It sounds like the Henry Cavill Highlander reboot from John Wick director will be coming in 2026
Nov. 10, 2023The reboot is coming soon
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It sounds likethe Highlander rebootwill be coming sooner rather than later. The film, set to be helmed byJohn Wickdirector Chad Stahelski, will star The Witcher’s Henry Cavill in the lead role.
In a recent earnings call, Lionsgate’s CEO Jon Feltheimer named Highlander as one of the studio’s “fiscal ‘26 tentpoles” – which is the most promising update yet on the long-gestating reboot.
The Highlander franchise kicked off with the ‘86 movie starring Sean Connery, Clancy Brown, Roxanne Hart, and Christopher Lambert, which follows an ancient war between immortals. The sprawling series now encompasses multiple films, TV shows, books, video games, comics, and more.
As for John Wick, Stahelski recently revealed that there isan anime and another live-action TV show in the works. “I love Donnie [Yen], I love Rina [Sawayama], love the Tracker (Shamier Anderson), and the TV show and the ancillaries will give us a chance to expand the kind of fun world we’ve created,” he explained. “It doesn’t have to be John Wick, the character specific, you know what I mean, so that we can explore all that stuff.”
While you wait for the Highlander movie, check out our guide to all the upcoming majormovie release datesto fill out your watchlist.
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