Now here’s a strange bit of news for all you Marvel “true believers” out there.  Apparently, the second Ghost Rider--yes of COURSE there’ll be a second Ghost Rider--is not going to be a “reboot”, but in fact will function approximately like what Casino Royale did for the Bond series.  Here’s the world from director David Goyer:

“It’s not exactly a reboot…I hate to say it’s more realistic, because he’s got a flaming skull for a head, but it’s a bit more stripped down and darker.  It’s definitely changing tone.  What ‘Casino Royale’ was to the Bond movies, hopefully this will be to ‘Ghost Rider’…this story picks up eight years after the first film…It doesn’t contradict anything that happened in the first film, but we’re pretending that our audience hasn’t seen the first film.  It’s as if you took the same character where things ended in the first film and then picked it up eight years later, he’s just in a much darker, existential place.”

Ghost Rider.  Will be darker and more existential.  Why does this have the ring of the phrase “train wreck” to it?  And if they bring back Nicholas Cage, that should REALLY make things weird.