Idris Elba and Johnny Whitworth are in talks to join Columbia's sequel Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, according to Heat Vision.

Based on the Marvel comic, the sequel stars Nicolas Cage as the demonic biker anti-hero.

The story sees Johnny Blaze, aka Ghost Rider (Nicolas Cage), hiding out in remote Eastern Europe and struggling to repress his curse. Blaze is recruited by a sect to take on the devil (Ciarán Hinds), who wants to take over his mortal son's body on the kid's birthday.

Idris Elba plays an alcoholic warrior monk tasked with finding Ghost Rider. Johnny Whitworth plays a criminal who is recruited by the devil to find the boy and is later turned into a demonic creature.

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance will begin shooting in late November in Romania and Turkey.