After the box office success ofJohn Wick Chapter 4,directorChad Stahelskiis finally focusing onHighlander. While the details of the project are scarce about theHenryCavill-led remake, the director is finally opening up about what fans can expect.The news of the project first broke in 2021and make perfect sense givenThe Witcherstar’s action chops and Stahelski’s brilliant work withKeanu Reeves-led franchise.
In a recent appearance onJosh Horowitz’s Happy Sad Confused podcast, Stahelski spoke about the upcoming feature, saying, “I think we have some very good elements now. The trick is when you have the tagline ‘there can only be one,’ you can’t just kill everybody the first time,” the filmmaker explained. The original 1986 film of the same name directed byRussell Mulcahyfollowed an immortal Scottish swordsman, Connor MacLeod (Christopher Lambert), who must battle his immortal enemies to the death to absorb their powers so that there can be “only one.”
The Legacy ofHighlander
The movie turned out to be a cult classic and was followed byHighlander IIandHighlander IIIin the 1990s, beforeHighlander: Endgamepremiered at the turn of the millennia. The fourth film featuredAdrian Paulas Duncan MacLeod, who played the protagonist of the six-season spin off showHighlander: The Series, which further spawned a number of short-lived spin-offs. Stahelski now reveals that he plans to use familiar characters and the elements from the TV series as a part of his film:
“I’ll say it for you first, our story engages a lot of the same characters and stuff like that, but we’ve also brought in elements of all the TV shows, and we’re trying to do a bit of a prequel, a setup to The Gathering, so we have room to grow the property.”
Fans are very excited to see Cavill in the titular role after his brief return as Superman and exit fromThe Witcherfranchise.Highlanderseems to be the kind of project to give fans all the action that they expect out of the actor, so with Stahelski at helm the expectations are very high.
Currently, no release date is set forHighlander, but you’re able to check out the director’s comments below:
