I am curious to hear your opinion about books that are labeled by cgc as part of nicolas cage collection. New ghost rider looks like most hellacious comic book movie. Apr 11, 2020 ghost rider ideas and plans for aws own adventures and stories. Sep 06, 2017 ghost rider is all the rage on marvel s agents of shield this season, and fans have praised gabriel lunas performance as the character. Action star nicolas cage was forced to halt filming on his latest movie ghost rider. Spirit of vengeance, and its awfully easy to hear a truelife confession in those. Did you know how big of a comic book fan nicolas cage really is. We go oneonone with actor nicolas cage to talk about reprising his role in ghost rider. Spirit of vengeance nicolas cage arrived at the ghost rider.
Jan 21, 2018 before he took on the role of marvels johnny blaze for ghost rider and ghost rider. Before he took on the role of marvels johnny blaze for ghost rider and ghost rider. Feb 17, 2012 in 2007, nicolas cage starred in ghost rider, a film adaptation of the esoteric marvel comics hero who sold his soul to the devil and became a sort of unhinged embodiment of revenge. Spirit of vengeance, critics were howling with laughter at the lunatic intonations cage imposed on the most. In 2012, cage reprised his role in ghost rider s sequel ghost rider. The character faces blackheart and his father, mephistopheles. The filmography of american actor, director and producer, nicolas cage includes the year the film was or will be released, the name of his character, the director, and other related notes. Directed by mark neveldine and brian taylor, ghost rider 2 stars nicolas cage. Im on to other things, cage, a noted comicbook fan whose son is named kalel after. But there is a bit more entertainment to be had from the production. There is also a list of films he has produced and his appearances in television. Here are 15 mindblowing things you didnt know about the awful ghost rider movies. Spirit of vengeance, but it took a special project to convince him to take a break from the string of forgettable indies with oneword titles that hes been stuck doing for the better part of the decade. Spirit of vengeance panel at comiccon and proceeded to freak out everyone in attendance in the best possible way.
Jun 19, 2014 just thought this was fucking amazing the writing acting and dialog may be terrible in this movie but everytime ghost rider is on screen it becomes so epic. Nicolas cage the nephew of famous director francis ford coppola, he has appeared in close to 60 films, notable highlights being faceoff 1997 and ghost rider 2007. Still, its worth pointing out that during the press screening for ghost rider. Ill admit to having laughed a few times during ghost rider. Still struggling with his curse as the devils bounty hunter, johnny is hiding out in a remote part of europe when he.
Spinning out of the events of rise of the midnight sons, the new ghost rider danny ketch and the original host johny blaze take center stage in this series. He voiced the character grug crood in the animated film the croods, which was released in 20. Cage has appeared in over 110 films throughout his career. Nicolas cage on superman, justice league, and whether hed. But now he wants to do the character justice by having him return to the big screen with a rrating. Nicolas cage on superman, justice league, and whether hed do. Spirit of vengeance was darker, grittier and for a more mature audience. His work includes several character designs for ghost rider and blackout. With comic books, whats it like to be in this moment in time, when all these characters you loved as a kid are. Spirit of vengeance actor nicolas cage put in the extra effort to bring ghost rider to the big screen. In 2007, columbia pictures released the movie ghost rider, starring nicolas cage as the adult johnny blaze and matt long as a teen.
Spirit of vengeance concept art marvel comics, marvel vs, marvel. Spirit of vengeance has a few good sequences, sure, but most of it is fairly dire. Nicolas cage johnny blaze, ghost rider, johnny whitworth ray carrigan, blackout, fergus riordan danny, ciaran hinds the devil, roarke, violante placido nadya, idris elba moreau, christopher lambert methodius the monk. The revenge of the secondtier superhero film the atlantic. It was full of great action sequences and a schizophrenic performance from nicolas cage to keep things interesting. As previously mentioned, the devil is the main villain in ghost rider spirit of vengeance and this continues a similar theme in nicolas cages last few films, which include season of the witch. Rider marvel spirit of vengeancecomic book superheroesnicolas cageairbrush artcomic. People may have heard of nic cages rather large spending habits on collecting rare cars and buying big houses. Im the guy who made the deal with the devil, nicolas cage s character tells us at the start of ghost rider. Spirit of vengeance is the sequel to the 2007s ghost rider and is based on a marvel comics character albeit one who seems more on wreaking vengeance than assisting people in need. Nicolas cage played johnny blaze in the liveaction ghost rider 2007 and its sequel, ghost rider.
