Kevin Feige Says Ryan Gosling Approached Him With a 'Specific Vision' for Ghost Rider in the MCU

Ryan Gosling volition officially prima successful a Ghost Rider movie successful the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and according to MCU orchestrator Kevin Feige, he's already got a "specific vision" successful caput for the character.

The Marvel Studios brag spoke astir Gosling's emotion for the Spirit of Vengeance during a post-Hall H interrogation with ComicBook astatine San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC) 2026. We've known the Project Hail Mary prima has wanted to play Ghost Rider for immoderate time, but it sounds similar Gosling has had his instrumentality connected the quality mentally mapped retired for a while.

Feige played coy erstwhile asked if Gosling would represent Johnny Blaze oregon Danny Ketch successful the movie. Just moments removed from the large SDCC panel, it's nary astonishment to spot Marvel playing it safe, but helium was inactive consenting to stock astatine slightest a small spot astir however the MCU Ghost Rider came to be.

(L) Ryan Gosling and (R) Kevin Feige Shake Hands astatine SDCC 2026. Photo by Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Disney.

"I americium going to fto Ryan uncover what helium wants to uncover erstwhile helium wants to uncover it, and what helium wanted to uncover contiguous was he's playing Ghost Rider," Fiege said with a smile.

"He's a immense instrumentality of the comics. He did travel to us, peculiarly with a circumstantial imaginativeness based connected immoderate peculiar comics, but I'll fto him unveil that arsenic helium wants to."

Gosling has been the rumored prime for a antecedently unannounced Ghost Rider movie for years. However, it wasn't until the histrion confirmed helium had spoken with Marvel Studios astir playing the motorcycle-riding fireball that fans genuinely started to get their hopes up.

"We'll support anticipation alive," Gosling told Happy, Sad, Confused successful March. "Some discussions person been had. It's a analyzable situation."

What those "discussions" progressive mightiness beryllium peculiarly absorbing for comic publication readers, who volition nary uncertainty beryllium revisiting immoderate of the astir iconic Ghost Rider stories arsenic the movie moves forward. For now, we'll person to hold for Gosling and Feige to stock much astir however the MCU volition bring successful Johnny Blaze, Danny Ketch, oregon possibly idiosyncratic else.

As announced past night, Ghost Rider is acceptable to thrust into theaters successful 2028. It volition beryllium directed by Deadpool & Wolverine manager Shawn Levy and written by Star Wars: Starfighter scribe Jonathan Tropper. Until then, you tin cheque retired everything Marvel Studios announced astatine its SDCC Hall H panel.

Photo by Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Disney.

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