Trivia / Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance

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• Creator Killer:
  • Punisher: War Zone sent Marvel Knights in the hospital. This film put them in the morgue; Marvel as a whole took control of the series.
  • The film also marked the end of the road for the Neveldine/Taylor directing team, who went their separate ways after production wrapped, and have both since been relegated to working on No Budget horror flicks.
• Deleted Role: Noel Clarke had a cameo role that was removed from the film in post-production.
• Dyeing for Your Art: Christopher Lambert shaved his head for the film.
• Franchise Killer: The film's underperformance led to the rights going back to Marvel Studios after Sony's purchase of the property exceeded the film's profits.
• Not Screened for Critics: The film wasn't screened in advance for critics.
• The Other Darrin: Matt Long, who portrayed the young Johnny Blaze in the first film, was originally set to reprise his role, but was eventually replaced by Ionut Christian Lefter.
• Star-Derailing Role: While Nicolas Cage had been sliding from the A-list since the failure of Bangkok Dangerous 2008, this was The Last Straw for him as a leading man in a theatrically-released film. After this, his movies started going Direct to Video.
• What Could Have Been:
  • Eva Mendes was offered to reprise her role but turned it down.
  • Peter Fonda was reportedly asked to come back, but after reading the first five pages of the script he flat-out refused.
  • Eva Longoria was considered for the role of Nadya.
  • The film's script was adapted from a draft written by David S. Goyer that predated the first movie by six years. One of the notable differences is that Carrigan becomes the Scarecrow rather than Blackout.
  • The creators behind Drive Angry originally presented a treatment of Ghost Rider 2 which would have been a true sequel to the original film instead of the reboot it turned out to be. It was deemed too violent, but in any case, it is insane.

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