Ghost Rider at Comic-Con!!
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He seems like he'd be a blast to hang out with.
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Here's a new little video of the Hellcycle from this years comic con:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=SgGV9LnZeV0&search=ghost rider
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Another little clip from the con which shows the Sideshow Ghost Rider figure/statue.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=P7Zr7zX1OxU&search=ghost rider
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After seeing the clip of Sideshow Ghostrider @ Comic-con I need both the Caretaker Ghostrider & the Blaze one, gonna cost heaps o dollar
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My friend bought that cap one but nothing beats the Iron Man one. Hulk was nice too.
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Comic-Con 2006: Ghost Rider Interviews
Nic Cage, Eva Mendes and Mark Steven Johnson.
July 24, 2006 - IGN FilmForce attended a roundtable interview Saturday with Ghost Rider writer-director Mark Steven Johnson and the film's stars, Nicolas Cage and Eva Mendes. The interview preceded the presentation of exclusive new footage from the film during the Sony Pictures panel at Comic-Con International in San Diego.
Q: You were a Ghost Rider fan since you were a kid, I hear.
Nicolas Cage: Oh, yes. I enjoyed the image of a skull on fire when I was a boy and the mythology of it, the Faust-like storyline of it, was so original for a Marvel comic book character. There really isn't any other one quite like Ghost Rider, and that's why I think he's fresh. I think it's time for a new kind of superhero and I'm speaking to the Ghost Rider family. Step out. We all know who we are.
Q: So how much fun was it for you and how cool was it for you as a comic book fan to finally play a comic book character?
Cage: It was wonderful for me because, as you know, it's been a long time that I've been trying to do it. But I'm a big believer that the right character is the one that ultimately happens. While I enjoyed Superman, I enjoyed the new movie, I think Brandon [Routh] was the right choice for that part, and I absolutely think that Ghost Rider is the right choice for me to play. It's a better match. I'm glad it worked out this way and I want you all to see it.
Q: So you do everything? Even when he's got the flaming skull and is on the bike?
Cage: Well, I'll let Mark talk about that because there were a lot of creative people that [we] worked with, Kevin Mack, that did a lot of designing.
Mark Steven Johnson: A bunch of the times it's Nick and some of the times it depends if there's a stunt involved. It's both. It's quite an elaborate get-up they had. Interactive fire has been kind of the bane of our existence these last few years. CG fire's the toughest thing to do. And what we'd do is we'd have a green neoprene hood on [Cage] with these lights that would give you interactive lighting on your shoulders. Remove the head and then we could put in the skull and fire and what not. But it proved to be a lot more difficult than we thought. It was real fire for all purposes and as you move, the fire wouldn't move the way it should have. So we spent this tremendous amount of time working at getting all of Nic's expressions in the skull, which is hard to do without lips or eyes or a tongue. And still make it look like it's Nic.
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Nicolas Cage and Eva Mendes; click for more pics from Comic-Con '06.</B>[/SIZE]
Q: Nic, you tend to immerse yourself deeply into your characters. How deep did you get with Ghost Rider?
Cage: I was invited in early on in the process so I like to think I was building it from scratch along with Mark and as he was writing it we would talk. And even right before we went to film in Australia, we were coming up with ideas to add on to the character. I think traditionalists of the comic book will be happy but we did build up the story and add on to the character. There's little habits that he has. He has a fetish for jellybeans and he reads a lot but he's something of a cowboy. Mark was very excited about the Western element of the character, harkening back to the original Ghost Rider which Sam [Elliott] plays.
Eva Mendes: He's a Karen Carpenter fan, which I found very interesting.
Cage: Yes, Ghost Rider is a Karen Carpenter fan.
Johnson: I promise this will make sense! I swear! [laughter]
Cage: The way I thought of that was I remembered when I was in a dental chair. They always play these soft, soothing types of music. And Johnny Blaze is sort of literally sitting in a dental chair every second of the day wondering when the devil is going to come and claim his purchase. So I think he's constantly trying to relax. So instead of the bourbon-drinking, chain-smoking bad ass, I think he's such a bad ass that he needs to calm down with Karen Carpenter and jellybeans.
Q: Mark, there have been many versions of Ghost Rider. Which interpretation is yours?
