Nicolas Cage is in early talks to reprise his starring role in a sequel to Ghost Rider,the 2007 supernatural action movie about the Marvel Comics character.Plot details for Ghost Rider: Spirit Of Vengeance are under wraps and it is not known if any other characters from the previous movie will return.Cages character Johnny Blaze is a stunt motorcyclist who,in order to save the life of a loved one,makes a deal with the devil. His soul is twinned with that of a demon,and he becomes a flaming-skulled man driving a motorcycle from hell. As with Cage,Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor known for their adrenaline-fuelled Jason Statham action vehicles Crank and Crank: High Voltage are in early negotiations to direct the Columbia project. The studio hopes to get principal photography going by late fall.Ghost Rider,written and directed by Mark Steven Johnson,grossed almost $230 million worldwide after opening in February 2007 to poor reviews. Columbia faced a ticking-clock scenario under which rights would have reverted to Marvel if it didnt act on a sequel soon. The studio even considered the possibility of going ahead without Cage.The actor next stars in Disneys The Sorcerers Apprentice. Patrick Dempsey joins coming-of-age filmGreys Anatomy heartthrob Patrick Dempsey will star in Toms Dad,a coming-of-age film written by New York playwright Marty Casella.The story unfolds in 1962 Las Vegas,as a successful character actor and nightclub performer struggles to keep up with changing comedy styles as his estranged son appears to complicate matters. It will be directed by Lasse Hallstrom (Dear John) and produced in part by Johnny Depps Infinitum Nihil production company.Dempsey most recently starred in Enchanted,Made Of Honour and Valentines Day.
