Overview
- Marvel announced at San Diego Comic‑Con in July that Ryan Gosling will star as Ghost Rider with Shawn Levy directing and the studio has scheduled the film for a 2028 release.
- Reporting from Puck News says Levy declined an aggressive pursuit by Tom Cruise and Paramount to direct Days of Thunder 2 so he could remain attached to Ghost Rider.
- After Levy passed, Paramount hired Jonathan Levine to direct Days of Thunder 2 and set that sequel for June 2, 2028.
- Levy has also signed a multiyear overall television deal with Disney’s 20th Television following studio screenings of Starfighter, a deal that industry reports say helped cement his relationship with Disney and Marvel.
- Gosling and Levy developed the Ghost Rider idea while collaborating on Starfighter, and commentators are speculating about supernatural MCU tie‑ins such as Mephisto or Robbie Reyes but those connections remain unconfirmed.