With all of the other comic book based movies coming out next year like The Avengers, The Dark Knight Rises and The Amazing Spider-man, it’s really easy to forget about some of the smaller properties like the upcoming Marvel Comics sequel ‘Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance’ from Sony Pictures. Today Columbia Pictures released the first trailer for the film, which is set to hit theatres February 17th 2012.
Spirit Of Vengeance appears to be a direct sequel to the critically panned 2007 Ghost Rider film which also starred Nicolas Cage as our titular hero, although he is the only returning cast member from the first film. The upcoming sequel also stars Idris Elba, Ciarán Hinds, Christopher Lambert, Violante Placido and Johnny Whitworth. The film has been scripted by Scott M. Gimple and Seth Hoffman based off of a story by David S. Goyer (who is best known for his writing work on Nolan’s Batman series as well as the 
Blade film series).Directing the film this time around we have the tag team duo of Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor, who are best known for directing the action-packed Crank films. It looks as though they aim to please with this sequel and are planning on winning some comic book fans over after Mark Steven Johnson’s lackluster attempt with the first film.
Aside from showcasing a veritable ton of action sequences and fire, this new trailer also shows that Spirit of Vengeance will be the first film to use the Marvel Knights branding. Other films based on Marvel Knights properties, such as Fox’s rumored Daredevil reboot, will likely utilize this branding in the future.
Ghost Rider: Spirit Of Vengeance is currently set for release on February 17th 2012, be sure to stay tuned to Comic Booked for any further updates about the film! Check out the trailer below and let us know what you think of the trailer in the comments section!
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Written by Jordamus Prime
Born and raised in Northeast Philadelphia, Jordan DesJardins is what many would call a "Geek". An avid collector of both comic books and action figures, Jordan can often be seen at comic conventions or scouring the city for the latest Transformers to hit the shelves. Contact Jordan at jordamusprime@comicbooked.com
I really don’t like Nick Cage, but the Rider is such a visually appealing character that I’m actually looking forward to this a little.
Oh dear, Nick Cage again eh?
God this hurts. Cage. Peeing at the end, really? It’s Ghost Rider dude, this thing doesn’t feel tough at all.
Now I hate myself for watching it.
WHY DOES IT BURN WHEN I PEE!
I have to say that this looks a LOT better than the first one.
Looks just at pathetic as the first one.
BRIAN TAYLOR said in an interview recetly: He’s a dark entity. He sucks out your soul. That’s his superpower. We wanted to really embrace that and give people that vision of Ghost Rider that we always wanted to see.
Um, I might have missed something here, I mean I only own and have read numerous times ALL of the Ghost Rider comics but…he has NEVER sucked out anyone’s soul. So, it look like we get another movie that uses the name and most of the image and ruins everything else. I really hate these movies, more than any other comicbook movie. Ghost Rider is my all time favorite character and these movies are offensive.
Let me clear (heh, private joke there, sorry): I own all the GOOD Ghost Rider books. From Hammer Lame on I don’t care for them and don’t even consider them canon.
I have absolutely no problem with this. There have been quite a number of different takes on Ghost Rider (including the original Western hero who unfortunately resembled a member of the KKK…the less said about that the better) and the Crank boys have nailed one thing from the outset – no more damn Origin movies for superheroes.
You have comic book characters. You have a decent special effects budget. Mix it up, do something with the potential of these properties.
This looks like a B-movie that could deliver cartoon violence and chuckles in equal measure, a guilty pleasure. Why not?
I absolutely hated Crank and have not suffered the sequel yet, so it’s hard to be excited about this movie.
The western one was a totally different character and not connected in any way with the Blaze and later the Ketch versions of Ghost Rider. Carter Slade was the man who called himself Ghost Rider in the old west. He wore an all white outfit, nothing that really resembled a KKK costume though, that when turned a certain way in the moonlight made it seem as if he could disappear. This is how he got the name Ghost Rider.
Later people to take up the role would use the names Night Rider and Phantom Rider.
Beyond that, this whole Ghost Rider movie series is wrong. When I sat through the hell that was the first one and there were lame jokes and people were laughing at the things Ghost Rider said and did, that made it worse. Nothing about this character is humorous, except the fact they seem to think this garbage is passable for a Ghost Rider story…but that is just bad comedy.
There was an interview with one of the directors (two directors on a movie this lame makes it worse) and he said he never liked the Ghost Rider comics because he didn’t ‘get them’ which begs the question Why would you direct the movie of a character you don’t understand or like? To make it how you want it? If this is how they want the Rider then they can just put it on BETAMAX and keep it.I speak against a lot of these movies, mostly just taking cheap shots at them, but Ghost Rider is near and dear to me. This is an insult…twice over now. A personal insult.
Skott, the problem with that argument is that there have been many different interpretations of the character, some radically different in tone precisely because he is not an a-list feature and so different teams were allowed to try different approaches to see what would stick.
Also Slade’s grandson J.T. has appeared with abilities similar to GR’s in Secret Warriors, a nod and a wink at the shared trademark. As for the KKK connection, the Night Rider was a term for members of that cult, an unfortunate renaming choice on the part of Marvel.
For all we know the directors of this movie were big fans of the Ennis run, which did have a character in his first issue named ‘Buttview’ who, well…lets just say the tone was quite different and leave it at that. Anyone looking to adapt a comic character has decades of material to choose from and it just might happen to not be the interpretation you’re a fan of.
The problem with what you’re saying is that they aren’t using just any version of Ghost Rider, they’re using the John Blaze version which has had an established mythos for nearly 40 years now.
He wasn’t 50 years old when he first became Ghost Rider, he had his own look, he didn’t use the Penance Stare, his flame never turned colors, he had no chain, Blackout wasn’t a villain of his and he was never a bounty hunter for hell.
Also, there was never a flaming skulled rider on a horse.
As I’ve said before, I don’t know what came after my Ghost Rider ended, everything from Hammer Lame through the horrible stuff Ennis did followed by the garbage Way and Aaron did then this current mess, all this stuff means nothing. It’s ignoring all the established things we’ve had set for decades (in one issue they had the character Caretaker say everything we knew before was a lie. That is a load of crap.)
If they wanted to do this type of junk for this movie they shouldn’t have called it Ghost Rider and they shouldn’t have used any other names associated with the comics.
Lol, sorry, there is no way anyone can defend this specific movie with me, I’ve been a Rider fan since 1990, I’ve read (numerous times) the Blaze and Ketch runs along with the many one shots, miniseries, crossovers and events he’s been part of. I know enough of his history to know this movie neither knows or respects the source material. As such, it gets no respect from me. Sad thing is…I was actually excited about the first movie. Then stuff started coming out about it…
So how would you go about introducing those decades of comic history, varying tones and all, to a cinema audience?
I agree completely with Emmet
Yikes. The first one was atrocious. The trailer for this one had me hoping they were finally going to redeem themselves, but then there’s the peeing flames at the very end. I think I’ll pass.