Ryan Gosling joins Marvel Cinematic Universe as Ghost Rider, film set for release in 2028
The actor will make his Marvel Cinematic Universe debut as Ghost Rider in a standalone film directed by Shawn Levy, as Marvel Studios also unveiled new details about Black Panther 3 and Avengers at Comic-Con.
Ryan Gosling is joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Ghost Rider. (Photo: Instagram/Ryan Gosling Fan Page, Marvel)
Ryan Gosling is joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Ghost Rider, re-teaming with his Star Wars: Starfighter director Shawn Levy on a film set for release in 2028.
Gosling joined Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige on Saturday (Jul 25) at Comic-Con International's Hall H as about 7,000 fans cheered. Many wore Doctor Doom masks given out by the studio.
Gosling's longtime partner, Eva Mendes, starred alongside Nicolas Cage in Cage's original standalone Ghost Rider film, released in 2007 – a year before Iron Man kicked off Marvel's Cinematic Universe. A sequel was released by Sony in 2012, and film rights have since reverted to Marvel, but the character hasn't appeared yet in the MCU.
Feige also told the crowd that Joe and Anthony Russo's 2019 film Avengers: Endgame will be re-released in theatres on Sept. 25 with new footage linking it to the Russos' Avengers: Doomsday, due out Dec 18, 2026.
Many fans waited more than a day to get inside Comic-Con's most-anticipated panel, which featured appearances from Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans and Pedro Pascal.
Black Panther 3 was also unveiled on the same day. The movie will introduce David Jonsson as a new T'Challa, the son of the previous Black Panther portrayed by the late Chadwick Boseman.
Black Panther 3 will be released on Dec 15, 2028.
The panel also included first-look footage from Avengers: Doomsday.
Marvel movies have generated nearly US$33 billion at global box offices, the highest total for any film franchise. Avengers: Endgame, released in 2019, is the second-highest-grossing movie of all time.
Following Doomsday, the next major franchise film, Avengers: Secret Wars, is set to arrive in theatres in December 2027.
