Oh ho! It looks like they are sticking more closely to the origins of the Ghost Rider story then!
I'm not at all an expert on the Ghost Rider Legacy from the comics, but I think the whole origins of the Ghost Rider was Mephistopheles planting the soul of the demon Zarathos into Johnny Blaze? So Zarathos is just Ghost Rider and each time he emerges it is the essence of Zarathos rather than the divided elements within the soul of Johnny himself. Johnny is the host to the parasitic soul eater Zarathos. Then it becomes a bit like a Jekyll and Hyde scenario, does the demon side win out and the transformations become more permanent ?! Nic was already playing a double role with Johnny Blaze / Ghost Rider, so I wonder if this will make it a triple?! And how cool he the elements separate out and he does battle with 'himself'? Actually if you think about it, being the host to a demon is more hopeful in the sense that it is not your own dark side, if you can vanquish it.......
We are creating a whole physical language for the demon that is different from the human Blaze
Nic as we know is masterful at that aspect of creating characters..so cannot wait to see how he brings Ghost Rider version 2 to life!
Am i the only one who thought it was Nic playing Ghost Rider on the first movie? I know the skull was CG after being modelled on his skull, but I really thought the rest of the Ghost Rider was Nic!
I was sure he was...I saw a TV program about making Ghost Rider like two years ago and they were showing some behind the scense parts,including the parts with actually Ghost Rider and it was Nic! It also was said there that one of the reasons Nic was playing GR was the gestures that only Nic could pull off. But now I'm really confused!
Oooh that's interesting Voodoo child...something is resonating ... I think i may have seen some of this behind the scenes stuff too! Agree Lady T that the really fantastical scenes were obviously CG and with the stunts it was stunt men.... but the regular body shots? surely were Nic!
In other news, from Neveldine and Taylor themselves:
2 days ago: "principal photography begins on ghost rider SOV today!"
2 days ago: "idris elba, helicopters, motorcycles, russian arm and the the transfagarasanul....HOLY S*IT"
1 day ago: "day 1.5 on ghost rider SOV kicked epic ass
1 day ago in reply to "Question -- we will be seeing the same hellcycle in GR2?": "hell no!"
I wonder if there will be any elements at all similar to the first movie, for example to humour?
Check out the official website of the guys Nic is working with right now in Romania ~ writers and directors of 'Ghost Rider Spirit of Vengeance' Neveldine and Taylor!
I took it to mean the new Ghost Rider transformation was werewolflike Lady True but I'm probably wrong! Maybe there are going to be some very cool monsters and or other characters.......
Check out this from Neveldine and taylor
Just booked a pretty god damn awesome cameo for nxt week
Oooh who could it be? A baddie or a goodie? Another Marvel character? You remember the dracula rumours when Spirit of Vengeance was first being speculated about? Or ... Will it Anthony Stewart Head? (who plays Giles in Buffy! )
Maybe Christopher Lambert..but I thought he was already rumoured to be part of the cast anyway? Or maybe that's the whole point!! But it felt to me like it's going to be a total surprise.... 'm hoping it's a supernatural character...come to assist or fight Ghost Rider!
just had a thought... Neveldine and Taylor have this huge responsibility on their shoulders don't they.....reinventing Ghost Rider?! Lol...but I think they can handle it
This is a description I found of Blackheart from Marvel comics, a character in the GR2 movie played by Johnny Withworth (who I'm pretty sure used to be on CSI: Miami):
Blackout is apparently descended from both human and demonic ancestors, and his hybrid physiology gives him a number of superhuman abilities. His strength, speed, stamina, durability, and reflexes are superhuman. He can see in near darkness, and he has the psionic ability to extinguish both natural and artificial light sources in his immediate vicinity. His skin is highly sensitive to light. His teeth (and allegedly jaws) have been mechanically-enhanced to give him vampire-like fangs, which he usually employs to tear out the throats of his victims and enemies.
He is a highly experienced hand-to-hand combatant, a superior acrobat, and wrestler.
Seems to fit well with the Romania/vampire connection and the way the story seems to be going so far.