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'Highlander' Reboot to start filming January 2025 in Scotland

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During an interview with Collider's Steve Weintraub at the Mediterranean Film Festival in Malta, Stahelski shared insights into this exciting new chapter. Last year, Stahelski told Collider that he was aiming to have the film in production within a year, so he wasn't too far off, as he recently told Weintraub:
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"We start shooting in January in Scotland, that's why I go right after I leave. I go to Scotland on Monday to do the final location scout."
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"I'll keep it to the core. Most audiences, I'll use the gun analogy, most of what you know about gunfights or car chases, because most of us don't get involved in gun fights, or car chases, or sword fights, we learn through movies. And what those movies show you is about 95% bullshit. You don't fight 50 guys with your bare hands and then walk away, but it's fun. It's wish fulfillment. So John Wick, we know it's a cartoon — I know it's not — but we also have fun with it. But we do tactical reloads, we try to do fire manipulations, stuff like the professionals do, the military do. But then we have fun with it, you know? Sword work is very much the same."

"Swords, to me, are of one of the trickiest things to do in fight scenes, because if I mess up too much with the firearm, the muzzle flashes are digital," he added. "So we don't have to worry about hurting anyone. When we do car stuff, that's also a big concern. But there's ways now, cables that take some of the hazards out for the cast." He went on to explain that with "Swords, it's a little trickier because now I got to trust that my actors are swinging this piece of metal at each other, and hopefully not gonna take their eyes out or stab somebody. Every sword movie, somebody gets poked or hit on the head or something like that. It takes a little bit more skill and a little bit more dedication. So that's always a concern."
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View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEJ8lpCQbyw
 
GDGF

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I'm cool with this one. Highlander needs a reboot. Timeless concept.
 
Wrexis

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It's a fun concept. Been hearing about this for years but glad it's going ahead.
 
Yerffej

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I'm surprised there hasn't been more reboots over the years. It's a fun concept and you can play it out over many timelines.
 

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Wish them all the best, but they won't even touch the og OST, which was amazing. Qeen's Princes of the Universe was, is and will forever be a banger.
 
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Soj

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Still here hoping Cavill will play the Kurgan and not MacLeod.
 
Ld007

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I love the films, (even every cut of 2) but it could be awesome if they go hard on the mystic and bad ass sword fights
 
JJD

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Is this guy really going to try to convince us that you can't shoot this movie with sword props made of plastic or something else and just change it on post to make it look more realistic?

You could even put something soft on the tip to avoid poking someone's eye.
 
Wrexis

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JJD said:
Is this guy really going to try to convince us that you can't shoot this movie with sword props made of plastic or something else and just change it on post to make it look more realistic?

You could even put something soft on the tip to avoid poking someone's eye.
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I mean if you don't want to spend money on CG, then yeah?
 
Soap

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Yeah, I agree Highlander is a great concept and one that could easily be rebooted. The original Highlander is not that great despite it's cult status (and let's not talk about the sequels, tv shows etc) so it's not that high a bar to be better than the original.
 
Shopolic

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I haven't seen the original movies, but looked at Wikipedia and surprised by those box office numbers:

Highlander:
Budget: 19m
Box Office: 12.8m

Highlander 2:
Budget: 34m
Box Office: 15.6m

Highlander 3:
Budget: 26-34m
Box Office: 36.7m

It seems they did great in home video though (and then TV series) and maybe that was the biggest reason to continue these movies, right?
 
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xendless

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I love the original movie, but I feel like this has struggled to come to pass so long for a reason
 
Dan Thunder

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Is it still Henry Cavill? Be interesting who he's up against as in the 1st film the Kurgan was physically imposing compared to Connor and Cavill ain't exactly small!

I'm hoping that he puts on a French accent throughout the film just for laughs.
 
Nakenorm

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So its actually happening? Well damn, I'll m actually excited!
 
Strings

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I continue to think Stahelski is all wrong for this. The fighting that he'll likely foreground is by far the least interesting aspect of Highlander. It's the juicy 'immortal builds his own museum, saves a girl from Nazis and watches her grow into an old woman, plus has messy drunken duels that thoroughly confuse the people giving him what should be mortal wounds' shit that works and is the actual strength of the concept.
 
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