I’d still argue that the Nicolas Cage-starring Drive Angry is the best (unofficial) Ghost Rider movie ever made, but Cage himself of course also starred in two actual Ghost Rider films: Ghost Rider in 2007 and Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance in 2011. Both films were rated PG-13, and Cage hopes the character’s next is a rated R affair.
Speaking with Joblo, Cage laid out his dream Ghost Rider reboot.
“Y’know, GHOST RIDER was a movie that always should’ve been an R-rated movie,” Cage admitted to the site. “David Goyer had a brilliant script, which I wanted to do with David and for whatever reason they just didn’t let us make the movie. But that movie is a still a movie that should be made, not with me obviously, but it should be an R-rated movie. Heck, DEADPOOL was R-rated and that did great.”
Cage continued, “GHOST RIDER was designed to be a scary superhero with an R-rating and edge and they just didn’t have it worked out back then.”