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HIGHLANDER from Lionsgate (TBD)
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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-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. This will be welcome news for AFM buyers whose pool of pre-sale projects has been diminished by the ongoing strike.

 

The new movie will be based on the 1986 original, which starred Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery and Clancy Brown as immortal beings, hunting down one another and collecting more power. The time-jumping film — with its “There can be only one” tagline — spawned four sequels and three TV series including the popular USA series starring Adrian Paul. Queen memorably provided the soundtrack for the original movie.

 

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On 12/10/2023 at 4:47 PM, ThothAmon said:

Man I loved that movie in the day and he was an all time great bad guy. Truthfully it hasn’t aged well although the soundtrack is great. Highlander II was an all time disappointment btw. TV show was fun.  

I didn't realize they originally approach Arnold Schwarzenneger for The Kurgan

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