Highlander Reboot (2026)

[SFI]

Who says there can be only one?
Summit Entertainment is bringing back to the big screen the 1986 sci-fi cult hit "Highlander," with "Iron Man" co-writers Art Marcum and Matt Holloway on board to pen the reimagining.
The original "Highlander" starred Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery and Clancy Brown as immortal beings battling among humans, hunting down one another and collecting more power. Lambert played Scottish swordsman Connor MacLeod, Connery an Egyptian and Clancy a barbarian known as the Kurgan. "There can be only one" was a line repeated throughout the film. The movie spawned four sequels and three television series.
Summit acquired the rights to remake the cult classic from Davis/Panzer Prods. Peter Davis, one of the original producers of the 1986 film, also will produce the new film.
By acquiring the rights to the property, Summit gains a recognizable brand and a franchise with worldwide popularity amonng both the young and old.
Summit's president of production Erik Feig, along with the company's senior vp production Geoff Shaevitz and creative executive Gillian Bohrer, will oversee the project for the studio.

Quelle: hollywoodreporter.com

[Ed Hunter]

Verbrecher

[kami]

Kann ich mir eigentlich ganz gut vorstellen, da gerade die Schwertkämpfe des Erstlings mittlerweile doch recht antiquiert wirken.

[The Punisher]

Buhhhhhhh , die sollen lieber den ultarmiesen fünften Teil remaken und daraus was gescheites machen

[SFI]

Wird Zeit, dass man sich an ein Remake von diesem imo überbewerteten B-Movie Trash herantraut. Ohne Queen wäre der Film nichts.

[freeman]

Noch so ein Remakeheide ;-)

Wobei auch die Zeichentrickeffekte der eins getuned werden könnten. Lieber wäre mir persönlich aber ein Neustart des Franchises ... bzw. ein amtlicher Folgefilm, der zumindest Teil 3-5 ausblendet ...

In diesem Sinne:
freeman

[The Punisher]

der zumindest Teil 3-5 ausblendet ...

Hey nix gegen den vierten, der ist von den Fortsetzungen noch der einzigst brauchbare

[Ed Hunter]

Allerdings! Endgame rockt! Hatte ja schließlich auch Donnie Yen an Bord...

[freeman]

LOL, na ich weiß ja ned ... Dann schon lieber der Dritte, da ist Deborah Kara Unger nacksch zu sehen ...

In diesem Sinne:
freeman

[SFI]

joh 3/10 kann man dem 4. geben!

[kami]

Mir gefällt die 5 ganz gut, imho die beste Fortsetzung. Teil 4 suckt außerhalb der zwei oder drei von Donnie Yen inszenierten Szenen gewaltig.

[MysteryBobisCREEPY]

An Ihn wird eh keiner herankommen.

hail to

[SFI]

IT IS the film that defined Scotland's international image as a race of kilted warriors. It spawned four sequels, three TV series, a Japanese animated version, comics, books and toys, and it brought tourists to the Highlands in their thousands.


But in the 22 years since the original Highlander came out, the movie tourists have dried up and the last sequel was shot on the cheap in Lithuania and went straight to video.

Now the original film is to be remade, featuring a £25m budget, stars of the calibre of Ewan McGregor and James McAvoy, Scottish locations and a screenplay from the writers of current superhero hit Iron Man.

The hope is that the new version will reinvent and reinvigorate the franchise, just as Casino Royale did for James Bond.

Peter Davis, one of the producers of the original film, has signed a deal with Summit Entertainment, a major American company whose previous hits include the comedies American Pie and Mr & Mrs Smith.

Company president Patrick Wachsberger said: "I have always dreamed of reinventing this franchise. As a brand, it is hard to think of one that has greater worldwide recognition with audiences young and old."

The 1986 film starred French actor Christopher Lambert as a Highland warrior called Connor MacLeod and Sean Connery as his exotic mentor. MacLeod belonged to a mysterious race of men who were virtually immortal, and the story jumped between 16th-century Scotland and modern-day New York.

A TV series ran for more than 100 episodes in the 1990s, and a whole mythology was built up around the main characters, who have to battle each other through the centuries until only one survives.

Fans have travelled from as far away as Australia to visit key locations such as Glenfinnan and Eilean Donan Castle. But more recent sequels have disappointed even hard-core fans.

Davis, who continues in his role as producer, said the new film will go back to the original story and will shoot on location in Scotland. But there will be new elements too.

"You don't do a remake and do the exact same," said Davis, speaking from his base in California. "That would be a little silly. It will depart from the original. There's going to be prequel aspects to it. Believe me, it will be an exciting new story."

The original mixed sci-fi fantasy with old-fashioned swashbuckling action. Davis said they would also be developing the romantic aspects of the story. "The issues of an immortal falling in love with a woman and knowing she's going to grow old and die in your arms – those are very romantic issues to deal with," he said.

Art Marcum and Matt Holloway are currently working on the script. They are two of the team of four writers who helped turn Iron Man from one of the comic world's B-list superheroes into a huge international hit with a box office gross of about £250m.

Connery and Lambert were both major stars, but later instalments featured more obscure casts. Asked if the new film would have recognisable names in it, Davis said: "Considering the budget will be $50m, I would say they would be recognisable names."

