Ghost Rider release date, cast, trailer, story speculation, and more news on the upcoming Marvel movie
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Marvel Studios’ forthcoming Ghost Rider film has been scheduled for release in cinemas on 28 July 2028. Ryan Gosling is confirmed to lead the project, with Shawn Levy directing and Jonathan Tropper writing the screenplay. The film was announced at San Diego Comic-Con in July, where Marvel said it had begun work on the production. The date places it between Marvel’s planned X-Men film in May 2028 and Black Panther 3 in December that year.
Beyond the principal creative team, Marvel has not released plot details, named further cast members, or confirmed which incarnation of Ghost Rider Gosling will play. GamesRadar+ notes that Johnny Blaze and Danny Ketch are the most prominent comic-book possibilities, but this remains speculation; Kevin Feige has only said Gosling brought a specific comics-based vision to Marvel. No trailer or finished footage has been released, and reports indicate filming has not yet begun. Any expectations of a late-2027 or early-2028 trailer are therefore estimates rather than announced plans.
- Ghost Rider is due in cinemas on 28 July 2028.
- Ryan Gosling, director Shawn Levy and writer Jonathan Tropper are confirmed.
- The character version, story, supporting cast and trailer have not been announced.
Full account
Marvel Studios has confirmed that it is developing a new Ghost Rider film, with Ryan Gosling taking on the role of the Spirit of Vengeance and Shawn Levy directing. Studio president Kevin Feige unveiled the project during a Hall H panel at San Diego Comic-Con in July 2026, as part of a wider presentation that also featured a first look at Avengers: Doomsday and the reveal of David Jonsson as the new Black Panther in Ryan Coogler's forthcoming third instalment. Jonathan Tropper, who most recently wrote Star Wars: Starfighter, has been signed on to write the Ghost Rider screenplay.
In the months after that announcement, Disney used its D23 fan event to firm up dates across its release calendar, confirming that Ghost Rider will reach cinemas on 28 July 2028. That makes it one of three Marvel-branded films scheduled for that year, sitting alongside Black Panther 3, dated for 15 December 2028, and a still-untitled X-Men film due on 5 May 2028 – an indication of how crowded Marvel's release slate has become further out.
Gosling's casting represents a change of studio as well as star: the character was previously brought to the screen twice by Nicolas Cage in films produced by Sony in the 2000s, whereas this new version falls under Marvel Studios' own production banner. Concrete story details have not yet been made public. Neither the original Comic-Con reveal nor the later date confirmation offered plot specifics, leaving fans to speculate based on little more than the confirmed creative team and the character's supernatural, motorcycle-riding premise.
Coverage of the film so far has come largely as a by-product of two separate corporate events rather than dedicated Ghost Rider reporting, meaning firm details remain limited to the cast, director, writer and release date; further specifics on story, tone and supporting cast are expected to emerge as production moves forward and Marvel returns to promoting the film more directly.
Where outlets differ
Source 1 (Disney's own account of the Comic-Con panel) frames the news around the live Hall H reveal in July 2026 and gives extensive detail on the accompanying Avengers: Doomsday and Black Panther 3 announcements, including David Jonsson's casting, but only states a 2028 release year for Ghost Rider without a specific date.
Source 2 centres on Disney's subsequent D23-era release-calendar update and provides the precise cinema date of 28 July 2028, situating Ghost Rider within a broader batch of Disney date announcements (including Pixar's Ghost Market, Coco 2 and a live-action Tangled) rather than focusing on Marvel panel theatrics.
Only Source 2 notes that Gosling is succeeding Nicolas Cage, who played the character in two earlier Sony-produced films, giving franchise background that Source 1 does not mention.
Source 1 attributes the reveal directly to Marvel Studios' own Comic-Con presentation, while Source 2 presents it as one line item among many in Disney's routine slate-scheduling news.
More coverage
- GamesRadar+ — Ghost Rider release date, cast, trailer, story speculation, and more news on the Marvel movie
- The Walt Disney Company — Marvel Studios Stuns San Diego Comic-Con with Avengers: Doomsday, Ghost Rider, and Black Panther 3 Reveals
- Variety — Ryan Gosling’s Ghost Rider Sets Release Date; Third Marvel Movie on 2028 Calendar