“there is only one” And it will definitely be Henry Cavill! For more than two years, the former Superman has been touted as the next star of the Highlander reboot. Chad Stahelski, the director of the John Wick saga and an action virtuoso, took the reins of this ambitious project.
Last March, the director mentioned his intention to start an entire universe around the immortals, as he was able to do with John Wick.
Stahelski also confirmed that he was developing the project with Henry Cavill. “I’ve been working on Highlander for years now, for Henry Cavill. It’s much more difficult to work on a project like this than John Wick; the latter had no mythology, 5 movies and 6 seasons of a TV show.”– said the director.
On August 29, the guest of the podcast was the director happy sad confusedHosted by Josh Horowitz. In this regard, he once again spoke about the progress of the project and detailed his intentions regarding the plot.
“I think we have good elements now. The thing is, you have a tagline that’s ‘There can only be one,’ you can’t kill them all the first time. I’m going to tell you. Trust me, our story. It takes a lot of characters from the original and a lot of details of this world .We have also included elements of various TV series.she said.
“We’re trying to build a kind of prequel that tells how the immortals came to the meeting”. It is a kind of subconscious force that drives these chosen ones to face each other in a duel to the death, where the winner takes the opponent’s head and absorbs all his power.
We’re trying to build a kind of prequel that tells how the Immortals came to the meeting.
“We have enough elements to develop this world and extend the license”Chad Stahelski concluded. While we now know a few things about the filmmaker’s direction for this new version of the immortal saga, we don’t yet know if the reboot will come before John Wick 5 and Ghost of Tsushima or in Stahelski’s bag of other projects. . On Tsushima, there is the issue of rather Dantesque katana battles, good training for the Highlander project?
Additionally, it is also unknown whether the director will bring back former franchise stars Christophe Lambert (Connor McLeod) and Adrian Paul (Duncan McLeod). Be that as it may, the strike that is currently paralyzing Hollywood gives Chad Stahelski time to quietly develop a project that is concerned about respecting the original work.
“The mythology is so important that it’s very delicate to work with. You have to take the time to build the story, especially with the flashbacks, to explore the full potential of the mythology.”he said last March.
“They said, ‘Everything you did with gunfights on John Wick, we want you to do the same with sword fights on Highlander. We want you to do something cool and unique that makes the audience say. They’ve never seen it before.’Always hammer Chad Stahelski.
That’s why Stahelski is still very enthusiastic about the idea of reviving the saga of the Immortals. With this action specialist at the helm and Henry Cavill as the hero, Highlander could rise from the ashes and succeed.
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