Warning: This article contains major spoilers for the Ghost Rider movie.
The first plot details for Marvel Studios’ Ghost Rider movie have been revealed in a new production list document. The movie was reportedly announced during Marvel’s Hall H panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2026, with Ryan Gosling set to play Johnny Blaze and Deadpool & Wolverine director Shawn Levy attached to direct.
Here are the plot details for Shawn Levy’s Ghost Rider movie:
Johnny Blaze (Gosling) has the perfect life: a wife and two kids, a job at an auto repair shop, and a small-town community that supports him. But Johnny isn’t doing well. He has nightmares about monsters when he sleeps and sees bloody visions when he’s awake. His life is beginning to feel like a prison, and there’s a spirit inside him that’s begging to break free.
The working title for Ghost Rider movie is reportedly Drive-Thru. Throttle Productions LLC has also been linked to the project.
The listing also revealed that Connor Storrie has joined the cast alongside Gosling, a detail also reported by The Hollywood Reporter and listed on IMDb. Storrie is rumored to be playing a villain in the movie, while Rosamund Pike is rumored to play Johnny Blaze’s wife. However, Pike’s casting has not yet been confirmed.
The Ghost Rider movie plans to introduce a new central antagonist rather than jumping straight into a story centered on Mephisto. In the comics, Johnny Blaze becomes Ghost Rider after making a deal with Mephisto, gaining a supernatural transformation marked by a flaming skull and a hellfire-powered motorcycle. Mephisto may still appear, but he reportedly won’t be the film’s main villain.
The screenplay is written by Jonathan Tropper (Star Wars: Starfighter), while Linus Sandgren (Dune: Part Three) will serve as the cinematographer. The movie will reportedly be shot entirely on analog film, with filming scheduled to begin in New York next year.
In a recent interview with ComicBook.com, Ghost Rider writer Benjamin Percy said he wants the MCU’s Ghost Rider film to embrace brutal, R-rated horror with a “Hellraiser-style” approach.
Percy said, “I would lean towards the R-rated horror version of the character and not do the standard cape and spandex. I would really lean into, like, Johnny pulling hot chains out of his mouth, or his skin melting right off of him with a halo of flames around. Like, give us the body horror. Give us a really hellish iteration of Ghost Rider on the screen. We live in a golden age of horror. It’s time.”
Produced by Kevin Feige, Louis D’Esposito, Stephen Broussard, Richie Palmer, and Jessie Henderson.
Ghost Rider is scheduled to hit theaters and IMAX in the United States on July 28, 2028.
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