Post-Rider

Speaking of the worse-than-you-thought-possible Ghost Rider (never a particularly good idea), a sequel is at the script stage. The $110 million flick opened with $52m and went on to clear a little over its budget at the U.S. box office, and almost twice that worldwide. DVDs topped the charts for a couple weeks and have sold well.

Writer/director Mark Steven Johnson, after three consecutive superhero movies (Daredevil and spinoff Elektra) and his work as executive producer and writer on the upcoming comic adaptation Preacher (in development for a one-issue-per-episode series format on HBO for some time now after a proposed film version fell through), has said in interviews that he may be done with comics for now (cue rejoicing in comic shops).

Ghost Rider 2 is set for 2009.