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Ryan Gosling will officially be joining the MCU in "Ghost Rider", directed by Shawn Levy — in theaters 2028 (i.postimg.cc)
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[–] 4 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 child)

It is the MCU.. it isn’t some great artistic endeavor.

It is the movie equivalent of a Big Mac.

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  • [–] 0 points 13 hours ago* (1 child)

    Yeah, that’s perfectly clear, but both of the nick cage films were pretty big flops, if I recall correctly. So I can’t quite figure out the logic behind another one—except, of course, for reasons of mismanagement and misjudgement of what the audience might want to see.

    In any case, I don’t think the movie will make any money, especially since an A-list Hollywood actor alone is pretty expensive.

    Of course, I totally get the Big Mac comparison, but I’m afraid it’s not really appropriate: While a mass-produced product of low quality is to be expected, the Big Mac actually sells—which seems kinda unlikely for a third ghost rider movie....

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  • [–] 2 points 13 hours ago (1 child)

    Wow you are spot on. I looked up the Cage movies on Box Office Mojo and the first one sure did flop and the second one did better but not by much.

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  • [–] 1 point 13 hours ago

    I think Cage was having some financial trouble at the time, which is why he starred in just about every movie for a few years. I think that was probably right around the time when at least the first Ghost Ride movie came out. I think Cage just didn't care about pretty much anything, which added yet another funny dimension to his usual, amusing over-the-top performance. For some roles, that actually works quite well—especially since it's so meme-worthy.

    Anyway, I saw the first ghost rider film: Can't say I was particularly impressed. If you don't take the movie seriously at all, it's actually kind of entertaining because it's so trashy, tho.

    With Gosling, I suppose they'll take the whole thing very seriously and believe in its potential for a remake, like with Blade Runner, I guess. However, since Ghost Rider isn't particularly popular even as a Marvel character, I believe this plan is doomed to fail miserably from the start.

    I think there are plenty of movies that would be more deserving of a big budget—even within the MCU.

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