It was announced back in 2021 that Henry Cavill (“The Witcher”) was in talks to star in a Highlander reboot from director Chad Stahelski (John Wick), but it’s now been two years since we’ve heard a peep about the project. That long period of silence has been shattered, however, as Deadline reports that Lionsgate is bringing the project to the American Film Market.
Deadline details, “For the first time, Lionsgate will be launching sales at the AFM on their long-gestating fantasy reboot. 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,” Deadline also notes in their report.
Mike Finch wrote the current draft of the Highlander reboot screenplay.
The original movie, directed by Russell Mulcahy, was released in 1986. Christopher Lambert starred as Connor MacLeod, “an immortal Scottish swordsman who must confront the last of his immortal opponents, a murderously brutal barbarian who lusts for the fabled Prize.”
Though it wasn’t a big hit at the box office, the 1986 movie ended up attaining cult status, spawning two movie sequels, an animated series, and a live-action television series.
Christopher Lambert in ‘Highlander’
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