Ghost Rider - Bounty Hunter for the Devil?

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Ghost Rider director Mark Steven Johnson and producers Bennett Walsh and Gary Foster recently talked about the anticipated film during the "Melbourne On Screen" event at the ACMI. Here's some of the interesting information they had to say about the new film.

"Johnson stated that he will be keeping as faithful to the comic book concepts as possible, while trying to make the concept of a demonic character fighting evil more plausible within the logic of his story. To this end, he is approaching the Ghost Rider as a "Bounty hunter for the Devil", and he described the feel of the film as a modern day western with supernatural elements.

The story will feature the Johnny Blaze version of the Ghost Rider and will also feature Mephistopholes and Blackheart as villians, and was described as a "faustian" tale.

Costume-wise the look of the Rider will continue to develop over the course of the movie, so we'll get to see him in stunt-rider gear as well as the chains and spike look from the 90's comics version."

The director has also confirmed that Nicolas Cage is in fact "signed on", but no official announcements have been made as of yet. Ghost Rider is scheduled to start filming in Melbourne on January 31st 2005.

The premise of Ghost Rider is: The story of motorcycle stunt performer, Johnny Blaze, who agrees to become the host of a "spirit of vengeance" in exchange for the safety of his true love, but the price he pays is to be cursed with the avenging spirit that takes its form at night as a demon with a flaming skull on a motorcycle of hellfire.

Source: SuperHeroHype

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