Henry Cavill should be strongly related together with his time within the DCEU, as “everybody’s” favourite Superman, however he’s shortly turning into a part of an sudden MCU reunion together with his upcoming fantasy motion remake of Highlander. After not too long ago including Dave Bautista and Karen Gillan, one other former Guardians of the Galaxy star has now joined the rising solid, and it additionally units up one other reunion of historic proportions.
In keeping with The Hollywood Reporter, the unimaginable Djimon Hounsou is the newest actor to board the highly-anticipated film from John Wick franchise director Chad Stahelski. Hounsou, who has two Oscar nominations to his identify, has beforehand been a part of Ridley Scott’s epic Gladiator, and Zack Snyder’s Netflix Star Wars rip, Insurgent Moon, amongst many different movies, and he already has a number of different films on his slate. His inclusion within the film not solely reunites him together with his MCU castmates Gillan and Bautista, but in addition units up his first time working with Russell Crowe since 2000’s Gladiator.
The brand new tackle the 1986 cult traditional, which starred Christopher Lambert and Sean Connery, will see Cavill taking on Lambert’s function as immortal Connor MacLoed, whereas Crowe might be taking part in Connery’s function of MacLoed’s mentor, Juan Sánchez-Villalobos Ramírez. Gillan is taking part in MacLoed’s mortal spouse, whereas Bautista is ready to seem because the film’s villain, Kurgan, one other immortal bent on claiming “the prize” by defeating all different immortals in his path.
Hounsou’s function has not but been revealed, however within the authentic film MacLoed is pals with an African immortal, which may very well be the function the actor might be taking part in.
‘Highlander’ is Considered one of Henry Cavill’s Extremely Anticipated ‘Witcher’ Replacements
Since stepping away from taking part in Superman and in addition dropping out of Netflix’s The Witcher, Henry Cavill has been constructing himself a future that’s plagued by fantasy initiatives that may fill that hole for followers. Whereas he’s nonetheless hoping to convey Warhammer 40K to Prime Video, and has additionally added a Voltron live-action film to his roster, Highlander is one in every of his most anticipated upcoming films.
It’s unimaginable to disclaim that Cavill’s fanbase is devoted to something and the whole lot the actor places out, and whereas there are nonetheless loads of calls on-line for him to be allowed to return as each Superman and Geralt, most individuals have realized this isn’t going to occur, and so they simply have to look to his subsequent initiatives for his or her subsequent repair.
With Highlander, the casting has thrown up loads of nostalgic reunions for each followers and the solid themselves. In addition to the mini Guardians of the Galaxy reunion, and that of Houson and Crowe, Cavill and Crowe additionally labored collectively on Snyder’s Man of Metal, with the latter taking part in Jor-El to Cavill’s Kal-El. Highlander has but to obtain a launch date.
Highlander
- Writers
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Michael Finch
- Producers
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Neal H. Moritz