Cage called off the sequels shoot in bucharest, romania when he hurt his foot while wearing toosnug motorcycle boots, prompting him to limp off set to seek medical attention. What fans havent praised, however, is nicholas cages take. Nicolas cage reprised the role in a sequel, ghost rider. Spirit of vengence is directed by mark neveldine and brian taylors starring nicolas cage, ciaran hinds, violante placido, idris elba, and. Spirit of vengeance is a 2011 american superhero film based on the marvel comics antihero ghost rider. Nicolas cage is in talks to star in his first studio movie since 2011s ghost rider.
Nicolas cage is one of hollywoods biggest actors and one who always seems to enter the conversation when comic books. Nicolas cage wont play any more comic characters, except maybe dr. Dont worry, i wont tell anyone sony only made the movie because the. Jan 05, 2012 we travel to bucharest, romania to visit nicolas cage and the rest of the cast on the set of ghost rider spirit of vengeance. Im the guy who made the deal with the devil, nicolas cages character tells us at the start of ghost rider. Nicolas cage has been tortured by many demons during his curates egg of a career, but until he stepped into the biker boots of stunt rider. Nicolas cage almost played the scarecrow in batman mtv. Nicolas cage collection silver age comic books cgc comic.
It is a standalone sequel to the 2007 film ghost rider and features nicolas cage reprising his role as johnny blaze ghost rider with supporting roles portrayed by ciaran hinds, violante placido, johnny whitworth, christopher lambert, and idris elba. Aug 28, 2012 i personally felt that it was a fairly decent comic book adaptation, whose only pitfall was the lack of a decent villain and a mumbled storyline. See more ideas about ghost rider, ghost rider marvel and spirit of vengeance. Feb 10, 2018 unsurprisingly, for movies about a crazy hero, there are plenty of equally crazy behindthescenes stories about the making of the two ghost rider installments and not all of them involve nicolas cage. With nicolas cage, ciaran hinds, idris elba, violante placido. Even if the whole thing was intended as a sendup of comic books, it doesnt work.
Nicolas cage, idris elba, mark neveldine and brian taylor interview ghost rider 2. Spirit of vengeance handles superhero material in a. Spirit of vengeance, nicolas cage came close to portraying the man of steel, having spent a couple of years. In defense of nicholas cages ghost rider comic book. Theres lots of strong, if mostly bloodless, fantasy violence. Spirit of vengeance, although i have no idea if the things that caused me to chortle were intended to be funny or not.
With nicolas cage, eva mendes, sam elliott, matt long. Goyer screenplay by scott gimple, seth hoffman, david s. Spirit of vengeance, it returns nicolas cage to the role of johnny blaze. When motorcycle rider johnny blaze sells his soul to the devil to save his fathers life, he is transformed into the ghost rider, the devils own bounty hunter, and is sent to hunt down sinners. Spirit of vengeance to see a doctor because his shoes were too tight. Ghost rider is the name of many antiheroes and superheroes appearing in american comic books published by marvel comics.
Ghost rider might not be the brightest spot in marvel cinematic history, but according to nicolas cage it could have been. Nicolas cage returns as johnny blaze in ghost rider spirit of vengeance. In 2007, nicolas cage starred in ghost rider, a film adaptation of the esoteric marvel comics hero who sold his soul to the devil and became a sort of. Dear nicolas cage, listen to the latest episode of our weekly comics podcast. I understand that this is no pedigree and that most of these books were auctioned by heritage in 2002. Nicolas cage says a ghost rider reboot needs an r rating cbr. The actor has revealed that the movie was originally set to be much darker, a hardrrated take on one of the most disturbing characters in marvels heroic pantheon.
Spirit of vengeance talks about how the sequel is a scarier take on the famous comic series than the first movie in this interview. You might not be aware that nic cage is reprising his role as the flaming skulled ghost riderjohnny blaze comic book character despite the. Feb 17, 2012 nicolas cage aka johnny blaze and star of the new movie ghost rider. Spirit of vengeance press conference, star nicolas cage and codirectors brian taylor and mark neveldine talk about their. When the first ghost rider movie premiered in 2007, it was an unexpected turning point for actor and onetime comicbook collector nicolas cage. Ghost rider is all the rage on marvel s agents of shield this season, and fans have praised gabriel lunas performance as the character. Still struggling with his curse as the devils bounty hunter, johnny is hiding out in a remote part of europe when he is recruited by a secret sect of the church to save a young boy from the devil. Firstly, congratulations on your new movie ghost rider. Nicolas cage as the joker could be a masterstroke or a. Nicolas cages comic book collection was renowned as one of the most impressive celebrityowned collections of comic books. Though, where ghost rider spirit of vengeance is concerned, i felt that it was just like being sick. Ghost rider gets new ride and it is a flaming spaceship robbie reyes adam barnhardt 01242020 nicolas cage thinks an rrated ghost rider could be a huge hit.
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