Henry Cavill to Star in Lionsgate’s Upcoming Highlander Reboot

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Deadline has learned that Man of Steel and The Witcher star Henry Cavill has been tapped to play the lead in Lionsgate’s upcoming reboot of Highlander, its popular fantasy action-adventure franchise. While there are no plot details at the moment, Cavill will presumably follow in the footsteps of Christopher Lambert’s Connor MacLeod and Sean Connery’s Ramirez as an immortal who battles others like him in a secret war for ultimate power. John Wick director Chad Stahelski will be helming the film.









The original 1986 Highlander pic starred Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery and Clancy Brown as immortal beings, hunting down one another and collecting more power. The film — with its “There can be only one” catchphrase — spawned four sequels and three television series including the popular USA series starring Adrian Paul.



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[Dogsofjune]

There can only be one...... And that's Christopher Lambert.
Who plays Sean's part?

 

[ThreeDee]

Well .. He'll have the swordplay chops from doing the Witcher ..

 

[Grimlakin]

I am totally for this.

 

[Uvilla]

Thank god it's lionsgate, and not Disney or ATT .
The lamenation of everything is starting to get to me tbh.

 

[Burticus]

And the destruction of our childhood favorites continues... next thing you know some asshat will try to make live action Transformers movies. Oh, wait....

 

[Grimlakin]

And the destruction of our childhood favorites continues... next thing you know some asshat will try to make live action Transformers movies. Oh, wait....

Or live action gi Joe. Or live action voltron.. Or live action robotech... ok we've seen the first and on reflection... the other two could be cool.