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Lionsgate Moving Forward With Henry Cavill & Chad Stahelski ‘Highlander’ Reboot As Action-Fantasy Pic Heads To AFM To Enliven A Strike-Hit Market

EXCLUSIVE: In the world of Highlander reboots, there can still only be one…and it’s a good one at that. For the first time, Lionsgate will be launching sales at the AFM on their long-ge…

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In the world of Highlander reboots, there can still only be one…and it's a good one at that.


For the first time, Lionsgate will be launching sales at the AFM on their long-gestating fantasy reboot which has Henry Cavill aboard to star as the eponymous Scottish swordsman and John Wick filmmaker Chad Stahelski set to direct.


We hear this will be a big-budget proposition, north of $100M. Stahelski himself has previously talked about it as akin to John Wick with swords. The team is eyeing a 2024 start.

 

[March Climber]

Sure why not. It's been long enough. Let's look up the writer...

 

[The Cockatrice]

 

[F0rneus]

Sure why not. It's been long enough. Let's look up the writer...

Predators and John Wick 4 were lit as fuck!

 

[Sardaukarama]

I hope the movie soundtrack is as amazing as the original..if only Freddie Mercury was immortal.

 

[F0rneus]

Ian Mcshane as Ramirez right? Come on! And damn 100M$ budget. They ain't playing. Highlander is coming back in a huge way.

 

[willothedog]

At least I'll be able to understand Cavill, not whatever language Lambert was butchering.

 

[ahtlas7]

Better not slow Cavill's Warhammer project.

 

[Sub_Level]

I HAVE INSIDE ME THE BLOOD OF KINGS, YEAH
I HAVE NO RIVAL
NO MAN CAN BE MY EQUAL
TAKE ME TO THE FUTURE OF YOU ALLLL

 

[jason10mm]

I wonder which level of Highlander lore they go with. The downside with "there can be only one" is that at the end of the film....there is only one. It's a super catchy tagline but TERRIBLE for sequelization. I'm assuming they mostly stick to the first film and just take the swordplay to 11 (and probably trim out the Punisher guy) with the love story kinda thrown in there.

Very curious who will be Ramirez. Antonio Banderas? Javier Bardem? Sam Jackson? For legacies sake it should be Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan, or Daniel Craig

 

[Werewolf Jones]

A series focusing on the other Immortal goons as well as the OG cast would be welcomed.

 

[FunkMiller]

Better not slow Cavill's Warhammer project.

Shouldn't. They're probably a good year out from even writing any scripts for that. I don't think the deal's even been completely finalised - which doesn't surprise me, given how GW works and how Amazon functions.

 

[F0rneus]

I wonder which level of Highlander lore they go with. The downside with "there can be only one" is that at the end of the film....there is only one. It's a super catchy tagline but TERRIBLE for sequelization. I'm assuming they mostly stick to the first film and just take the swordplay to 11 (and probably trim out the Punisher guy) with the love story kinda thrown in there.

Very curious who will be Ramirez. Antonio Banderas? Javier Bardem? Sam Jackson? For legacies sake it should be Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan, or Daniel Craig

If they are putting 100M$ on this....I expect that they are thinking about sequels and they did mention they would tap into the lore of the TV series before so....Well, gimme Kalas you punks!

 

[jason10mm]

If they are putting 100M$ on this....I expect that they are thinking about sequels and they did mention they would tap into the lore of the TV series before so....Well, gimme Kalas you punks!

Cavill is Ritchie, calling it now!

RIP Stan Kirsch though, taken way too soon at only 51

 

[F0rneus]

Cavill is Ritchie, calling it now!

RIP Stan Kirsch though, taken way too soon at only 51

Suicide is such a piece of shit. Honestly, I think they will immediately introduced the Watchers.

 

[Tams]

Highlander sucks and I don't think I could bear any more Scottish people (and Americans) going 'Scooooootlaaaaand!!!'

I do like Scotland, but it is also one of the places I've experienced the most prejudice; mostly for being English.

 

[F0rneus]

Highlander sucks

The fuck you said?

 

[Dr.Morris79]

Highlander sucks

Well you wrote words so I guess we can somehow acknowledge that. They may not have been correct but it's an attempt.

 

[Tams]

The fuck you said?

Highlander sucks

 

[F0rneus]

Highlander sucks

 

[Tams]

 

[F0rneus]

 

[Tams]

 

[jason10mm]

I just hope they make some reference to the greatest display of cutting power of ANY KATANA EVER!!



But seriously, dem ivory dragon headed katanas gonna shoot up in price.

 

[F0rneus]

I just hope they make some reference to the greatest display of cutting power of ANY KATANA EVER!!



But seriously, dem ivory dragon headed katanas gonna shoot up in price.

*sad otaku noises to the song Bury the Light*

 

[N0S]

Highlander sucks and I don't think I could bear any more Scottish people (and Americans) going 'Scooooootlaaaaand!!!'

I do like Scotland, but it is also one of the places I've experienced the most prejudice; mostly for being English.