Marvel had the rights to a live action Ghost Rider returned to them when Sony (thankfully) ended their Nicolas Cage Ghost Rider series of movies. Since Then Fans have speculated about what Marvel will do with these rights, and their was rumors he would join the Marvel’s Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 4. Which he totally is as revealed at Comic-con!
Check out the teasing Tweet below:
Vengeance comes this fall to Marvel's @AgentsofSHIELD.https://t.co/dh23qUsLpP
— Marvel Entertainment (@Marvel) July 23, 2016
True Detectives’ Gabriel Luna will be wielding the chains of Ghost Rider however he is playing the Robby Reyes version instead of Johnny Blaze. Robbie Reyes was a young mechanic who entered a street race to earn enough money to move his family somewhere less gang ridden. However he was followed by whom he assumed to be the police after hitting a dead end. He left his car and attempted to hand himself in, only for them to open fire and kill him. They took an unknown substance that had been hidden in his car and torched it along with Robbie’s body. Only the car also contained a ghost that posses Robby, transforming him into a new Ghost Rider.
Further tweets reveal Robby’s car:
Just revealed at the #MarvelSDCC booth: Ghost Rider's wheels, coming this fall to #AgentsOfSHIELD! ? pic.twitter.com/O2GkKirq1a
— Marvel Entertainment (@Marvel) July 22, 2016
Robbie Reyes brings the Spirit of Vengeance to @AgentsofSHIELD! Details: https://t.co/3Fn1MsRCe9 #MarvelSDCC pic.twitter.com/hdJ7Iiy8VT
— Marvel Entertainment (@Marvel) July 22, 2016
Season 4 of Marvel’s Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D are scheduled to premiere on ABC on September 20, 2016.