Johnson: Mine is the original. Mine is Johnny Blaze. It's pretty much the classic story. Very few changes but it's all about selling your soul and, in our case, it's the father not the step-father who has lung cancer. Having to leave the girl behind and being cursed and having to hit the road. All that stuff is it. What I got from the Danny Ketch era, which I love graphically, which I always thought was really beautiful, was some of the looks. The spiked jacket. This isn't the blue full-body jumpsuit. And the motorcycle he had in the early years of the comics I wasn't a big fan of. I thought we could do better. But the actual looks, with the chain around the spikes, that was all the later stuff from the Ketch years, which I liked a lot. And the Caretaker from the Ketch years was a character I always liked a lot and wanted to find way to use him, as was Blackheart. So a lot of it was taken from later but the origin and a lot of the heart and soul of it was from the Johnny years.
Nic Cage, Eva Mendes and Mark Steven Johnson.
July 24, 2006 - IGN FilmForce attended a roundtable interview Saturday with Ghost Rider writer-director Mark Steven Johnson and the film's stars, Nicolas Cage and Eva Mendes. The interview preceded the presentation of exclusive new footage from the film during the Sony Pictures panel at Comic-Con International in San Diego.
Q: You were a Ghost Rider fan since you were a kid, I hear.
Nicolas Cage: Oh, yes. I enjoyed the image of a skull on fire when I was a boy and the mythology of it, the Faust-like storyline of it, was so original for a Marvel comic book character. There really isn't any other one quite like Ghost Rider, and that's why I think he's fresh. I think it's time for a new kind of superhero and I'm speaking to the Ghost Rider family. Step out. We all know who we are.
Q: So how much fun was it for you and how cool was it for you as a comic book fan to finally play a comic book character?
Cage: It was wonderful for me because, as you know, it's been a long time that I've been trying to do it. But I'm a big believer that the right character is the one that ultimately happens. While I enjoyed Superman, I enjoyed the new movie, I think Brandon [Routh] was the right choice for that part, and I absolutely think that Ghost Rider is the right choice for me to play. It's a better match. I'm glad it worked out this way and I want you all to see it.
Q: So you do everything? Even when he's got the flaming skull and is on the bike?
Cage: Well, I'll let Mark talk about that because there were a lot of creative people that [we] worked with, Kevin Mack, that did a lot of designing.
Mark Steven Johnson: A bunch of the times it's Nick and some of the times it depends if there's a stunt involved. It's both. It's quite an elaborate get-up they had. Interactive fire has been kind of the bane of our existence these last few years. CG fire's the toughest thing to do. And what we'd do is we'd have a green neoprene hood on [Cage] with these lights that would give you interactive lighting on your shoulders. Remove the head and then we could put in the skull and fire and what not. But it proved to be a lot more difficult than we thought. It was real fire for all purposes and as you move, the fire wouldn't move the way it should have. So we spent this tremendous amount of time working at getting all of Nic's expressions in the skull, which is hard to do without lips or eyes or a tongue. And still make it look like it's Nic.
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Nicolas Cage and Eva Mendes; click for more pics from Comic-Con '06.</B>[/SIZE]
Q: Nic, you tend to immerse yourself deeply into your characters. How deep did you get with Ghost Rider?
Cage: I was invited in early on in the process so I like to think I was building it from scratch along with Mark and as he was writing it we would talk. And even right before we went to film in Australia, we were coming up with ideas to add on to the character. I think traditionalists of the comic book will be happy but we did build up the story and add on to the character. There's little habits that he has. He has a fetish for jellybeans and he reads a lot but he's something of a cowboy. Mark was very excited about the Western element of the character, harkening back to the original Ghost Rider which Sam [Elliott] plays.
Eva Mendes: He's a Karen Carpenter fan, which I found very interesting.
Cage: Yes, Ghost Rider is a Karen Carpenter fan.
Johnson: I promise this will make sense! I swear! [laughter]
Cage: The way I thought of that was I remembered when I was in a dental chair. They always play these soft, soothing types of music. And Johnny Blaze is sort of literally sitting in a dental chair every second of the day wondering when the devil is going to come and claim his purchase. So I think he's constantly trying to relax. So instead of the bourbon-drinking, chain-smoking bad ass, I think he's such a bad ass that he needs to calm down with Karen Carpenter and jellybeans.
Q: Mark, there have been many versions of Ghost Rider. Which interpretation is yours?
