Marvel SDCC: Ghost Rider with Gosling, Black Panther 3 Announced
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- Marvel Studios held a 40-minute SDCC Hall H panel that yielded only two surprise film announcements: a Ghost Rider movie and Black Panther 3, both slated for 2028 and the only titles confirmed for Marvel's slate beyond Doomsday and Secret Wars.
- Ryan Gosling was revealed as the star of the Ghost Rider movie, re-teaming with Shawn Levy (Deadpool and Wolverine director); the announcement came via an extended bit with Josh Horowitz of "Happy Sad Confused" recalling prior Gosling interviews.
- David Jonsson (Alien: Romulus, The Long Walk) was cast as T'Challa II in Ryan Coogler's Black Panther 3, taking over the role originated by the late Chadwick Boseman — a move the source frames as the panel's emotional centerpiece.
- Kevin Feige showed an "Endgame Encore" re-release trailer with a Doomsday sneak peek before debuting a longer Doomsday trailer that included the resurrection of giant X-Men Sentinel robots and further backstory for Robert Downey Jr.'s Doctor Doom.
- A Deadpool cameo (voice suggesting Ryan Reynolds) surfaced in the Hall H crowd during the Doomsday cast reveal but never removed his mask, and Feige declined to confirm Reynolds' MCU return — a moment the source calls "awkward."
- Marvel made zero X-Men-specific announcements despite Feige's prior statements that the franchise would steer the MCU's future, even though multiple Fox-era X-Men actors appeared in the Doomsday cast onstage.
- Doomsday opens Dec. 18 against Warner Bros.' "Dune: Part 3" in a showdown dubbed "Dunesday," with Disney's D23 event arriving in three weeks as the likely venue for any additional Marvel reveals.
Why it matters: After 2024's bombshell Downey-as-Doom reveal, Marvel's 2025 SDCC panel produced a slate with just two post-Secret Wars films (Ghost Rider, Black Panther 3) and zero X-Men announcements — meaning the studio's 2028 lineup is thinner than at any point since Phase One, and Feige's stated X-Men-led future remains entirely unannounced two months before Doomsday's release.
