Jan 30 2009'Ghost Rider 2': They've Got All Those Spare Leather Jackets Lying Around Anyway
The world's bored, collective sigh at the closing of Ghost Rider still wasn't enough to extinguish the fiery skull of its protagonist. Bloody Disgusting is reporting that Columbia Pictures is officially looking for screenwriters to get to work on a sequel:
It's pretty shocking that it has taken this long for a sequel to get a move on, but finally Columbia Pictures is gearing up for GHOST RIDER 2, the sequel to the smash-hit comic book adaptation from 2007 that saw Nicolas Cage as a stunt motorcyclist Johnny Blaze who gives up his soul to become a hellblazing vigilante, to fight against power hungry Blackheart, the son of the devil himself. What we learned this evening is that Columbia Pictures is officially out to writers to pen the sequel and that Nicolas Cage is in fact attached and signed on to return.
I'm honestly surprised it's taken this long for an official writing call when the special effects team has already been working on action sequences:
I'm glad to see they fixed a lot of the lip-sync issues I had with the first film.
Reader Comments
1. STINK - January 30, 2009 2:53 PM
Direct-to-DVD, here we come!
2. somebody shoot me - January 30, 2009 3:14 PM
yes because we know the first one was just goddamn amazing
3. what? - January 30, 2009 4:09 PM
NO! please, save your $700 you'll make "GR2" with and give it to a homeless guy
4. Clownshoes the Clown - January 30, 2009 4:10 PM
But is Nicky's awful blago-like toupee attached to the project? That's the burning (skull, get it?) question!
5. Stew - January 30, 2009 4:45 PM
I've honestly only seen Nic Cage in three movies that were worth two shits. One is Raising Arizona, the other is The Weather Man, and finally Leaving Las Vegas.
6. Justin - January 30, 2009 5:45 PM
I wrote this in response to the first Ghost Rider
http://jrstone.blogspot.com/2007/02/why-films-ghost-rider-daredevil-sucked.html
7. Vince Lombardi - January 30, 2009 6:32 PM
It's pretty shocking that it has taken this long for Columbia Pictures is to call that can of crap a smash-hit. This one will be worse.
8. Jayfournines - January 30, 2009 7:21 PM
are you kidding me? "the smash hit"?! hahahahahahahaha
9. Pop-Monkey - January 30, 2009 11:49 PM
The only way I would ever attempt to sit through another GR movie is if the current writer of the comics (Jason Aaron) wrote the script with no studio interference and tossed in all the comic's current grindhouse/mythic madness.
Oh, and only if Nic Cage was as far away from the project as a human could get without the assistance of NASA.
(Actually, if NASA could get right to work on "Project Cage-launch", that'd be great)
10. The Heat - January 31, 2009 1:54 AM
No!!
noo!
What (3) said.
11. Narcissist - January 31, 2009 2:39 PM
Ghost Rider 07 was a "smash-hit"? Like Hulk 03?
12. Nick - February 1, 2009 10:30 AM
I agree with #5, except I haven't seen Leaving Las Vegas.
13. Beesy - February 5, 2009 7:18 PM
It would be pretty sweet if they combined it with the plot of Wicker MAn. Ghostrider's skull is burning because of....bees?