Johnson: Mine is the original. Mine is Johnny Blaze. It's pretty much the classic story. Very few changes but it's all about selling your soul and, in our case, it's the father not the step-father who has lung cancer. Having to leave the girl behind and being cursed and having to hit the road. All that stuff is it. What I got from the Danny Ketch era, which I love graphically, which I always thought was really beautiful, was some of the looks. The spiked jacket. This isn't the blue full-body jumpsuit. And the motorcycle he had in the early years of the comics I wasn't a big fan of. I thought we could do better. But the actual looks, with the chain around the spikes, that was all the later stuff from the Ketch years, which I liked a lot. And the Caretaker from the Ketch years was a character I always liked a lot and wanted to find way to use him, as was Blackheart. So a lot of it was taken from later but the origin and a lot of the heart and soul of it was from the Johnny years.
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Q: Eva, can you tell us a little bit about your character Roxanne? She's a TV reporter?
Mendes: Yeah, I play Roxanne Simpson, Johnny Blaze's long-lost love. I was really happy that Mark took a chance on me because the original Roxanne was actually his step-sister, correct? So you changed that. That's kind of weird. I'm open but I'm not that open. [laughter] So I'm glad you changed that story point. And the girl in the comic book was blonde-haired, blue-eyed and different visually than I and gave her a little flavor, a little spice.
Q: Nic, do you still have your Ghost Rider comic books?
Cage: Oh, absolutely. I would never sell those. They're in my special room upstairs. Framed and on the wall.
Q: Is there a chance of a cross-over with any other Marvel characters and franchises since it happens so often in the comics?
Johnson: Man, I'd love that.
Cage: Look, I would actually like to see it. To actually have the comic book characters team-up? Because, and once again I'm speaking to the Ghost Rifer family, we all know that Ghost Rider can kick Spider-Man's ass! With one look. And I want to see that happen.
Q: Eva, what was the allure for you to do a comic book movie?
Mendes: Well, two of the allures are sitting right next to me. I'm a huge Nic Cage fan, and Mark Steven Johnson, I love this dude. I really didn't know much about comic books at all and then speaking to these guys and getting into it a little bit. Honestly, I wanted to have some kind of effect. I had a little superhero envy because I wanted some kind of extra arm. I don't know. Something! But I really enjoyed playing Roxanne. She's lovely. She's a reporter. She doesn't have fire coming out of her skull.
Johnson: I remembered you saying, "I don't want to be just the chick." Cut to you later with the dress torn and the shotgun. Shooting Blackheart.
Mendes: "Johnny! Johnny! Save me!" But it was fun.
Cage: Eva added a lot of fun to the character and to the movie. There's great scenes of her with a magic eight ball. The toy you would ask questions to. A lot of humor to it.
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Cage and Peter Fonda in Ghost Rider.[/SIZE]
Q: How was working with Peter Fonda?
Cage: It was great. I'm such a fan of Peter. I grew up watching Peter Fonda. For me, it was the perfect choice in that he was Captain America [in Easy Rider] and I thought if there was going to be a Luciferian version of a bike film then that would be the perfect choice to get Johnny Blaze to sell his soul to Captain America.
Johnson: It's actually our first crossover. With Captain America. [laughter]
Q: Mark, how about the delay of the movie? Is there still a lot more work to do?
Johnson: No, we're close now but we still wouldn't have been ready. We actually really lucked out. We were supposed to come out in August. They saw the movie, really liked it and pushed us up to July, which was the second week of Pirates of the Caribbean. Most of all they liked the movie and there are things I always wanted to get in the movie, some really great bike stuff, which was very expensive and pick-up stuff. It was great that they gave us a couple of days to pick that stuff up and the flaming skull was literally still being worked on. It went down to the wire to get it perfect. It's a hard thing, as you know, if that doesn't work the character doesn't work and the movie doesn't work. So we thought we were so close we just didn't want to rush it.
Q: Are you open for a sequel and are you guys all signed for one?
Johnson: Not sure.
Cage: My theory on sequels is that they have to be better than the original so I'm open. I just have to see a script and then talk about it. But I loved working with Mark, Eva. It would be great to do something again. I just want to make sure we can do something to improve even on the original. Whatever you can do to keep going, make it one step better. I think the original's really good so it would mean a lot of sitting down and thinking about it.
Q: Who are your favorite comic book characters?
Cage: Well, Ghost Rider. But I liked the monsters as a kid. I fantasized about being able to turn into the monster to scare the bully away. I think little boys and girls when they see the werewolves movies, like The Wolf Man, it's very exciting. Monsters are fun to play. And with Ghost Rider, I got a chance to kill two birds with one stone so to speak. I got to be in a horror film, in the grand sense of The Wolf Man, and a comic book-based movie. So, yes, to answer your question, Ghost Rider, the Hulk. Those were my real introductions into the comic book world because they stimulated my imagination so much.
