"Crank" Directors taking on Ghost Rider?
Tue, June 15, 2010 
Heat Vision is reporting that Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor are in early negotiations to direct Columbia’s “Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance,” the sequel to the studio’s 2007 supernatural action movie starring the Marvel Comics character.
Also in early negotiations is Nicolas Cage to reprise his role as Johnny Blaze aka Ghost Rider. The plot is being kept very secretive right now, but what is known is the story comes from David Goyer (Batman Begins, The Dark Knight). Goyer is also exec producing the project.
The studio has plans to start filming this January. They're under a strict time limit right now where the rights to the franchise could be reverted to Marvel if they don't get production underway right away.
Neveldine and Taylor are writers as well as directors, but no word yet on whether they'll be doing re-writes as well. They're best known for directing the two Jason Statham action flicks Crank and it's sequel. They also served as writers for WB's upcoming cheesefest Jonah Hex.
If you didn't like the first Ghost Rider then you'll probably hate this. With the team behind Crank and Jonah Hex directing/ possibly re-writing, and David Goyer having written the screenplay, it's sure to be a super fun flick!
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