'Ghost Rider 2' without Cage? Anyone care?

Columbia is apparently pushing hard to get a "Ghost Rider 2" film going as soon as possible, and Vulture says the studio may even develop the project without Nicolas Cage. No, it's not that Cage is fed up with the biker on fire, but Columbia is about to lose the rights to the franchise, and that's why.

Cage has already expressed interest in a sequel to 2007's "Ghost Rider," which sucked and only grossed $115 million domestically. But considering he's such a busy man at the moment, he may not be available if Columbia started production this November (which is when the rights jump back to Marvel).

"Ghost Rider" is one of those films that really don't need a sequel, and if they do it without Cage, they better find another big name so cinemagoers don't lose the interest that is left in the franchise. Personally, I say screw "Rider 2" and move on to something that actually doesn't suck and can make a lot of moola.

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Its mainly for the sake of the story I want Nic Cage tp continue being a part of it no matter who else is in the credits. I've been a fan of the Ghost Rider for as long as he has been and I know he wou;d understand the full potential of the character and that he would fight to keep this character consistant..

This would probably be a good time to skip ahead in the story not too unlike it happened in the comics with the second volume. Give us Danny Ketch and and make it a mystery as to what happened to Blaze, to be answered in a third film if there is one. If it really won't hurt to do the story over again then it shouldn't hurt to give the current storyline one more chance. I like the potential I saw in it. A couple of elements only hinted at in the comics have come right out and shown themselves in the movie several times each. Say what you will about the last director. I think he did an excellent job of giving us those elements in plain sight, but comic fans with their hearts set in more graphic imagery appear to have missed them or don't know what handy plot devices they could be used for later in the story. Don't get me wrong,I don't mind if the last directer doesn't come back cause I think he already accomplished his job, and I'm thinking this story would be best told in a different style with each movie. Like how the art tended to change with each volume of the comic book.

Matt Long as Danny Ketch would make perfect sense to me. btw.

As a Ghost Rider Fan from way back I enjoy the film. Those among more recent fans who have been complaining no one with the film seemed to know what they were doing aren't saying much to me cause I've yet to be convinced anyone has really known what they've been doing with the comic book version for the past decade. I don't blame the movieverse fans if they have yet to get into the comicverse, and they were probably the majority audience. Those who gave the unhelpful advice not to even consider seeing the film probably only discouraged the comicverse fans from being in a position to have a larger say. Those who hated the first film most please tell me something new, like maybe something to suggest they might have actually paid attention to it, let alone actually seen it. Preferably with a larger vocabulary this time.

It's the story that matters to me most, and I find who is in the credits of only secondary importance, important enough to keep Nic Cage for now or later whether he's the best one to play Johnny Blaze or not. The 90's version of the comicbook has still been the most popular despite the better production values of the later volumes and for me it was because of the story. If the creators of the comicverse really have allowed themselves to abandon the elements of that part of the story I enjoyed most then I don't care if the movieverse has *not* been reduced to a rehashing of the last decade. The story as it still stands in the comic verse would be so much more powerful to me if they would only just say in an interview for crying out loud that those elements are still a part of the story. As far as I’m concerned, if marvel is still willing to throw away the story they could still have with the direction they have still gone then I don’t care if they ever get it back if that’s the only way a potentially large multithemed story can be told. A very good reason horror films are rarely even considered for best picture of the year is because they’re stuck in one theme. Ghost Rider is potentially way too big a character to be wasted on just any one theme.