Idris Elba and CSI Miami's Johnny Whitworth are in talks to join the cast of Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance .

Elba will apparently play 'an alcoholic w🌼arrior monk tasked with finding Ghost Rider'. Whitworth is in line for the role of a crimina🍒l who is recruited by the Devil to find his son, and is later turned into a demonic creature.

The plot sees Nicolas Cage's Johnny Blaze hiding out in remote Eastern Europe and struggling to repress his curse - you know, the fla🙈ming skull thing.

Bl🍸aze is recruited by a religiousꦐ sect to take on the Devil (Ciaran Hinds), who wants to take over his mortal son's body.

Already in place are Cage, Ciaran Hinds and Violan𒊎te Placido, as the mother of the devilspawn/ Cage'ꦺs love interest.

Earlier this week we , and is already appearing in next year's Thor , ahead of a possible 🌄starring role as another Marvel character.

If Elba is cast in Spirit Of Vengeance, aജnd goes on to star in his own franchise, that will make three aꦐppearances in seperate Marvel franchises as three different characters - though film rights to the Ghost Rider character are owned by Columbia Pictures, not Marvel.

Here's hoping he doesn't overstretch himself.

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, directed by Crank duo Mark Neveldine and Brian Tayl🅠or, is set to commence shooting in Romania next month.

The film is schedul🌸ed for release Februarཧy 17 2012.