Q: How much violence is going to be in this since the comic book has quite a lot?
Johnson: Yeah, quite a bit. It's an intense movie. Even though we were here [Comic-Con] last year, I'm happy to be here even more this year because we get to show some stuff. Last we had nothing to show.
Mendes: Yeah, I play Roxanne Simpson, Johnny Blaze's long-lost love. I was really happy that Mark took a chance on me because the original Roxanne was actually his step-sister, correct? So you changed that. That's kind of weird. I'm open but I'm not that open. [laughter] So I'm glad you changed that story point. And the girl in the comic book was blonde-haired, blue-eyed and different visually than I and gave her a little flavor, a little spice.
Q: Nic, do you still have your Ghost Rider comic books?
Cage: Oh, absolutely. I would never sell those. They're in my special room upstairs. Framed and on the wall.
Q: Is there a chance of a cross-over with any other Marvel characters and franchises since it happens so often in the comics?
Johnson: Man, I'd love that.
Cage: Look, I would actually like to see it. To actually have the comic book characters team-up? Because, and once again I'm speaking to the Ghost Rifer family, we all know that Ghost Rider can kick Spider-Man's ass! With one look. And I want to see that happen.
Q: Eva, what was the allure for you to do a comic book movie?
Mendes: Well, two of the allures are sitting right next to me. I'm a huge Nic Cage fan, and Mark Steven Johnson, I love this dude. I really didn't know much about comic books at all and then speaking to these guys and getting into it a little bit. Honestly, I wanted to have some kind of effect. I had a little superhero envy because I wanted some kind of extra arm. I don't know. Something! But I really enjoyed playing Roxanne. She's lovely. She's a reporter. She doesn't have fire coming out of her skull.
Johnson: I remembered you saying, "I don't want to be just the chick." Cut to you later with the dress torn and the shotgun. Shooting Blackheart.
Mendes: "Johnny! Johnny! Save me!" But it was fun.
Cage: Eva added a lot of fun to the character and to the movie. There's great scenes of her with a magic eight ball. The toy you would ask questions to. A lot of humor to it.
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Cage and Peter Fonda in Ghost Rider.[/SIZE]
Q: How was working with Peter Fonda?
Cage: It was great. I'm such a fan of Peter. I grew up watching Peter Fonda. For me, it was the perfect choice in that he was Captain America [in Easy Rider] and I thought if there was going to be a Luciferian version of a bike film then that would be the perfect choice to get Johnny Blaze to sell his soul to Captain America.
Johnson: It's actually our first crossover. With Captain America. [laughter]
Q: Mark, how about the delay of the movie? Is there still a lot more work to do?
Johnson: No, we're close now but we still wouldn't have been ready. We actually really lucked out. We were supposed to come out in August. They saw the movie, really liked it and pushed us up to July, which was the second week of Pirates of the Caribbean. Most of all they liked the movie and there are things I always wanted to get in the movie, some really great bike stuff, which was very expensive and pick-up stuff. It was great that they gave us a couple of days to pick that stuff up and the flaming skull was literally still being worked on. It went down to the wire to get it perfect. It's a hard thing, as you know, if that doesn't work the character doesn't work and the movie doesn't work. So we thought we were so close we just didn't want to rush it.
Q: Are you open for a sequel and are you guys all signed for one?
Johnson: Not sure.
Cage: My theory on sequels is that they have to be better than the original so I'm open. I just have to see a script and then talk about it. But I loved working with Mark, Eva. It would be great to do something again. I just want to make sure we can do something to improve even on the original. Whatever you can do to keep going, make it one step better. I think the original's really good so it would mean a lot of sitting down and thinking about it.
Q: Who are your favorite comic book characters?
Cage: Well, Ghost Rider. But I liked the monsters as a kid. I fantasized about being able to turn into the monster to scare the bully away. I think little boys and girls when they see the werewolves movies, like The Wolf Man, it's very exciting. Monsters are fun to play. And with Ghost Rider, I got a chance to kill two birds with one stone so to speak. I got to be in a horror film, in the grand sense of The Wolf Man, and a comic book-based movie. So, yes, to answer your question, Ghost Rider, the Hulk. Those were my real introductions into the comic book world because they stimulated my imagination so much.
Q: How much violence is going to be in this since the comic book has quite a lot?
