Taylor: We're hoping that'll make the YouTube montages. Neveldine: We love that you love that, because that's our favorite. He was so unglued - that scene when Johnny Blaze has a dude pinned against the wall and keeps attempting not to change into Ghost Rider, then just goes nuts on the motorcycle afterward - instant classic. I don't think a lot of directors know how to work with him. What would that look like? And also to do something for us that was like a bigger canvas, more special effects, shooting in Europe - just a lot of fun things we've never done before.Īnd you guys got the coolest performance out of Nic. Taylor: It had nothing to do with the first movie - the challenge was, you know, to take our sensibility to a broader world, you know? To a big PG-13 superhero world. So when people say, "Did you go to the source material?" - which one? You can kind of do whatever you want, so we just kind of took it from scratch - we weren't influenced really by the first movie, or really by any of the comic books. There's been a million different "Ghost Rider" comics with different writers, different artists, different mythologies. Taylor: Well, that's the thing - "Ghost Rider" has been around since the late '60s, early '70s? ![]() I like that you guys threw in a subplot about him embracing the fact that within his demon is an angel. It's a satanic motorcycle driving superhero! He's not really a superhero. Taylor: It seemed like if we were going to do a superhero movie it's kind of the perfect one for us to do. Neveldine: He said, "It's a guy on a motorcycle and his head is on fire!" And I said, "I'm in! Let's do it!" Neveldine: I didn't know anything about "Ghost Rider." I didn't see the first movie, didn't know anything about the comics - Brian kind of brought me into that whole world. We stole it from some guy at the airport. ![]() This is the first time you directed a movie that isn't from your own material - did you feel any pressure to master the "Ghost Rider" comic book material or keep it faithful for the fans? Neveldine: Love it! That's what we're trying to do! Adrenalize people! Do you want to be our press agent? When Idris Elba flew off the motorcycle in slow motion, he completely lost it. There was a guy in front of me who couldn't stop bouncing up and down in his seat during the opening sequence. In the screening I attended, it was obvious plenty of others loved the movie as well. Taylor: Reboot "Green Lantern." We'd keep nothing but Ryan Reynolds' ass. Neveldine: Yeah, they're kinda doing that with the Hulks and everything else - Batmans and Spider-Mans. While both movies feature Nicolas Cage as Johnny Blaze, the daredevil stuntman turned Spirit of Vengeance, Sony Pictures' hiring of Neveldine and Taylor as directors also signals a marked departure from the tone and aesthetics of the original film.ĬBR News spoke with Neveldine and Taylor about helming the "Ghost Rider" sequel and what they did to set it apart, but the decidedly irreverent conversation also covers underwater porn, "Green Lantern" reboots, their ideal casting for a romantic comedy and wanting to "do" Idris Elba. ![]() They return once again to the world of comic books as writer-directors of "Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance," the sequel to 2007's much-maligned "Ghost Rider" film based on the Marvel Comics character arriving in theaters Friday. ![]() While known more for their own action vehicles, Neveldine and Taylor also wrote the screenplay for DC Comics' "Jonah Hex" film adaptation starring Josh Brolin. What isn't unexpected is that the pair's new "Ghost Rider" movie embodies the type of filmmaking the pair have become famous for: high-octane, white-knuckled action with over-the-top violence and a dark comedic slant.
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