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Ghost Rider stalls
By Joshua Tyler Dec 15, 2005, 16:12 GMT
Based on the Marvel comic book series, Ghost Rider is the story of Johnny Blaze (Cage), a motorcyclist who makes a deal with the devil to save his one true love. In a devlish twist, he periodically transforms into the demon Ghost Rider to wreak vengeance on those who hurt the innocent. ...more
A quick item. It looks like Nic Cage’s foray into playing a superhero, ‘Ghost Rider’, is being delayed.
Studio reps at Sony tell Variety it’s being moved from August 2006 to February 2007 to get it out of an already overly crowded 2006 schedule. That makes a certain amount of sense, since Summer 06’ is already packed with superhero movies including Bryan Singer’s much anticipated ‘Superman Returns’ and the third installment of ‘X-Men’.
But they aren’t shifting it a week or two or even a couple of months, they’re shoving it into an entirely different year. Worse, the film is losing prime summer release real estate in August to get dropped into theaters in February, a month full of romantic comedies and not much else. Has Sony lost confidence in the film? Do they need more time to work on it? We’ll find out in two Februarys.
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