Henry Cavill is not any stranger to being a part of main style franchises. He’s performed Superman and Geralt of Rivia already, and he’s on the point of play any individual who’s as invincible as Superman and pretty much as good with a sword as The Witcher when he turns into the Highlander.
Cavill is about to star within the reboot of Highlander from John Wick franchise director Chad Stahelski. Whereas Cavill’s character could have one thing in widespread with characters he has performed earlier than, the director says he bought the star on the position by promising he would do extra on display screen than he, or most different actors, had performed earlier than. Stahelski informed The Direct…
My promoting level was, to [Henry Cavill], look, you’ve got bought a man that is been alive for over 500 years. He is the final particular person on the earth that needed to be on this state of affairs. So that you get to cowl fairly a broad unfold of a personality arc there. And also you get to expertise somebody that is skilled over 500 years and type of performed [with many types of] martial arts…
From the second it was confirmed that Chad Stahelski was taking over the directing position for Highlander, we knew that motion could be a key a part of the brand new movie. This description alone is extremely thrilling, because it teases a personality who has skilled in varied combating types over the centuries, so we’ll see him use completely different ones relying on the place within the story we’re set. One assumes by the tip, he’s even mixed these types into one thing new.
This opens up some actually attention-grabbing prospects in relation to motion sequences. It will definitely imply some intensive coaching for Cavill. We have seen the work that Keanu Reeves has performed to coach for John Wick, and it appears like Cavill might want to prepare in a number of martial arts types and, after all, with a sword, to prepare for Highlander
Whereas particulars about Highlander, together with how intently it’ll keep to the plot of the unique, are largely unknown, it’s clear that Stahelski is planning for a franchise, so it’s doable that we gained’t see all of this within the first film. One of many huge causes {that a} Highlander reboot is sensible is that the unique film clearly by no means anticipated to want sequels, which led to the story having to bend over backwards to justify them. A recent take will not be tied down by all of the earlier baggage.
A number of Highlander films may very well be set over actually centuries as Cavill’s character lives a number of lives, studying, combating and experiencing a number of historic eras. That would definitely be fairly the character arc.
Stahelski says he hopes to start filming Highlander within the spring of 2025, which suggests we’ll seemingly see the film someday in 2026.