His job is bike. In a shock SDCC announcement, Marvel Studios has announced that Barbie and Project Hail Mary star Ryan Gosling is joining the MCU as Ghost Rider.
During Marvel's Hall H panel, Kevin Feige brought Gosling out to announce a standalone 2028 movie with Deadpool and Wolverine's Shawn Levy on-board to direct. Levy also helmed the upcoming Star Wars: Starfighter, also starring Gosling.
First debuting in the pages of 1972's Marvel Spotlight, Ghost Rider has been the moniker given to several heroes who have become the flame-spewing Spirit of Vengeance. He has been played on-screen by Nicolas Cage in two live-action movies and by Gabriel Luna in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Gosling had done little in the past to pump the brakes on speculation surrounding a Marvel superhero role.
"Some discussions have been had. It’s a complicated situation," Gosling said on Happy Sad Confused earlier this year. Previously, he had shut down reports that he was attached to a Nova project, instead suggesting that he wanted to play the chain-wielding, hellish Ghost Rider in the MCU. A separate Nova movie is in the works, however.
Next up in the MCU is Spider-Man: Brand New Day, which sees Tom Holland's wallcrawler team up with Jon Bernthal's Punisher to take down an unknowable threat. It may or may not be Sadie Sink's mystery character, who is largely thought to be X-Men's Jean Grey.
Then, Avengers: Doomsday arrives this December. A first trailer was released earlier this month, though fans are split on Robert Downey Jr.'s Doctor Doom voice.
Keep up with all things SDCC with our SDCC 2026 schedule and Marvel SDCC live blog.
Plus, dive into everything else Marvel Studios has been cooking up with our complete guide to upcoming Marvel movies.
