Chad Stahelski Teases Highlander‘s Martial Arts-Heavy Reboot

Hollywood’s been trying to get a Highlander reboot disconnected the crushed for years, with antithetic directors, writers, and actors astatine the helm. As we learned backmost successful January, the latest effort is acceptable to prima ex-Superman Henry Cavill and beryllium helmed by John Wick director Chad Stahelski. We haven’t heard overmuch astir it since then, but Stahelski’s precocious teased immoderate absorbing aspects of the film.

Speaking to the Direct (thanks, IGN), Stahelski revealed the new Highlander is acceptable “beyond” present-day New York and Hong Kong. As helium described it, Cavill’s quality has been an immortal warrior for “over 500 years. He’s the past idiosyncratic successful the satellite that wanted to beryllium successful this situation, truthful you get to screen rather a wide dispersed of a quality arc there.” Definitely not Cavill’s archetypal rodeo arsenic a reluctant hero, but the manager seemingly sold him connected the task by explaining that the relation would supply “a accidental to play a quality that not a batch of radical get to play.”

As for what other you tin expect from Highlander, Stahelski teased there’d beryllium a full batch of action. You’re shocked, surely, but helium much explicitly stated audiences would “experience idiosyncratic that’s trained implicit 500 years and benignant of played [with galore types of] martial arts.” During his journey, Cavill’s leader becomes embroiled successful a emotion story, though it’s seemingly not arsenic eyeroll-worthy arsenic that whitethorn sound. There’s “another benignant of myth” astatine play with that portion of the movie, said Stahelski, helped by learning “how to crook the story” portion moving connected the John Wick movies.

If that sounds similar your benignant of enactment flick, it’ll beryllium a while: accumulation connected the Highlander movie is acceptable to footwear disconnected successful outpouring 2025, and Lionsgate hasn’t acceptable down a steadfast merchandise model astatine clip of writing.

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