It was announced at San Diego Comic-Con that Ryan Gosling will star as Ghost Rider in a new Marvel movie directed by Shawn Levy, and now we know exactly when that film will be hitting theaters. Disney has slated Ghost Rider for a July 28, 2028 release.
Marvel Has a Busy 2028
If you’re keeping track, Ghost Rider will mark Marvel’s third movie set for release in 2028. The X-Men reboot is slated to drop on May 5, 2028, followed by Ghost Rider on July 28, 2028, and Black Panther 3 on December 15, 2028.
I know Marvel has traditionally released three films a year for a while now (with a couple of exceptions), but it feels like too much, especially since Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige has stated that the company is moving toward quality over quantity.
“A lot of it is a strategy we’ve talked about for a while, of focusing on quality,” he said. “We always try to focus on quality, but when quantity is so much, you get spread thin. We didn’t want to be spread thin, and the Avengers is as important as it comes. And Secret Wars… is a setup in and of itself to the future, to what’s next. So really, it was landing those two movies and setting up 2028, of which we’ve revealed two of them so far, Ghost Rider and Panther III.“
Although I should note that after the release of Avengers: Doomsday later this year, there will be no Marvel movie in theatres until the release of Avengers: Secret Wars on December 17, 2027.
Gosling Pitched Ghost Rider Himself
It’s no secret that Gosling has wanted to play Ghost Rider in the MCU for many years, and it sounds like he was the one who actually pushed it over the finish line.
“It was Gosling who had the vision,” Feige told Empire at Comic-Con. “It was Gosling who had the pitch that won over Shawn, that had them come and pitch us this idea, which led to us on stage today.”
Are you excited for Ryan Gosling’s Ghost Rider in 2028?
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