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* CreatorKiller:
** ''Film/PunisherWarZone'' sent Marvel Knights in the hospital. This film put them in the morgue; Marvel as a whole took control of the series.
** The film also marked the end of the road for the Neveldine/Taylor directing team, who went their separate ways after production wrapped, and have both since been relegated to working on NoBudget horror flicks.
* DeletedRole: Creator/NoelClarke had a cameo role that was removed from the film in post-production.
* DyeingForYourArt: Creator/ChristopherLambert shaved his head for the film.
* FranchiseKiller: The film's underperformance led to the rights going back to Marvel Studios after Sony's purchase of the property exceeded the film's profits.
* NotScreenedForCritics: The film wasn't screened in advance for critics.
* TheOtherDarrin: Matt Long, who portrayed the young Johnny Blaze in the first film, was originally set to reprise his role, but was eventually replaced by Ionut Christian Lefter.
* StarDerailingRole: While Creator/NicolasCage had been sliding from the A-list since the failure of ''Film/BangkokDangerous2008'', this was TheLastStraw for him as a leading man in a theatrically-released film. After this, his movies started going DirectToVideo.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Creator/EvaMendes was offered to reprise her role but turned it down.
** Creator/PeterFonda was reportedly asked to come back, but after reading the first five pages of the script he flat-out refused.
** Creator/EvaLongoria was considered for the role of Nadya.
** The film's script was adapted from a draft written by David S. Goyer that predated the first movie by six years. One of the notable differences is that Carrigan becomes the Scarecrow rather than Blackout.
** The creators behind ''Film/DriveAngry'' originally presented a treatment of ''Ghost Rider 2'' which would have been a true sequel to the original film instead of the reboot it turned out to be. [[http://wendago.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/GHOST_RIDER_2.pdf It was deemed too violent, but in any case, it is insane.]]
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