Nicolas Cage To Play Flaming Mess Once More
Hollywood's favorite kooky uncle, Nicolas Cage, announced on Craig Ferguson's show that he has just signed the contract to reprise the title role in a Ghost Rider sequel. Or is it just sequel-ish?
Even long-time schlockmeister Cage realized that 2007's Ghost Rider was sort of a crime against film-going humanity and even talked about rebooting it himself prior to his recent announcement. Reportedly, the new Ghost flick won't be a straight-up sequel, but more of standalone film that takes place roughly eight years after the first movie. And if all that isn't enough to give you the heebie-jeebies, Cage announced it would be directed by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor, otherwise known as the writers of the execrable Jonah Hex. And isn't that scarier than any bike-riding, flame-headed demon from Hell?
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Audiences around the world are already lining up to not purchase tickets for this.
Now it makes so much more sense, I thought the Crank guys were directing a sequel to Ghost WRITER with Nic Cage.
One more thing, to Dixon: "Cage announced it would be directed by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor, otherwise known as the writers of the execrable Jonah Hex"
Pump the brakes, son, those are the MADMEN/GENIUSES who brought us the Crank series. Don't attribute the Jonah Hex awfulness squarely on their shoulders.
Um... the only thing that sounds good about this is the fact that the Crank guys are directing. I don't think they had anything to do with Hex?!!
Maybe in this iteration they can justify the tens of millions in damage to the city GR would wreak each night he would go ride to fight evil.
I use to like Cage but he for me is one of the reasons why the first movie didn't work, so what hope is there for the second.
Bad script, bad direction nuked the first Ghost Rider movie.