:down: whatever hopes I had for this film are completely gone.

Thank heaven that if they want to continue the franchise in 10 years, they can do it with the Danny Ketch version of things.

I'd embrace that.

I felt that way when Norrington left the project and Johnson signed on.

Looks good!

http://www.pagebarn.com/people/gutz/GhostRider.jpg

I dont mean to be a total fanboy,but thats not John Blaze as Ghost Rider, that is Danny Ketch. :rolleyes: I guess no one else will know the diff so it doesnt matter much I guess.

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/comic...s.php?id=10427

The Ghost Rider Panel at Comic-Con
Source: Scott Chitwood July 17, 2005

ComingSoon.net attended the San Diego Comic-Con panel on Ghost Rider presented by Sony. On the panel were producer Avi Arad, director Mark Steven Johnson and Eva Mendes, who plays Roxanne in the film. Johnson started things off by showing a teaser for Ghost Rider. The teaser was for Comic-Con only and reportedly won't be online.

It starts out showing Nicolas Cage as Johnny Blaze preparing to jump a line of trucks on a motorcycle at a football field. Intercut with it are scenes of Mendes interviewing Blaze before the stunt for TV. Then, of course, things turn dark. We see various shots of Peter Fonda as Mephisto, Wes Bentley as Black Heart, and a variety of other bad guys with sharp teeth. Sam Elliot is also shown mentoring Johnny Blaze. In one amusing scene, Elliot asks Blaze if he's alright. Blaze responds, "I'm fine but I feel like my skull's on fire." That line got laughs from the audience. Other memorable scenes include a shot of Johnny stumbling along as fire seems form on his feet. The teaser concludes with a shot of a motorcycle cop clocking with a radar gun at the Texas state line. As Ghost Rider approaches, the radar clocks him at 999 mph, then the cop is blown away as the Spirit of Vengeance passes. Ghost Rider himself was never really shown and a brief glimpse given amid a bunch of quick shots was just test footage used for this temporary teaser.

Johnson followed the teaser with a Q&A with Mendes and Arad. He mentioned that they wrapped shooting a few weeks ago. Talking about the Ghost Rider's abilities, he said he will fight with a chain, a hellfire gun, his Penance Stare, and more. He also mentioned that Ghost Rider's flames change with his emotions. When he's enraged, it blazes white hot like a "mane" on him. When he's sad, it is toned down and turns blue. The fire certainly sounds like it reflects the character. As the talk progressed, a young fan asked where they got their cool Ghost Rider hats. Mendes responded by giving the kid her own hat. (Johnson then joked that the rest of the fans would be admiring the rest of her wardrobe hoping to get her to take it off and give it to them.)

Johnson mentioned that Black Heart is the main villain and he's a rebel angel that was thrown out of heaven along with the Devil. For this story, the lore is that rebel angels fell all over the earth when cast out of heaven, now they are 'elemental demons'. It is Ghost Rider, as the bounty hunter for the Devil, who rounds up these rogue demons. Another young fan admired Eva Mendes and asked about her character's name. Mendes said she nicknamed the character 'Roxy' to which the kid responded that Roxy was 'foxy'. Mendes laughed and told him to come back in 10 years. Johnson, when asked what Ghost Rider's wheels would be like, responded that they would be solid wheels covered in fire rather than pure flames like in the comic. The solid wheels gave the bike more weight while the purely flame wheels made it look like the bike was floating.

Avi Arad was also asked about other Marvel projects. He mentioned that in the works were Captain America, Thor, Iron Man, Nick Fury, Shang Chi, Black Panther and others. (He mentioned that there was no "Machine Man" movie when asked. I guess there are big "Machine Man" fans out there after all.) He dodged a question about who the Spider-Man 3 villains were.

That concluded the presentation. Johnson was quite impressive in his knowledge of Ghost Rider and he was also great with the fans, especially when one challenged him about the quality of Daredevil. He certainly seems to be a big fan and really looks like he's having fun making Ghost Rider. I was also very impressed with Eva Mendes, who was beautiful, funny, and genuinely interested in her character and the Ghost Rider comics. It looks like it will be a cool movie to watch out for.

It was a good panel.. MSJ is passionate about his work and I admire that. There was a guy that came in and asked about Daredevil in 3 words: What the fuck? I liked DD. I think he did some justice to hornhead and that the studio kinda fucked it for him and he took the brunt of the fan backlash. I'll give him the benefit of a doubt when watching GR.

Peter Fonda as Mephisto? Heh! Someone has a sense of humor. Now if they could only get Dennis Hopper for a bit part....

