![]() ![]() Later when we were back home, we did have all this fun CG stuff to play with that we’ve never really had before. It was freezing and we didn’t have a lot of money. But let’s be clear, we were in really remote places in Eastern Europe. We pulled out all the tricks but having a little more money and having better equipment really helped.”ĭefending their decision to leave the indie world and take on their first studio picture, Taylor says, “A lot of people get an impression because it’s a Marvel comics movie and it’s Sony that we’ve hit the big time and it’s a whole different kind of filmmaking for us. Neveldine enthuses, “We wanted to put our stamp on this thing so we hang out of helicopters, we’re on wires 500 feet over a cliff and on rollerblades hanging off of cars we did all that but that’s we do that on all of our films. ![]() The still-cursed Johnny Blaze is hiding out from the world in Eastern Europe with no interest in connecting to humanity around him until he finds out from the drunken monk Moreau (Idris Elba) that the Devil (Ciarán Hinds) wants a little boy named Danny (Fergus Riordan) so he can come back to Earth. Hired to direct the sequel, Ghost Rider: Spirit Of Vengeance, Neveldine and Taylor brought back Nic Cage to play the demon biker and pushed the story ahead almost a decade. ![]() The saviours of the flaming Ghost Rider turned out to be kinetic directors Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor ( Crank, Crank 2 ) who also felt the comic book demon needed to be retooled back to its hell-fire roots. Even though it turned a profit, no one was satisfied (except Sony’s bean counters) and thus the franchise languished looking for fresh, creative blood. Fans of the comic book lamented the lack of real darkness in the film and Cage’s snarky, jelly bean-eating performance. As directed by Mark Steven Johnson and starring Nicholas Cage as Johnny Blaze/Ghost Rider, Ghost Rider made $228 million worldwide despite being almost universally panned by critics and given a big “meh” from audiences. We all know box office doesn’t count for quality. “We approached the CG pretty punk rock… We’re hoping it has that visceral impact” ![]()
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