Ghost Rider (2007)
>Jonathan Hensleight and Stephen Norrington were approached to direct before Mark Steven Johnson was hired.
>The original script by David S. Goyer featured Johnny Blaze protecting the daughter of Mephisto from her father and his enforcer Scarecrow. Johnson discarded Columbus’ draft in favor of his own, and Goyer’s draft was later repurposed for the sequel, GHOST RIDER: SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE.
>Johnny Depp and Eric Bana were considered for Johnny Blaze before Nicolas Cage was hired. Cage reworked the character from a washed-up depressed alcoholic into a celebrity stuntman who tries to lead a clean and spiritualized life to atone for selling his soul.
>Jon Voight was approached for Mephisto before Peter Fonda was cast.