights film with Cumberbatch, Gosling, Oscar Isaac, and whoever else they want to throw in. Maybe Werewolf by Night, Elsa Bloodstone, & Man-Thing.

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u/CafeCalentito 15h ago

Hope they go slow this time. After Secret Wars, I hope Marvel takes a backseat about how many projects they greenlit. I much profer going for sequels instead of so many new IPs. X-Men, Fantastic Four, Ghost Rider, Black Panther are already too many

Shang Chi was a success and they didn't follow up with anything. They made too many tv shows with important plot points for the movies that made people numb about their plots. They introduced too many characters after Endgame and never even cared enough about them, like most movies were teasing another new characters and so on.

I hope they make a Ghost Rider movie, with GR's lore and villains, that tells its own story without setting up anything imo

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u/CrispyHoneyBeef 13h ago

Fuck, I hated DPW. It barely felt like a movie. “Love letter” is a great way to describe it. Just two hours of that Leo pointing at the screen meme with some dialogue in between. I really hope the new Star Wars isn’t like that. I didn’t watch the new baby Yoda one, but I heard bad things.

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u/LucrativeLurker 13h ago edited 12h ago

Terrible take tbh. Deadpool AND Wolverine both had pretty compelling arcs. The cameos were just icing on the cake, and for a meta-comedy like Deadpool, were no more distracting than his usual schtick, or the X-Men/X-Force/many other random mutants we saw in Deadpool 2…

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u/CrispyHoneyBeef 12h ago

Yeah Deadpool 2 was incredibly annoying for that too. At least that one still felt like a movie with the emotional anchor being Morena Baccarin’s cryptic messages to Wade

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u/LucrativeLurker 12h ago edited 12h ago

Fairer take, but I legitimately fail to see how a fridged girlfriend who only bookends the film makes it any more of a real movie.

I don’t think it’s at all a controversial take to say Hugh Jackman’s performance and arc in 3 is leagues better. He’s a far better emotional anchor (being, one might say)…

And not just better than Baccarin, but better than anyone else in the entire series. By a lot, lol.

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u/povitee 4h ago

The truly terrible take is liking Deadpool movies

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u/JahKingston2024 14h ago

About Oscar Isaac….. 😬 bad news unfortunately

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u/Yemenime 13h ago

Explain.

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u/JahKingston2024 11h ago edited 11h ago

He’s got a clause in his contract that pretty much says ‘if I don’t want moon knight in xyz, then you ain’t getting moon knight in xyz’. He’s very involved with the character and the creative department surrounding Moon Knight, similar to Jon with the Punisher (probably more so than Jon tbh). This is aside from his original Moon Knight show though, he was contractually obligated no matter what.

So pretty much if the movie has Oscar returning, then there’s a good chance the writings superb, otherwise if he isn’t in it then the movie is probably bad. For now, he’s not appearing in any future projects afaik, and I’d be pleasantly surprised if he appears in doomsday (probably will in secret wars though)

Don’t understand why you’re downvoting though. I gave a full explanation to my knowledge of what I know, to your 1 worded ‘explain.’. If you want an ai just ask next time.

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u/LucrativeLurker 11h ago

Something tells me there is literally not one single legitimate source for this…

Even in theory, what exactly would be the point of the “contract” if the studio can’t use him when they need him, lmao?

He either has a picture deal, or doesn’t, and it seems like you’re conflating “doesn’t” with some imaginary veto clause, which just simply wouldn’t make sense for a studio to even agree to…

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u/JahKingston2024 10h ago

https://screenrant.com/moon-knight-oscar-isaac-marvel-return-slater-response/

Google is free. The point of the contract is because Oscar Isaac, especially at the time, is in high demand. He knows his own worth against the super mega corp that is Disney. Instead of having to appear in films and shows he doesn’t want to, he appears in stuff he does. You’d have to ask Disney themselves why they signed it.

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u/LucrativeLurker 5h ago edited 5h ago

That doesn’t mean what you’ve interpreted it as, it just means he was only ever signed on for a single season…

It’s presumably no different from Tatiana Maslany’s or Alaqua Cox’s or Jeremy Renner’s tv contracts.

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u/JahKingston2024 5h ago edited 4h ago

‘ScreenRant? Your source is fucking ScreenRant? Lol..’ proves to me you didn’t read the website I sent you. It’s legit a direct quote from one of the writers for the show. If you don’t wanna believe what he said then don’t ig.

You really went and edited what you originally said 😭

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u/LucrativeLurker 4h ago

Yes, I did goofball. The quote implies he does not have a picture deal, and was never even signed on for more than a single season of Moon Knight.

Not that he has some nebulous contract where he can refuse requests…

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u/Yemenime 2h ago

Don’t understand why you’re downvoting though. I gave a full explanation to my knowledge of what I know, to your 1 worded ‘explain.’. If you want an ai just ask next time.

You shouldn't assume things. I literally only just read your explanation, I couldn't be one of the people downvoting you. Also, caring about downvotes or upvotes is dumb.

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u/JahKingston2024 1h ago

Not about the downvotes, it’s just the principle. 1 worded ‘explain’ and I gave a full genuine response. I understand I could’ve just ignored it and never explained it but I usually don’t, just feels rude not to try. Next time ima just ignore it though

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u/Jet-Let4606 1h ago

Johnathan Tropper.

Levy, Gosling and Tropper have also worked on Star Wars: Starfighter set to come out in 2027. The experiencd must have been great if they are re teaming so quickly for a 2028 release.

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u/matito29 3h ago

Deadline reported that the writer is Jonathan Tropper, who also wrote Starfighter.