A year ago, Connor Storrie was an unknown actor who, until recently, supported himself by working as a waiter. Now he’s set to take on one of Hollywood’s biggest movie stars in one of its biggest franchises.
Storrie, who broke out with the hockey drama series Passionate rivalryis in talks to star alongside Ryan Gosling in Ghost Rider for Marvel Studios.
Shawn Levy directs Ghost Riderwhich reunites Levy with his Star Wars: Starfighter star Gosling and their scribe, screenwriter Jonathan Tropper.
Gosling is speculated to be playing Johnny Blaze, although Marvel has not officially confirmed this. In the comics, Blaze is a stunt motorcycle driver who made a deal with the devil and befriended a demon named Zatharos. Blaze then transforms into a fiery, skull-headed, motorcyclist-riding spirit of vengeance. (The character was created by writer Gary Friedrich and artist Mike Ploog and first appeared in 1972. Spotlight on Marvel No. 5. A year later, the character received his own series.)
It’s unclear which villain Storrie would play. Blaze/Ghost Rider didn’t exactly have a signature villain but had a coterie of demonic antagonists. However, one villain Blaze faced was Mephisto. In the Sony-made films starring Nicolas Cage, villains included Mephisto and his son, Blackheart, while in the Disney+ series iron deerSacha Baron Cohen played Mephisto.
Ghost Rider is already revving its engine for a production shoot in New York next year. Dune Part 3Linus Sandgren of , has been hired as cinematographer and the project will be shot on film, according to sources.
Marvel boss Kevin Feige is producing with Louis D’Esposito, Stephen Broussard, Shawn Levy and Ryan Gosling. Executive producers are Richie Palmer and Jessie Henderson.
The feature grew quite quickly. Marvel made the surprise announcement of the project at San Diego Comic-Con in July, giving it a release date of July 28, 2028.
Storrie became one of the stars of 2025 with Passionate rivalrythe romantic, gay hockey drama that has a second season on the way. He turned it into brand deals and Saturday evening live hosting gig, which earned him an Emmy nomination. Ghost Rider would be his first major project after becoming famous for playing Russian hockey phenom Ilya Rozanov. He also previously filmed a role in Sarah Polley’s adaptation of The bell.
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