Johnson: Yeah, quite a bit. It's an intense movie. Even though we were here [Comic-Con] last year, I'm happy to be here even more this year because we get to show some stuff. Last we had nothing to show.
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Q: Nic, you have a Ghost Rider tattoo on your arm?
Cage: I have a flaming skull on my arm, yes, but it's whatever you want it to be.
Q: Does it show up in the movie?
Cage: No, my tattoos are for me. [laughter]
Johnson: That was the great irony. That we had to cover-up his flaming skull tattoo in the Ghost Rider movie.
Q: Were you worried at all about the other hell movies, like Constantine? Will Ghost Rider be in hell at all?
Johnson: For myself, I actually liked Constantine. I thought it got a bad rap. I think it's a better movie than most people give it credit for. There have been a lot of movies about this subject and it's tough because you have to build your own world and I never wanted to go into hell. I really didn't want it to be Spawn. That's not the movie we wanted to make. I wanted to make something on this world and it's far out enough with the flaming skull and the Hellcycle that we don't need to be going there, too. We just had to create our own version of this and I thought using the end of days was fascinating and the idea of fallen angels is fascinating. That's a really fantastic world and to put that into the shape of a Western, this Gothic Western, which I've never seen before. There's nothing like it.
Cage: You have to find the right balance to get it. It's a very fine line and you have to blend the joy of absurdity and comedy with truly scary imagery. I think the best example of that I'd ever seen before was American Werewolf in London. That was the template in my mind's eye that I wanted to try to aspire to get into that zone. Because I loved that movie when I went to see it and I never forgot it.
Johnson: I've always said that's the closest to our movie as far as tone goes. American Werewolf in London. It's got that feel where you're laughing and it's really scary and it's really intense. You're on the edge of your seat.
Q: For all of you, would you do another comic book movie? Not necessarily Ghost Rider.
Cage: Oh, absolutely. I think the comic book movie is a wonderful way to entertain a lot of people. People love comic books on film. I knew it was going to happen because I was an enthusiast at a young age and I knew that with modern technology when they started taking Batman to the screen and Spider-Man that they were just going to be enormous. But getting back to your question, the thing about comic book films is it's a fantasy world and it's thoroughly entertaining and it doesn't rely on gratuitous violence and you can charm children and adults alike. I'm very happy for it. It's almost a perfect medium for film, the comic book-based story structure, and I would be happy to do more. I think I would like to try to generate my own. Why, just the other day, yesterday in fact, my son Weston and I had a meeting with Virgin Comics, and I said I wouldn't announce but I am going to announce it, Weston has developed a character and they agreed to five issues of it. So we'll see how that works out. I promised I wouldn't say too much but it'll be Cage and Cage comic books at Richard Branson's company with Gotham Chopra, Deepak's son, is involved and so we're all talking.
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Wes Bentley (center) in Ghost Rider.[/SIZE]
Q: Much has been said about comic books being our modern mythology. How does Ghost Rider fit into that along with Superman, Batman?
Johnson: What makes this one so different for me is, there's a couple of different themes in the movie, this one's really about choice. Something that Nic had come up with during the shooting about second chances and about how everyone deserves a second chance and that's shown in the most graphic way we could, and the most horrifying and interesting and dramatic way we could. I feel like there are really big themes in this film. We're dealing with heaven and hell and we're in a big playground. It's not a character that puts on Spandex and fights evil. It's so evil. People keep saying comic book movies and it is but he's a superhero of a very different sort. I think there hasn't been one like it in quite a long time. I always felt like Nic was the Lon Chaney of his generation in a way, that's the biggest compliment I can give. When you see him today, quick cuts of him transforming, it's fantastic. If this was black and white, it would be awesome. It would be Lon Chaney, it would be Bela Lugosi. It's fantastic. No one could do it like Nic could.
Q: How difficult was it to come up with an opponent for this character?
Johnson: Really difficult because when you're Ghost Rider, you're the coolest guy in the world. Usually, your villain is tougher than your hero. As far as looks go, no one can be cooler than that. So when we came up with the Blackheart idea, the son of the devil's pretty tough, too. So we went big and Wes Bentley does a great job in that role. We didn't want to go bigger because Ghost Rider's so big that if you go with a villain who's bigger it becomes a goofy monster movie. And you lose all the human elements of it so we wanted to try and keep it more human.
For more comics, film, TV, DVD and videogame news from the event, be sure to visit IGN's massive Comic-Con Index.
Cage: I have a flaming skull on my arm, yes, but it's whatever you want it to be.
