And we were like, wow.

So you werent into the character or the comics beforehand?

I ended up reading about a hundred of theGhost Ridercomics, and I loved a lot of them.

You cant really say no to Nicolas Cage with his head on fire, can you?

Nic is like a childhood hero, so that was super awesome.

Lets talk about Nic, then.

Whats he like to work with?

He loves direction; he wants your direction.

Hes a method actor, and he does all the research.

And you know, hes great.

Hes such a contrast of personalities and we loved him.

It was a great collaboration between the three of us, I cant say enough great things about him.

Its aGhost Ridermovie so were like, we want crazy!

But he gave us both sides.

Johnny Blaze is just a really great well-drawn character, and then theres the crazy Ghost Rider.

And I thought that was a great take on that character.

Just to clarify, then Spirit Of Vengeanceisnt exactly a sequel, is it?

Are we calling it a reboot?

Its a requel, or a reboot, or a… re-engineering.

The only thing that really connects the two is Nic playingGhost Rider.

But he plays that character in a completely different way too so its gonna feel completely different.

We had a lot of fun with the aesthetics of that.

I have to admit, though, I really liked the first movie.

I think a lot of people liked the first movie.

It made like $250 million!

But I have yet to see the first movie.

Ill tell you why Brian said, Look, I saw it with my kid.

Its a great Disney movie, but you dont need to see it until after we make our movie.

So isSpirit Of Vengeancefinished now?

When people see the final finished 3D image on the screen, its really immersive and its just dope.

Yeah, I mean, its a big change.

And were not used to doing that stuff, but it was fun.

The first time they actually showed us the flaming skull, they nailed it.

So were really happy with the effects, 100 per cent.

I hope youre not taking it too seriously though…

Oh, I mean, Ghost Rider pees fire!

How does the Neveldine/Taylor partnership work, anyway?

How do you split things up between you?

And then we get on set, and we both camera operate and we both direct.

We attempt to keep our egos out of it and just have a lot of fun.

So, if theSpirit Of Vengeancescript was written before it came to you, did you get much input?

You know, we did, but it was kinda greenlit as it was.

Do you prefer to write, or direct, or to do everything?

But yeah, would we have wanted to write and develop the whole thing from scratch?

Yeah, of course.

But Sony basically said, heres this, now go make it.

They didnt really fuck with us and Marvel didnt either.

We kinda broke a lot of the rules.

What kind of rules did you break?

You know, we came from doing everything in-camera, so this was a big step up.

So as much as we could kind of contain and own, we did.

Oh, wow, never heard that question before.

Were now at a stage of our careers where its like, can we branch out that far?

Because its like, you know, youve gotta do the projects in your wheelhouse.

That might be a way for us to get more of our crazy thrillers out there.

I mean, I do loveCrank, butPathologyis my favourite Neveldine/Taylor movie.

Hes like our playboy friend and he literally puts it in every time he has a first date.

He says it works every time.

How does that even work?

You have to cuddle and you have to share your inner psychology with each other, I guess.

I agree with you!

Im married now or else I would try it.

Okay, silly question now.

Who would win in a fight between Chev Chelios and Johnny Blaze?

Well, theyre both invincible!

You cant kill Chev Chelios!

Mark Neveldine, thank you very much.