Chad Stahelski Teases Highlander’s Martial Arts-Heavy Reboot

Hollywood’s been making an attempt to get a Highlander reboot off the bottom for years, with completely different administrators, writers, and actors on the helm. As we realized again in January, the most recent try is about to star ex-Superman Henry Cavill and be helmed by John Wick director Chad Stahelski. We haven’t heard a lot about it since then, however Stahelski’s lately teased some attention-grabbing facets of the movie.

Chatting with the Direct (thanks, IGN), Stahelski revealed the brand new Highlander is about “past” present-day New York and Hong Kong. As he described it, Cavill’s character has been an immortal warrior for “over 500 years. He’s the final particular person on the earth that wished to be on this scenario, so that you get to cowl fairly a broad unfold of a personality arc there.” Undoubtedly not Cavill’s first rodeo as a reluctant hero, however the director apparently offered him on the challenge by explaining that the position would supply “an opportunity to play a personality that not lots of people get to play.”

As for what else you possibly can count on from Highlander, Stahelski teased there’d be a complete lot of motion. You’re shocked, absolutely, however he extra explicitly said audiences would “expertise somebody that’s skilled over 500 years and type of performed [with many types of] martial arts.” Throughout his journey, Cavill’s hero turns into embroiled in a love story, although it’s apparently not as eyeroll-worthy as which will sound. There’s “one other form of fantasy” at play with that a part of the film, stated Stahelski, helped by studying “easy methods to bend the story” whereas engaged on the John Wick films.

If that appears like your form of motion flick, it’ll be some time: manufacturing on the Highlander film is about to kick off in spring 2025, and Lionsgate hasn’t set down a agency launch window at time of writing.

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