Marvel Studios is quite aware of which version of Ghost Rider will appear in future MCU projects.

Cinema pundit Charles Murphy was recently asked on social media if he knows which version of Ghost Rider Marvel wants to use: Johnny Blaze, Robbie Reyes, Danny Ketch, or someone else entirely. “Yes, I have,” Murphy answered. “Don’t want to blow anything right now because I think I have a good source.”

Will Ghost Rider Appear In The MCU?

Ghost Rider
Ghost Rider

While there have been various versions of Ghost Rider in the comics, only a couple have made it to the big screen. 2007’s Ghost Rider focused more on Johnny Blaze, played by Nicolas Cage. “Nic was always the choice for Ghost Rider,” director Mark Steven Johnson said. “He has such a love for this character. There was never talk of anyone else playing Johnny Blaze.” Cage’s Ghost Rider was released to mostly negative reviews but performed well at the box office, thus getting a sequel in 2012’s Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance was released, with Neveldine taking over as director and Nicholas Cage reprising his role.

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Ghost Rider debuted in the MCU in the fourth season of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. There, the Ghost Rider was Robbie Reyes, played by Gabriel Luna, who received his supernatural powers from a different, unnamed Ghost Rider, who is implied to be Johnny Blaze. A spinoff series was announced at Hulu that would follow Robbie’s story after Agents, but ultimately never went forward due to a “creative impasse.”

This is the “Year Of Vengeance”

Nicholas Cage's Ghost Rider
Nicholas Cage’s Ghost Rider

However, keeping aside Murphy’s report, there hasn’t been any news about Ghost Rider’s next appearance. Even Ghost Rider co-creator Roy Thomas revealed that he isn’t really aware of any plans MCU has for Ghost Rider. “I’ve never been given (nor asked for) any specific credit or money for Ghost Rider, to the best of my knowledge,” he explained. “I’m happy with my arrangements with Marvel on many other concepts I co-created or developed, however, and no quarrel regarding the character.”

Marvel Comics already declared 2022 as “The Year of Vengeance” to celebrate Ghost Rider’s 50-year anniversary. Apart from this, the studio is also working to bring a few more horror-themed characters to life, Moon Knight, Blade, and Werewolf By Night.

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