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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?

[via The Playlist]