Henry Cavill’s remake of the film Highlander is making a move from Lionsgate to Amazon MGM Studios and United Artists, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The original Highlander from 1986, starring Christopher Lambert and Sean Connery, follows the end of a centuries-long conflict between immortal warriors, who must kill each other and be the last one standing to claim a powerful “Prize”. Becoming a cult classic upon its release, the film would lead to a franchise of four sequels and three TV series, comic books, and other media.
Despite the project switching studios, the remake will maintain its director, Chris Stahelski, who has been attached since 2016, while Cavill himself has been attached since 2021.
Cavill has already become well-acquainted with Amazon-MGM, currently developing an adaptation of the anime series Voltron with director Rawson Marshall Thurber and multiple projects involving the miniature wargame franchise Warhammer 40,000 at the company.
United Artists’ Scott Stuber and Nick Nesbitt, Neal H. Moritz, Joshua Davis of Davis Panzer, and Stahelski’s production company 87Eleven Entertainment will be producing the Highlander reboot, with Michael Finch, reuniting with Stahelski from John Wick: Chapter 4, will be writing the screenplay.
It is unknown if the move to Amazon MGM will affect the project’s May 2025 start of production in Scotland, as of this writing.
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