Movie rights to Ghost Rider revert back to Marvel Studios

Following the confirmation that the movie rights to Daredevil have returned to Marvel Studios, comes word that movie rights to Ghost Rider have also reverted back to the studio.

In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Mavel Studios President Kevin Feige revealed that Columbia Pictures no longer controls the property and explained that the reversion did not mean that the studio would necessarily put a Ghost Rider film into development revealing "Whenever a character comes back to us, it's usually because the other studios don't want to make the movies anymore - and that usually means the previous movies may not have been particularly well received.

They all have potential, but we're not going to say, 'We got it back - make it!'"

Nicolas Cage starred as Johnny Blaze in 2007's Ghost Rider and its sequel Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance in 2012 and has said that he will not return to the role for a third time.