Nicolas Cage playing Ghost Rider
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Nicolas Cage, after
being passed up for many superhero roles, including the new Superman
Remake has finally landed a gig. Nicolas will play Ghost Rider which
starts shooting in January.
Nicolas Cage was going to play Green
Goblin in Spiderman, and that fell apart, and then he was going to be
Superman in Superman Reborn, which also fell apart. Ghost Rider is
being directed by Mark Steven Johnson the director Of Daredevil and
will shoot in Australia.
Cage will play
Johnny Blaze, a circus motorcycle stuntman who, after a series of
tragic events, is tricked by Satan into becoming the Spirit of
Vengeance aka the Ghost Rider; a flame-skulled, motorcycle-riding
demon. But with Johnny's pure heart initially over-riding the Satanic
imprint, the Ghost Rider becomes a vigilante, charged with cleansing
impure souls via various arcane weapons, including the blistering
penance stare.
Tthe Ghost Rider with its fiery skull,
burning eyes, and motorcycle with flaming wheels – is one of Marvel's
most easily recognisable characters, there are of course problems to
reconcile when an A-lister is cast in the role: namely, how to include
Cage's fizzog on the screen without compromising the iconic image.
Early
reports suggest that the movie will see Ghost Rider take on Blackheart,
the son of the Devil, and Cage is looking forward to the challenge of
his first comic book movie.
Source: Lexi, EmpireOnline
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