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Ryan Gosling speaks onstage during the Marvel Studios Panel at 2026 San Diego Comic-Con on July 25, 2026 in San Diego, California. Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Disney Marvel took over Comic-Con Saturday with a slew of big announcements, including the casting of Ryan Gosling as Ghost Rider and the re-casting of Black Panther.
In a move that has been long lobbied by Marvel Cinematic Universe fans — as well as endorsed by Gosling himself in interviews — and even projected by Rolling Stone in 2013, MCU honcho Kevin Feige finally made the casting dream a reality by officially announcing Gosling as the skeleton motorcycle hero; Suicide’s punk classic “Ghost Rider” played as Gosling appeared on stage:
The full Hall H reveal announcement and reveal of Ryan Gosling playing Ghost Rider for his own movie coming in 2028 from director Shawn Levy for Marvel Studios. #SDCC pic.twitter.com/USnrciB8Nq
— Rob Keyes (@rob_keyes) July 26, 2026
“Wow. Is this really happening?” Gosling asked onstage after the reveal. “As you know, this is a character I’ve wanted to play for a long time.”
Re-teaming with Gosling for the May 2028-bound movie is Deadpool & Wolverine director Shawn Levy, whose upcoming Star Wars: Starfighter also stars Gosling.
“I’m having the greatest flashback vibes here, because I was here two years ago when we showed Deadpool & Wolverine,” Levy told the Hall H audience Saturday alongside Gosling and Feige. “I’ll never forget that night, because I was introduced to the greatest fans. Gosling is the absolute shit. I say that with tremendous respect. We spent a lot of time last year making Starfighter, and the opportunity as Ryan started talking about this character, I was like, ‘Bro, let’s ride.’ We’ll see you in 2028!”
Johnny Blaze/Ghost Rider was previously portrayed by Nicolas Cage in a pair of early-2000s, pre-MCU movies, while actor Gabriel Luna played a alternate version of the character (Robbie Reyes) on TV’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Gosling’s Ghost Rider wasn’t the only new addition to the MCU: Black Panther director Ryan Coogler was on hand to announce that a third installment of that series will arrive in 2028 with a new actor in the role of Black Panther: Rising Industry actor David Jonsson, who recently starred on the big screen in The Long Walk and Alien: Romulus.
