{"id":787462,"date":"2026-07-27T14:46:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T14:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/787462\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T14:46:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T14:46:09","slug":"ryan-gosling-set-to-join-marvel-cinematic-universe-as-ghost-rider","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/787462\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan Gosling set to join Marvel Cinematic Universe as Ghost Rider"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n Ryan Gosling<\/a> is slated to enter the Marvel Cinematic Universe<\/a> (MCU) in 2028 as he transforms into the leather-clad, motorcycle-mounted, demonic superhero Ghost Rider, Marvel announced at the San Diego Comic-Con<\/a> Sunday.\n <\/p>\n

\n Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige teased the announcement while on stage at the 2026 edition of the comic book convention, telling fans, \u201cWe keep secrets to maintain surprises,\u201d before alluding to fans\u2019 demands for the introduction of the supernatural stunt motorcyclist to the MCU.\n <\/p>\n

\n Feige then pounced on movie critic Josh Horowitz in the audience. Horowitz, fresh from hosting a panel at the convention, grabbed a microphone and pleaded to know when audiences would finally get to see Ryan Gosling as Ghost Rider \u2014 a dream casting talked about by Marvel fans for years.\n <\/p>\n

\n Suddenly, the hall was plunged into darkness. To a pounding bass soundtrack, the words \u201cGhost Rider\u201d were projected onto the screen behind Feige, glowing blood red.\n <\/p>\n

\n When the lights came back up, Gosling was on the stage.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cWow,\u201d Gosling said, \u201cIs this really happening?\u201d he asked, amid raucous cheers from the crowd.\n <\/p>\n

\n The Golden Globe winner enthused about how he\u2019d wanted to play Ghost Rider for \u201ca very long time,\u201d and considered only one director fit for the job \u2014 Shawn Levy, the director of Gosling\u2019s upcoming movie, \u201cStar Wars: Starfighter.\u201d<\/a>\n <\/p>\n

\n Levy then bounded onto the stage to greet Feige and Gosling, telling fans that the pair had \u201criffed\u201d about Ghost Rider ideas while shooting \u201cStar Wars: Starfighter\u201d together last year.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cAnd finally, I was like: Bro, let\u2019s ride,\u201d Levy added, to wild applause from the audience.\n <\/p>\n

\n Ghost Rider made his Marvel comic book debut in 1967 as the \u201cworld\u2019s most mysterious Western hero\u201d \u2014 the horse-riding alter ego of character Carter Slade.\n <\/p>\n

\n But it was as the superhero identity of the character Johnny Blaze, in Marvel Spotlight issue 5 in 1972, that Ghost Rider really set fans\u2019 hearts aflame. Blaze makes a pact with Satan to protect someone he loves \u2014 but after nightfall, his flesh is consumed by hellfire, and his head becomes a flaming skull.\n <\/p>\n

\n The comic book has been adapted for the silver screen in the past, with Nicolas Cage filling the biker boots of the titular character in 2007, alongside Gosling\u2019s now-partner, Eva Mendes, and once again in 2011.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ryan Gosling is slated to enter the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) in 2028 as he transforms into the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":787463,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[236,88],"class_list":["post-787462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=787462"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787462\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/787463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=787462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=787462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=787462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}