Connor Storrie is circling a role opposite Ryan Gosling in Marvel Studios‘ Ghost Rider, sources have confirmed to Deadline.
Reps for Marvel declined to comment. There’s word yet on the role to be played by Storrie, though he’s reportedly the film’s villain. Reuniting Gosling with his Star Wars: Starfighter director Shawn Levy and that film’s writer, Jonathan Tropper, the comic book movie is slated for release on July 28, 2028. Marvel dropped the bombshell of its announcement at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con, with production slated for 2027.
Ghost Rider is the alter ego of Johnny Blaze, a stunt motorcyclist who, in Marvel comics, makes a deal with the demon Mephisto to save his adoptive father and becomes bound to the Spirit of Vengeance. Created by writer Gary Friedrich, artist Mike Ploog, and Roy Thomas — Stan Lee’s first successor as editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics — he first appeared in Marvel Spotlight #5 in 1972. Nicolas Cage famously brought the character to screens in a pair of earlier Marvel films, 2007’s Ghost Rider and 2011’s Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance.
Storrie has broken out as one of the buzziest names of the moment with Heated Rivalry, Crave/HBO Max’s queer hockey romance based on the Game Changers book series by Rachel Reid, where he stars opposite Hudson Williams. The show is presently heading into its second season.
Since the show’s November 2025 debut, Storrie has had his pick of projects. Others upcoming for him include Craig Zobel’s thriller Turpentine opposite Melissa McCarthy, A24’s Please from Halina Reijn and Peaked from Molly Gordon, and Sarah Polley’s The Bell Jar for Focus Features. Notably, following his Heated Rivalry breakout, he also earned an Emmy nomination for a hosting appearance on Saturday Night Live.
THR was first to the news of the actor’s big new gig.
