The first Ghost Rider was alright, but not fantastic. However, that has not stopped Columbia Pictures from trying again with a sequel. The studio is already in talks with David Goyer, attempting to convince a story out of him, and to supervise the writing team responsible for drafting the screenplay. Nicolas Cage will appear in the sequel.
David Goyer still has not signed anything yet regarding the Ghost Ride sequel. However, he wrote a script for Columbia Pictures years ago, but it was not used for the first one. Instead, Director Mark Steven Johnson’s script got approved. Disney’s acquisition of the Marvel library for $4 billion has all the other studios rushing to get the most of their still-owned Marvel properties. Fox is in the process of rebooting the Fantastic Four franchise, but are also intently working on a sequel of Wolverine and other X-Men spinoffs. They might also try again with Daredevil, and there is talk of giving the Silver Surfer his very own movie.Sony meanwhile has already hired James Vanderbilt to write Spider Man 5 and 6. Paramount also has more Marvel projects in the pipeline. These include Iron Man 2, Thor and Captain America.
All this activity from other studios is because their agreement with Marvel is the only way they can hold onto their Marvel superheroes. Any inactivity gives Marvel Entertainment the right to reclaim them. One of the world’s most prominent character-based entertainment companies, Marvel Entertainment Inc has over the year, built over 5,000 characters featured across a wide variety of media over seventy years.