Ryan Gosling's Ghost Rider Reportedly Set for July 28, 2028

Ryan Gosling’s Ghost Rider is headed for a 2028 release window — but the exact date needs one important qualifier.

At Marvel Studios’ 2026 San Diego Comic-Con presentation, Gosling was announced as the star of Ghost Rider, with Deadpool & Wolverine director Shawn Levy directing; the Associated Press reported the film’s 2028 window. Jonathan Tropper, who also wrote Levy’s Star Wars: Starfighter, is writing the script.

The Los Angeles Times reports that Disney has set Ghost Rider for July 28, 2028. Red Reactions has not located a primary Marvel or Disney release announcement for that exact day, so the date remains report-level rather than a primary-studio confirmation here.

Marvel Has Not Confirmed Which Ghost Rider Gosling Plays

There is another distinction worth keeping clear. Marvel’s official announcement says Gosling will star in Ghost Rider, but it does not identify the character’s human host.

Gosling has spent years publicly discussing his interest in playing Ghost Rider, and Johnny Blaze is the version most closely associated with the character’s previous feature films. Nicolas Cage played Blaze in 2007’s Ghost Rider and 2012’s Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance. The wider Marvel screen history also includes Gabriel Luna as Robbie Reyes in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Until Marvel names Gosling’s incarnation directly, calling him Johnny Blaze as a confirmed MCU fact would go further than the studio’s current announcement.

Ghost Rider Would Land Between X-Men and Black Panther 3

If the July 28 report holds, Ghost Rider would sit in the middle of Marvel Studios’ 2028 theatrical slate.

Marvel’s new X-Men film is scheduled for May 5, 2028, while Ryan Coogler’s Black Panther 3 is officially dated for December 15, 2028.

For now, Marvel has not revealed Ghost Rider’s plot, supporting cast or how the supernatural film will connect to the wider MCU. What is confirmed is already substantial: Gosling is joining Marvel, Levy is directing, Tropper is writing, and the Spirit of Vengeance is headed back to theaters in 2028.

For the character’s full comics history — Johnny Blaze, Robbie Reyes, the Penance Stare, and why Marvel hasn’t said which host Gosling plays — see our complete Ghost Rider explainer.