Ryan Gosling has reportedly been solid as Ghost Rider within the MCU.
The declare comes from insider DanielRPK and dropped Saturday, simply hours earlier than Marvel Studios takes the stage for its Hall H panel at San Diego Comic-Con tonight.
To be clear, this can be a rumor: Marvel has not confirmed something, and the report doesn’t specify which model of Ghost Rider Gosling would play. But the timing is unimaginable to disregard.
Years In The Making
This one has been simmering without end, and it began with Gosling himself.
Back in 2024 whereas selling The Fall Guy, Gosling instructed Josh Horowitz he needs to play Ghost Rider, and Horowitz personally relayed it to Kevin Feige. Feige’s response on the time: “I’d love to find a place for him in the MCU.”
DanielRPK has been monitoring Gosling-to-Marvel ever since, reporting conferences with Feige and talks about an unspecified position, and Gosling himself confirmed the Marvel talks happened while promoting Project Hail Mary. Today’s report upgrades all of that from “talks” to “cast.”
Why Tonight Matters
Here’s the place it will get fascinating: the Avengers: Doomsday plot leak features Ghost Rider, a reveal that set Marvel followers on hearth when it surfaced. Marvel takes over Hall H tonight from 5:30 to six:30 p.m. PT with new Doomsday footage anticipated and social media claiming 70-plus actors within the constructing.
If Marvel needed a showstopper second to match RDJ’s Doctor Doom reveal from 2024, Ryan Gosling strolling out with a flaming cranium behind him would do it.
Gosling touchdown the position would additionally come on the expense of the longtime fan-favorite decide: Norman Reedus, who has openly campaigned for Ghost Rider for years.
Gosling Would Own Both Franchises
The kicker: Gosling is already fronting Star Wars: Starfighter, and as Cosmic Book News solely reported from the Comic-Con flooring, he is heavily involved with that movie in a Ryan Reynolds-with-Deadpool way. Add Ghost Rider and Gosling can be holding down lead roles in each Star Wars and Marvel on the similar time, which no actor has ever executed.
Marvel’s Hall H panel runs tonight at 5:30 p.m. PT. Cosmic Book News may have full protection of the whole lot introduced, Ghost Rider or in any other case.
