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Sci-Fi Thriller ‘Spectral’ Yanked From August Release
The sci-fi action thriller Spectral has been pulled from it’s August release without warning. The film, which has been done for over a year, was scheduled to come out on the 12th but Universal and Legendary Pictures have decided that it’s not a good time, for reasons unknown. No new date has been announced either, according to THR.
Directed by Nic Mathieu and starring James Badge Dale (World War Z), Max Martini (Pacific Rim), Emily Mortimer (Shutter Island), and Bruce Greenwood (Super 8), the film follows, “…a special ops team who battle supernatural entities taking over a European city.” The film is being likened to Ridley Scott’s Black Hawk Down, only with ghosts and supernatural entities. (Personal note: That sounds fucking awesome.)
Right now, Legendary is dealing with a very lackluster US response to Warcraft, which has been doing incredibly well overseas, especially in China. The movie is going to need to earn nearly $500 million in order to break even for all parties involved. As of now, it’s at $300+ million worldwide, but less than 10% of that is from the US.
It’s not sure if these two events are somehow related.
Ryan Gosling (Project Hail Mary) has made no secret of the fact that he’d love to play Ghost Rider in a Marvel Cinematic Universe movie, and it’s now officially happening.
Announced by Marvel out of San Diego Comic-Con tonight, Ryan Gosling will play the iconic Marvel character in a Ghost Rider movie being directed by Shawn Levy!
Expect Ryan Gosling to play Ghost Rider on the big screen in 2028.
Johnny Blaze is of course the most iconic and well-known Ghost Rider, selling his soul to Satan and becoming a supernatural badass. Nicolas Cage brought Blaze to life on screen in both 2007’s Ghost Rider and 2011’s Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, while Gabriel Luna more recently played the Robbie Reyes version of Ghost Rider in the series “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”
Luna was set to star in his own Ghost Rider spinoff series in the wake of that small screen appearance, but that Hulu project ended up being squashed before it ever had a chance.
Fans have been waiting for Ghost Rider to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe for many years now, with Ryan Gosling making it clear that he’d love to bring the character back to life.
That Hollywood dream is coming true. Stay tuned for more as we learn it.
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