Motion followers have been ready for what looks like an eternity for Henry Cavill and John Wick director Chad Stahelski’s reboot of the ‘80s fantasy motion traditional, Highlander. However as extra particulars and solid members have been revealed, it’s sounding increasingly just like the wait can have been properly and actually price it. And the newest addition is definitely no exception.
After flailing round in improvement hell for years upon years and having beforehand solid Deadpool star Ryan Reynolds within the lead, the Highlander reboot is lastly taking place with Cavill within the lead. And the reboot has now amassed a stellar solid alongside the previous Superman, together with Cavill’s Man of Metal co-star Russell Crowe and MCU alumni Dave Bautista, Djimon Hounsou, and Karen Gillan, with the newest casting addition promising all method of martial arts motion.
Chinese language actor and martial artist Max Zhang (aka, Jin Zhang) has now been added to the world of Highlander (by way of Deadline). Finest recognized for his work as a stunt actor on the wuxia masterpiece Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Zhang has had starring roles within the likes of The Grandmaster, Ip Man 3, Kill Zone 2, Pacific Rim: Rebellion, and Grasp Z: The Ip Man Legacy. All of which confirms that Cavill can have his fingers full (and higher have his fists and toes prepared) when preventing to outlive and win “The Prize.”
The ‘Highlander’ Reboot Will Swap Swords for Full-on Martial Arts Motion
The Highlander reboot is anticipated to observe the same plot to the 1986 unique, which follows swordsman Connor MacLeod as he discovers that he’s considered one of various immortal warriors who may be killed solely by beheading. After residing considerably peacefully for a number of centuries, MacLeod settles in New York Metropolis and is quickly dragged again onto the battlefield when his biggest enemy returns to kill him and thus acquire the mysterious “Prize.” The reboot, nonetheless, will make a couple of modifications, with Stahelski having beforehand revealed that the story will remodel Cavill’s immortal into 500-year-old professional martial arts grasp.
“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 educated over 500 years and form of performed [with many types of] martial arts…
And we’re bringing it ahead from the early 1500s within the highlands to the past present-day New York and Hong Kong, and seeing the way it goes. There’s huge alternative for motion. There’s an opportunity to play a personality that not lots of people get to play. And it’s kind of of a love story, however not the way you assume. On ‘John Wick,’ I discovered loads on the right way to bend the storytelling a little bit… one other form of fantasy.”
Highlander is anticipated to be launched in 2027 courtesy of Amazon MGM Studios’ United Artists.