Marvel capped off the last day of San Diego Comic Con with (at least) two big announcements: Ryan Coogler’s Black Panther franchise will return in 2028, this time with the son of Chadwick Boseman’s T’Challa taking the hero’s mantle. And second, Ryan Gosling will set his hair on fire as Ghost Rider.

Ryan Coogler, who will return to direct Black Panther 3, appeared at SDCC 2026 alongside Letitia Wright and Winston Duke to introduce Brit David Jonsson (The Long Walk, Alien: Romulus), who will play the adult version of Toussaint, the son of Chadwick Boseman’s T’Challa and Lupita Nyong’o’s Nakia. T’challa’s child was introduced at the end of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.

“Thank you to this family that I have the honor and the blessing to join. I don’t want to say too much, because I want to let the screen do the talking,” Jonsson told the crowd assembled in Hall H.

Wright is also returning to reprise her role as Shuri and Duke will be back as M’Baku for the third installation of the franchise that began in 2018 with The Black Panther. Boseman played the Black Panther/T’challa. After his death in 2020 from colon cancer, Wright’s character Shuri became the Black Panther in the 2022 sequel Wakanda Forever.

Also coming in 2028 is a new Ghost Rider movie with Ryan Gosling taking on the role of the spirit of vengeance on a flaming motorcycle. Gosling’s character will likely be the Johnny Blaze iteration, last played by Nicolas Cage in the 2007 theatrical film. The character of Ghost Rider also appeared in the MCU show Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D where Gabriel Luna played the Robbie Reyes version of the character.

Shawn Levy-directed (Deadpool & Wolverine) will direct the standalone feature. Jonathon Topper will write the script. No plot or casting details are known right now.

Marvel chief Kevin Feige joked in front of the attendees that he’s been asked about when Ghost Rider — and Gosling — might be joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe. After the lights went out for a dramatic pause, they came back up and Gosling took the stage to raucous cheers.

“Wow, is this really happening?” the actor asked the crowd. “As you know, this is a character I’ve wanted to play for a very long time.”

Levy directed Gosling in another Disney IP: the film Star Wars: Starfighter and told the crowd that the two spent a lot of their downtime on set daydreaming about Ghost Rider and swapping ideas.

“As Ryan started talking about his vision for this character, we started riffing,” said Levy. “And I finally said, ‘Bro, let’s ride.’ So guys, we’ll see you in 2028.”

Feige said the two then came to him with their brainstorm. “They came in and pitched it to us, and we loved it. I’m a very lucky person.”