He did not rule out Ewan McGregor, Kevin McKidd or James McAvoy, who at 29 is just a year older than Lambert was at the time of the original.

Connery was 54 at the time. McGregor is much younger, but he has already played a similar mentor role in the Star Wars films, and the nature of the characters and their immortality makes exact ages irrelevant.

"We would hope to be shooting in March of next year," said Davis.

The character of MacLeod supposedly comes from Glenfinnan. The West Highland village was once a Mecca for Highlander fans from overseas. But Manja Gibson, manager of the Glenfinnan House Hotel, said: "We are not really getting anyone from Highlander any more. It's mostly Harry Potter now.

"Maybe if there was a new thing they would come, and if some of it would be filmed up here, sure, aye." She said the Harry Potter films, which feature the famous Glenfinnan Viaduct, bring the hotel 80 to 100 visitors a year.

News of the remake is being greeted with cautious optimism by fans.

John Mosby, spokesman for the Official Highlander Fan Club, said: "At its best, Highlander is a careful cinematic balance between the action-filled sword-fighting and the more emotional ideas surrounding what immortality would actually cost you. That's why Highlander has as many female fans as it does male.

"The original film and subsequent television series did that very well. If the new film is to be a success, then it needs to remember those important factors, and also by necessity come back to Scotland, its spiritual home.

"There's something about Highlander that keeps people coming back for more. It would be nice to think a new movie, with due care and attention, could continue to do that."

Quelle: scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com

[TomHorn]

Ach, 1-3 waren eigentlich alle recht unterhaltsam (naja der erste ruled ohne Ende, die anderen gingen gerade so durch)...
Ich habe aber die Befürchtung, dass das Remake in irgendeiner Wire-Fu-Scheiße ausarten wird, was die Story wirklich nicht verdient hätte... :(

[SFI]

Regiemann: Justin Lin

[freeman]

Na dann weiß man ja, in welche Richtung das Remake gehen wird ... Connor in nem Ferrari, Gegner in nem aufgemotzten Japaner, sie rasen aufeinander zu, driften und Connor hackt met dem Heck seines Ferraris dem Bäddie den Kopf ab

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freeman

[Dr Dolph]

So übel klingt das doch gar net, also das mit dem Ferrari
So sehr ich das auch hasse, aber ich wäre bei Highlander ja auch eher für einen Reboot gewesen :twisted:

[SFI]

ICM made the script deal for Marcum and Holloway, who shared credit on Marvel's Iron Man (the good one...) and just wrote the Highlander reboot for Summit Entertainment. The latter will start shooting next year under helmer Justin Lin whose Fast And Furious 5 is filming right now for Universal.

Quelle: deadline.com

[Alrik]

Wann immer ich den Beitrag hier wieder aktualisiert in der Liste sehe bekomm ich jedes mal ein leichtes Ziehen in der Magengegend. :?
Boah macht ein Remake von Highlander 4 mit einer ganz anderen Story ^^
Aber NICHT von Teil 1. Maximal vielleicht eine Special Edition mit besserer Bildqualität, wo die Seile wegretuschiert sind und, passend zu den späteren Filmen, noch die stylischen Blitze bei den Quickenings

[SFI]

After taking on vampires in Summit’s Twilight Saga, writer Melissa Rosenberg is tackling a different kind of immortal being: Scottish highlanders.
The scribe is in negotiations to come on board to work on the studio's remake of Highlander.

Quelle: THR.com

[Dr Dolph]

Oh Gott!
Highlander an Teens gerichtet?
Ich sehs schon kommen wie Robert Pattinson melancholisch durch die Gegend streift und Leute enthauptet weil er so traurig ist...

Ne jetzt mal Ernst, aber ist das wirklich eine gut Idee? Ich weiß natürlich nicht was sie aus dem Stoff machen will, aber ich denke schon das das vom Geschmack her irgendwie an die heutige Jugend angepasst sein wird und da kann nun mal nichts gutes raus kommen...

[StS]

Allgemein gesprochen: Das heißt doch echt nicht zwangsweise, dass das Projekt (stärker) auf Jugendliche ausgerichtet sein wird. Nur weil sie einige Folgen "the OC" und die "Twilight"-Adaptionen verfasst hat? Sie hat schließlich auch "Dexter" entscheidend geprägt - ist generell eine talentierte Drehbuchautorin...

[Dr Dolph]

Sie hat für O.C und Dexter geschrieben?
Ok ich hab nix gesagt...

[SFI]

Der gesetzte Justin Lin ist raus.

[StS]

Juan Carlos Fresnadillo is the Frontrunner to Direct Highlander
Source: Deadline, September 12, 2011

Spanish director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (28 Weeks Later, upcoming Intruders and The Crow) is in discussions to direct the Highlander reboot at Summit Entertainment and RCR Media Group, reports Deadline.

The director position became available when Justin Lin dropped out to make Fast Six for Universal Pictures.

In Highlander, after centuries of dueling to survive against others like him, Connor MacLeod, an immortal Scottish swordsman must confront the last of his kind, a murderously brutal barbarian, who lusts for the fabled Prize.

The original film starred Christopher Lambert and Sean Connery, while the syndicated TV series featured Adrian Paul.

Neal Moritz and Peter Davis are producing the new take, written by Art Marcum and Matt Holloway with a polish from Melissa Rosenberg ("The Twilight Saga").