Ghost Rider Not A Reboot

David Goyer has insisted that the new Ghost Rider movie will not be a re-boot but a sequel.

Nicolas Cage took on the role of Johnny Blaze back in 2007 but the movie was not a success, critically of commercially.

But Goyer is taking on the movie and has revealed that the movie is going to be much darker than it's predecessor.

In an interview with MTV Goyer said: "It's not exactly a reboot. I hate to say it's more realistic, because he's got a flaming skull for a head, but it's a bit more stripped down and darker.

It's definitely changing tone. What Casino Royale was to the Bond movies, hopefully this will be to Ghost Rider."

"This story picks up eight years after the first film. "You don't have to have seen the first film.

"It doesn't contradict anything that happened in the first film, but we're pretending that our audience hasn't seen the first film.

"It's as if you took that same character where things ended in the first film and then picked it up eight years later - he's just in a much darker, existential place."

Nicolas Cage is still linked to the project.