First Photo of Gabriel Luna as Robbie Reyes/Ghost Rider in Marvel’s AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D.

Here’s our first look at actor Gabriel Luna as Robbie Reyes, a.k.a. Ghost Rider, in Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. I’m actually kind of excited about seeing this version of Ghost Rider brought to life in the series. Executive producer Jed Whedon talked about their version of the character in an interview with EW:

“As always, we are going to put our own spin on the character. We are staying true to the comics in the places where we feel like it’s really important — we love the character’s family dynamic and the East L.A. kid in him.”

Whedon also talked about expanding on the supernatural aspect of the Marvel universe saying: 

“It started out with a guy building a suit using science, and then we met aliens that are the origin of the myths behind some of our gods, and this year Doctor Strange comes out. We’re opening it up even further to the world of things we don’t totally understand, or as Thor says, ‘Magic is science that we don’t understand.’ Well, we’re getting into some very, very fancy science.”

Now we just need to see what the character looks like when he completely flames up as Ghost Rider. When talking about the VFX for bringing Ghost Rider to life, Luna said:

“We have this great VFX for it, and I saw the mockup the other day and I thought it was completely finished. I was like, ‘Just throw that up on my TV.’ It’s a combination of CG and also some marking on my face so I can do some expressions.”

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. returns on Tuesday, September 20th on ABC. Here’s the synopsis for the upcoming season:

In light of the Sokovia Accords, and with Hydra obliterated, S.H.I.E.L.D. has been legitimatized again and no longer needs to operate in the shadows. Since the world presumes that Coulson is dead, the organization needed a new Director to be the face of the organization. Coulson finds himself back in the role as an agent and teamed with Mack, and together they are tasked with tracking down and confirming the presence of Enhanced people, aka Inhumans. They have been trying to track down and capture Daisy, aka Quake, who has gone rogue in an attempt to atone for sins from the past. But with the world believing that Daisy is a dangerous outlaw who has taken down banks and bridges, the new Director has no qualms about taking her down for good. Agent May is tasked with training specialist strike teams, and Fitz and Simmons have taken a big step forward in their relationship. But with Simmons’ new promotion as Special Advisor to the Director n Science and Technology, Fitz, as well as her former team members, finds it hard to confide in or trust her since she’s now the Director’s confidant.