Future Easter Eggs Connecting Star Wars: Starfighter (2027) & Ghost Rider (2028) In Endgame (1983)?

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I recently did a video looking at little known 1983 Italian sci-fi action film Endgame: Bronx Lotta Finale. The opening of Endgame ('83) may be very similar to author Stephen King's story published in '82.   Actor Ryan Gosling was announced to play Marvel comic book hero Ghost Rider in a 2028 movie at this past weekend's San Diego Comic Con. Director Shawn Levy & Writer Jonathan Tropper are confirmed on this, having just worked with Gosling on Star Wars: Starfighter, due out in 2027. In thinking about some past movies with possible future hints to this project, the '87 adaptation of The Running Man came to mind. Actress Maria Conchita Alonso co-starred with Arnold Schwarzenegger in this. She was later in '89 comedy Vampire's Kiss with Nicolas Cage (whoa also played Marvel hero Ghost Rider in 2 films).  There may be a predictive reference connecting Star Wars & Ghost Rider in Endgame (1983). About 39 minutes in, we are introduced to hero, Ron Shannon's car. Protruding from the hood is a red dome, I thought similar to the 'head" of Star Wars droid R2-D2. Presumably, the iconic X-Wing fighter craft will be featured in the upcoming Starfighter film. If you know Star Wars, there is a compartment behind the pilot / cockpit in the X-Wing where the droids can ride.   The Running Man was re-adapted in 2025 starring Glen Powell & Lee Pace. Arnold Schwarzenegger starred in the original, both based on the story by horror author Stephen King.    - Maria Conchita Alonso & Yaphet Kotto play runners locked into the future dystopian gladiatorial game show. - Kotto can be linked to Cage through James Bond. He acted in Live & Let Die in 1973 with Roger Moore. Cage & Bond actor Sean Connery appeared in 1996 action thriller The Rock.  - In the '87 version of Running Man the stalker character Buzzsaw may be a future clue to Ghost Rider, he also rides a motorcycle.  - Michael Cera of the Running Man (2025) cast worked with Ryan Gosling in Barbie (2023).  Other Observations: - Franco Ukmar plays Stark in Endgame ('83) (Tony Stark is the real identity of comic book hero Iron Man) -  Endgame was also the title of the 4th Avengers movie, released in 2019.  - The Running Man was re-adapted in a 2025 film co-starring Lee Pace (villain Ronan in Guardians Of The Galaxy (2014)). Josh Brolin played TV producer Dan Killian & was time traveling Marvel Mutant Cable in Deadpool 2 in 2018.  - I thought the facepaint & makeup around the eyes of the characters in Endgame ('83) may also be a future easter egg to Cable, who is depicted with a light emitting from his cybernetic eye.  Predictions: - In another video I mentioned where Endgame actor Alberto Dell'Acqua (Gabe Mantrax) may resemble Robert Downey Jr. (Quite possible that Downey's Doom / Iron-Man or another character appears in a future movie with Gosling's Ghost Rider OR Downey has a role in a future Star Wars project)

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00:00One of the big news items out of this past weekend's San Diego Comic-Con,

00:05actor Ryan Gosling has been chosen to play Marvel comic book superhero Ghost Rider

00:12in an MCU movie due out in 2028.

00:17Direction will be by Deadpool and Wolverine's Sean Levy.

00:20Script by Jonathan Tropper.

00:22These two just worked with Gosling on Star Wars Starfighter, expected out in 2027.

00:31I was thinking about some past movies of where there might be a clue to this news.

00:38Earlier this year, I did some other videos on 1987 sci-fi action film The Running Man.

00:45Now, I think I may have found an Easter egg reference connecting Star Wars and Ghost Rider

00:54in a not-so-well-known sci-fi movie from 43 years ago, 1983.

01:01Endgame, Bronx Lotta Finale.

01:03It's an Italian post-apocalyptic action film starring Al Cliver.

01:09Yeah, to me, the opening, a very similar to Stephen King's story, The Running Man,

01:15are written in the 70s, published in 82.

01:18All right, so about 39 minutes into this, we're introduced to hero Ron Shannon's vehicle.

01:27And check out what protrudes from the bonnet area of his car.

01:33It appears to be a red dome.

01:35I thought this very similar to Star Wars droid R2-D2.

01:41As it applies to Starfighter, presumably the iconic X-Wing fighters will be shown.

01:49If you know Star Wars, there's a compartment in the spacecraft where the droid companions can ride.

01:57It's just behind the cockpit area.

02:00All right, so The Running Man.

02:01Arnold Schwarzenegger starred in the 87 version, along with Richard Dawson,

02:08Yafet Cotto, and Maria Conchita Alonso.

02:11I think Alonso, a definitely predictive to Ghost Rider,

02:16she co-starred with actor Nicolas Cage in the 89 comedy Vampire's Kiss.

02:22Cage later played Johnny Blaze Ghost Rider in the 2007 film

02:28and the sequel, Spirit of Vengeance, in 2011.

02:31A big clue to Ghost Rider in The Running Man 87,

02:37I think is the character Buzzsaw,

02:42played by Gus Rethwish.

02:44He is one of the gratitorial stalkers in a dystopian future reality game show,

02:51which resembles something out of the Roman Coliseum.

02:55Adored by the audience, his job is to hunt Schwarzenegger and Alonso's characters

03:01in a dilapidated urban environs.

03:05Buzzsaw makes his entrance own a motorcycle.

03:09Predictions.

03:10I did another video where I mentioned in-game actor Alberto D'Aqua,

03:16who plays stalker Gabe Mantrax.

03:20Now, I thought he may resemble Iron Man and Doctor Doom actor Robert Downey Jr.

03:26So, looking at these big movies coming out in the next two years,

03:30perhaps possible that Downey has a future role in the Star Wars project,

03:35or perhaps Iron Man Doctor Doom or another Downey character

03:41shares the screen with Gosling's Ghost Rider in a future MCU movie.

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