Motion followers have been ready for what looks like endlessly for the Highlander reboot to get off the bottom. Now, issues are lastly transferring ahead, with former Superman actor Henry Cavill now confirming that, not solely is the fantasy reboot his subsequent venture, however it’s all set to start out manufacturing very quickly.
After flailing round in growth hell for what looks like an eternity and having beforehand forged Deadpool star Ryan Reynolds within the lead, the Highlander reboot is lastly taking place. After all, there might be just one, and that one is Henry Cavill, who will take the lead because the titular immortal warrior in Amazon’s reboot.
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Talking with The Hollywood Reporter just lately, Cavill was requested about his “massive summer season plans,” with the Man of Metal star revealing that the one factor on his docket is Highlander. And he couldn’t be extra excited to guide the venture below the director of John Wick’s Chad Stahelski finally.
“Highlander! That’s taking all of my focus. It’s a venture that I’m extraordinarily enthusiastic about. This character goes to be numerous enjoyable to play, and I’m loving working with Chad Stahelski. He’s a really proficient man.”
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The Highlander reboot is anticipated to comply with an analogous plot to the 1986 unique, which follows swordsman Connor MacLeod as he discovers that he’s one in every of a lot of immortal warriors who might 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 receive “the Prize.” The reboot, nevertheless, will make a number of adjustments, with Stahelski having beforehand revealed that the story will remodel Cavill’s immortal into 500-year-old professional martial artist.
Stahelski has been signed on to direct the Highlander reboot for nearly a decade now, and whereas there have been extra false begins than we care to rely, the filmmaker is now all set to disclose his tackle the beloved fantasy motion franchise. Talking solely with MovieWeb’s personal George Edelman, Stahelski has confirmed that the Highlander reboot is his subsequent venture.
“However I’m targeted on the John Wick world, and I am making an attempt to infuse issues I like into the fitting match. However the actual progress occurs afterwards, when you will have time to mirror on all of the sh*tty errors you made and all of the issues that I might have executed higher, and then you definitely get the brand new affect of the filter impact of life. Like, simply going to New York for per week and scouting there [for Highlander]…I am doing Highlander subsequent. So now I am in that sort of mode.”
Alongside Henry Cavill, the Highlander reboot will now mark a Man of Metal reunion, with Russell Crowe (who performed Jor-El to Cavill’s Kal-El within the Snyderverse) becoming a member of the fray. Whereas his function has not but been confirmed, it’s anticipated that Crowe will take over from unique Highlander star Sean Connery as MacLeod’s mentor, Juan Sánchez-Villalobos Ramírez.
Supply: THR
Highlander
- Writers
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Michael Finch
- Producers
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Neal H. Moritz