Henry Cavill’s new Highlander reboot sets filming date, as director teases action inspired by his work on John Wick
Jul. 1, 2024John Wick with swords?
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Speaking toColliderrecently, theJohn Wickhelmer gave a positive update on the reboot. “We start shooting in January in Scotland, that’s why I go right after I leave,” he said at the Mediterranean Film Festival in Malta. “I go to Scotland on Monday to do the final location scout.”
Little is known yet about what the new version of Highlander will be like, but we’re guessing it will draw from the original premise of an immortal Scottish swordsman tasked with saving humanity. The first movie was released in 1986 and starred Christopher Lambert as Connor MacLeod, the titular Highlander. A hit with viewers, it then became a franchise with animated movies, comics, TV shows, and several movie sequels.
Stahelski added to Collider that he’ll be inspired by the action on the John Wick films, but is keen for it not to become one sword action scene after another. “I’ll keep it to the core. Most audiences, I’ll use the gun analogy, most of what you know about gunfights or car chases because most of us don’t get involved in gun fights, or car chases, or sword fights, we learn through movies,” he added.
“And what those movies show you is about 95% bullshit. You don’t fight 50 guys with your bare hands and then walk away, but it’s fun. It’s wish fulfillment. So John Wick, we know it’s a cartoon – I know it’s not – but we also have fun with it. But we do tactical reloads, we try to do fire manipulations, stuff like the professionals do, the military do. But then we have fun with it, you know? Sword work is very much the same.”
Cavill too seems very keen on the upcoming adaptation, which sees him return to his fantasy sword-fighting roots after leaving The Witcher last year. He previously teased how the movie was shaping up in an interview on theHappy Sad Confused podcast.
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