Teaser - http://www.mattermusic.com/ghost.htm
Direct link - http://www.mattermusic.com/qt/ghost.mov

(you need QT 7 or use the latest QT Alternative)

MSJ made a mediocre movie out of Daredevil and I suspect he's going to do so again here.

Daily Variety
December 15, 2005

SECTION: NEWS

'Ghost Rider' gets bump Sony cycles Cage starrer to 2007 'GHOST' GOES BUMP **news

NICOLE LaPORTE and MICHAEL FLEMING

Sony's jam-packed 2006 slate has its first casualty.

The studio's $120 million Nicolas Cage starrer "Ghost Rider," based on the Marvel comicbook, has been bumped from its July 14, 2006, release date to President's Day weekend (Feb. 16) 2007.

Move won't likely be the last for Sony, which still has six other pics to unspool during the upcoming summer months. Sony has 28 pics lined up for 2006 from its five divisions (Columbia, Screen Gems, TriStar, Revolution and MGM). Besides clearing the runway, moving films provides a breather for the Sony marketing department, which is in the midst of a reshuffle. Sony's worldwide marketing honcho Geoffrey Ammer is ankling in the new year and will likely be replaced by TriStar prexy Val Van Galder.

Sony's other summer '06 pics include Columbia's "The Da Vinci Code" (May 19); Col/Revolution's "Click" (June 23); Sony Pictures Animation's "Monster House" (July 21); Col's Will Ferrell NASCAR comedy (Aug. 4); and Revolution's Tim Allen starrer "Zoom" (Aug. 11) and "Little Man" (May 26).

"I think everybody is looking at their release schedules in '06 and trying to avoid some of the traffic jams," Sony vice chairman Jeff Blake told Daily Variety. "Seven films for a summer is a lot."

Marvel Studios must now undo a carefully laid out plan of ancillary tie-in deals. Company declined comment on the matter. New release date gives the studio an expensive action pic with which to start 2007.

This year, President's Day weekend was the only bright spot in an otherwise disappointing year for Sony. That's when the Will Smith romantic comedy "Hitch" --- the studio's last blockbuster --- was unspooled. Marvel's Avi Arad, director Mark Steven Johnson and his producing partner Gary Foster also found that slot to be a lucky one when they released "Daredevil" in 2003.

The February date also allows some buffer space between "Ghost Rider" and another Marvel franchise, "Spider-Man 3," which Sony is releasing three months later in May.

Sony found the February date a better launching pad than the fall, which has become a haven for horror and family dramas, and when SPE will release such films as Dwayne "the Rock" Johnson starrer "Gridiron Gang" and a sequel to "The Grudge."

Moreover, "Ghost Rider" no longer has to worry about opening in such close proximity to the June 30 bow of "Superman Returns" and the July 5 bow of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" sequel and one week before SPE's franchise hopeful "Monster House."

Wow, that's a big delay.

thats almost a freaking year delay..... sucks... they should have just moved it to september or october for a halloween release

You mean I have to wait a year til I get to see Eva Mendes back on the big screen again? -ohbfrank-

Never a good sign when a flick gets bumped from summer to February. :(

Uh, oh.

This has become an annual post around here.

www.boxofficemojo.com

Look up past films on the President's Day weekend. It's not nearly the horror show people constantly assume it is.

Oh, there's usually some ok movies that time of the year, but the "summer blockbuster" types that get bumped to there tend to be stinkers. Or I guess I should say, tend to be films I don't end up liking at all.

Quality, I cannot comment on. But the PROFITABILITY of that February weekend is high.

I assume Sony could do simply with DAREDEVIL money, hence the move.

And truthfully, next summer is pretty crowded. I don't see this as such a bad move.

Yeah, I was talking about quality. I couldn't give a shit less how much movies make.

It may also be good that Imageworks now has the opportunity to make sure flame-head looks good.

No kidding. If they can't get the CGI right now with this delay, it was never meant to be.

I don't know how old this is but since I don't see it posted here...

Even though this movie has been delayed until 2/16/07, the official website has some shots of Ghost Rider and Nicolas Cage.

http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/ghostrider/

- Enter the site and click on "Rider Revealed".

Update: The teaser trailer is out:

http://www.apple.com/trailers/sony_pictures/ghostrider/

and man, does this movie look like a stinker. :lol:

Not surprisingly, I liked the international trailer better.

GHOST RIDER trailer is up
 

http://www.apple.com/trailers/sony_p...ider/high.html

Synopsis:
Based on the Marvel character, stunt motorcyclist Johnny Blaze gives up his soul to become a invisible ghost who helps little kids solve mysterys.