Nicholas Cage is back with another Ghost Rider movie, opening Feb. 17. In the new sequel to the 2007 film “Ghost Rider”, Cage’s character Johnny Blaze rides a fiery Yamaha V-Max.
The first film had Cage riding a custom hardtail chopper but the sequel, “Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance”, Cage’s stunt rider-turned-demon character rides Yamaha‘s flagship muscle cruiser. Even with the CGI-produced smoke and flames and charred appearance, the V-Max’s distinctive air intake scoops.
Harley-Davidson is holding a contest to promote Marvel Comics‘ upcoming film The Avengers with four new motorcycles to be given away.
The Motor Company is giving away four grand prizes, including one reserved for active or veteran members of the U.S. military. Each winner will receive his or her choice of a new custom-designed Harley-Davidson motorcycle (excluding touring models, trikes, CVO models and valued up to $20,000). The winners will also have their likeness be drawn into a digital Avengers comic by Marvel.
The theme song to “The Grinch” describes the eponymous character’s soul as “An appalling dump heap overflowing with the most disgraceful assortment of deplorable rubbish imaginable,” and that’s pretty much how we feel about biker movies. Exceptions such as “The World’s Fastest Indian,” “On Any Sunday,” “Faster” and “Take It To The Limit” exist, but gems like these are rarities.
An attractive female straddling a bike on the big screen — no matter how audacious, unbelievable or misguided — usually gets a pass. For female moviegoers, it’s good to see an empowered woman riding a bike and kicking ass. For men, well… if she’s hot, she’s hot, and a gorgeous woman with serious motorcycle skills is fodder for male fantasies.
The actresses below aren’t listed in order of desirability (what man wouldn’t want to get into the pants of any these women in their prime), but rather if their on-screen personas actually rode the motorcycle in the movie and especially if the girl is a true motorcyclist who owns and rides when not acting.
Fastest, the latest MotoGP documentary from producer Mark Neale (Faster, The Doctor, The Tornado and The Kentucky Kid), is now available for DVD purchase in the U.S. and Canada.
Billed as the follow up to Faster, this new film that’s narrated by Ewan McGregor chronicles Valentino Rossi’s bid for his tenth GP championship during the 2010 season. Of course, we now know that Rossi suffered a serious leg injury during that year, and that Jorge Lorenzo ultimately took the 2010 title.
Brando Enterprises, an operating entity that protects the Marlon Brando brand on behalf of the actor’s family, has filed a lawsuit against Harley-Davidson. The suit alleges Harley-Davidson used the legendary actor’s name without a license for a leather riding boot called “The Brando”.
“It is interesting that Harley-Davidson – a company that is vigorously protective of its own brand – would seek to exploit an iconic property without benefit of a licensing agreement,” says Jeffrey I. Abrams, the licesning attorney who filed the suit. “The flagrant disregard for the law by Harley-Davidson cannot be tolerated. It is our mission to protect the Marlon Brando name and we will pursue any company or individual who infringes on these rights meant to benefit the Brando family.”
Harley-Davidson no longer offers boots called “The Brando”, though some online retailers still sell Harley-Davidson Brando boots (pictured to the right).
The lawsuit seeks an injunction to stop Harley-Davidson from using the Brando name. The suit also seeks unspecified damages for the sales and marketing of unlicensed “Brando” boots.
Let’s not forget the important thing though: Brando was more of a Triumph man, riding his own personal 1950 Triumph Thunderbird 6T for the classic biker film “The Wild One”.
View the full press release after the jump.
I don’t know about you, but whenever I get word of a motorcycle movie coming out, I roll my eyes. I can’t help but laugh at what will probably be a terrible flick with naked girls, over-the-top chase scenes (usually where the motorcyclist is the bad guy), and gratuitous wheelies, burnouts, endos and other maneuvers that the general public often associate with “bikers.” That’s not always the case though, and once in a while a movie slips through the cracks that gets me genuinely excited. TT3D is one of them. Check out the trailer after the jump.
It’s not often one of Motorcycle.com’s faithful servants makes it to the big time, so we were giddy with excitement to learn that a member of our editorial team has made an appearance in a major Hollywood blockbuster.
No, MO Editor in Chief Kevin Duke isn’t chasing bad guys in the latest action flick, but his Bluetooth headset is now a star.
Cardo Systems, Inc., the world’s market leader in wireless Bluetooth communications for motorcycle helmet headsets, has its scala rider Bluetooth headset featured in the movie, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps. The scala rider headset is used by Shia LaBeouf to make and receive calls while riding his motorcycle around New York City.
We reviewed this communication device last year, which you can read about here. Now that it has gone Hollywood will it still take our calls?
The remake of Nightmare on Elm Street is currently the number one movie in America. This video clip shows a guy that fuses with his bike, from the fifth installment of the horror series which by then becomes a joke and a far cry from the original movie, especially with all of the cheesy one-liners and terrible effects but at the same time, maybe that’s what gives it its charm.
On the surface, The Harbortown Bobber by One World Studios Ltd. is a documentary about the build/restoration of a bobber bike owned by Scott Di Lalla, co-founder of One World, and co-producer/co-director of Harbortown.
However, what I took away from the 75-minute DVD was that the film is less about the skeletal remains of a ’69/’71 Triumph rising from the ashes, and more about the people (characters in a film for sure!) that help Scott along the way to realizing his dream of breathing life into a bobber of his own.
The long awaited sequel is slated to be released on December 17, 2010 by Walt Disney Studios. The original movie, Tron, was released in 1982 and production for Tron 2 has been rumored since the late 1990′s but was confirmed by Disney in September, 2009.
Jeff Bridges is back for the second installment along with the Light Cycles that were designed by Daniel Simon, for me its worth the price of admission just to see them in action.
The film is Directed by Joseph Kosinski and will also star, Garrett Hedlund, Bruce Boxleitner, Michael Sheen, Olivia Wilde, Beau Garrett and John Hurt.
The trailer is simply amazing, check it out for yourself after the jump.
