Elba, Whitworth Racing with Ghost Rider 2
Idris Elba and Johnny Whitworth are in talks to take roles in Columbia Pictures' GHOST RIDER: SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE, reports Heat Vision. Nicolas Cage is returning as the flaming skulled superhero.
In the sequel, Johnny Blaze will be hiding out in Eastern Europe where a sect persuades him to try and stop the Devil (Ciaran Hinds) from possessing the body of his son. Elba (THE LOSERS) will play a drunken monk who tries to recruit Ghost Rider. Whitworth (GAMER) takes the role of a criminal turned demonic creature.
Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor (CRANK) will direct from their own script based on an idea from David Goyer. The producers are Avi Arad, Ari Arad, Michael De Luca, Ashok Amritraj and Steven Paul.
Production will start in late November in Romania and Turkey.