Q: Does it show up in the movie?
Cage: No, my tattoos are for me. [laughter]
Johnson: That was the great irony. That we had to cover-up his flaming skull tattoo in the Ghost Rider movie.
Q: Were you worried at all about the other hell movies, like Constantine? Will Ghost Rider be in hell at all?
Johnson: For myself, I actually liked Constantine. I thought it got a bad rap. I think it's a better movie than most people give it credit for. There have been a lot of movies about this subject and it's tough because you have to build your own world and I never wanted to go into hell. I really didn't want it to be Spawn. That's not the movie we wanted to make. I wanted to make something on this world and it's far out enough with the flaming skull and the Hellcycle that we don't need to be going there, too. We just had to create our own version of this and I thought using the end of days was fascinating and the idea of fallen angels is fascinating. That's a really fantastic world and to put that into the shape of a Western, this Gothic Western, which I've never seen before. There's nothing like it.
Cage: You have to find the right balance to get it. It's a very fine line and you have to blend the joy of absurdity and comedy with truly scary imagery. I think the best example of that I'd ever seen before was American Werewolf in London. That was the template in my mind's eye that I wanted to try to aspire to get into that zone. Because I loved that movie when I went to see it and I never forgot it.
Johnson: I've always said that's the closest to our movie as far as tone goes. American Werewolf in London. It's got that feel where you're laughing and it's really scary and it's really intense. You're on the edge of your seat.
Q: For all of you, would you do another comic book movie? Not necessarily Ghost Rider.
Cage: Oh, absolutely. I think the comic book movie is a wonderful way to entertain a lot of people. People love comic books on film. I knew it was going to happen because I was an enthusiast at a young age and I knew that with modern technology when they started taking Batman to the screen and Spider-Man that they were just going to be enormous. But getting back to your question, the thing about comic book films is it's a fantasy world and it's thoroughly entertaining and it doesn't rely on gratuitous violence and you can charm children and adults alike. I'm very happy for it. It's almost a perfect medium for film, the comic book-based story structure, and I would be happy to do more. I think I would like to try to generate my own. Why, just the other day, yesterday in fact, my son Weston and I had a meeting with Virgin Comics, and I said I wouldn't announce but I am going to announce it, Weston has developed a character and they agreed to five issues of it. So we'll see how that works out. I promised I wouldn't say too much but it'll be Cage and Cage comic books at Richard Branson's company with Gotham Chopra, Deepak's son, is involved and so we're all talking.
[SIZE=-2]Sony[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]
Wes Bentley (center) in Ghost Rider.[/SIZE]
Q: Much has been said about comic books being our modern mythology. How does Ghost Rider fit into that along with Superman, Batman?
Johnson: What makes this one so different for me is, there's a couple of different themes in the movie, this one's really about choice. Something that Nic had come up with during the shooting about second chances and about how everyone deserves a second chance and that's shown in the most graphic way we could, and the most horrifying and interesting and dramatic way we could. I feel like there are really big themes in this film. We're dealing with heaven and hell and we're in a big playground. It's not a character that puts on Spandex and fights evil. It's so evil. People keep saying comic book movies and it is but he's a superhero of a very different sort. I think there hasn't been one like it in quite a long time. I always felt like Nic was the Lon Chaney of his generation in a way, that's the biggest compliment I can give. When you see him today, quick cuts of him transforming, it's fantastic. If this was black and white, it would be awesome. It would be Lon Chaney, it would be Bela Lugosi. It's fantastic. No one could do it like Nic could.
Q: How difficult was it to come up with an opponent for this character?
Johnson: Really difficult because when you're Ghost Rider, you're the coolest guy in the world. Usually, your villain is tougher than your hero. As far as looks go, no one can be cooler than that. So when we came up with the Blackheart idea, the son of the devil's pretty tough, too. So we went big and Wes Bentley does a great job in that role. We didn't want to go bigger because Ghost Rider's so big that if you go with a villain who's bigger it becomes a goofy monster movie. And you lose all the human elements of it so we wanted to try and keep it more human.
For more comics, film, TV, DVD and videogame news from the event, be sure to visit IGN's massive Comic-Con Index.
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AFFLECK PLAYED A SUPERB DAREDEVIL!!!
CAN'T WAIT TO SEE IT!!!
http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/720/720616p1.html
AFFLECK PLAYED A SUPERB DAREDEVIL!!!
CAN'T WAIT TO SEE IT!!!
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