• NOT FADE AWAY. BAUTISTA’S ‘KURGAN’ IS ON LOCATION…

    After a drought over the last year or so, there’s finally a LOT of news about the Highlander reboot. With the film lensing in the UK and in exterior locations, it was inevitable that we’d finally get to see some more of the characters. After glimpses of Henry Cavill...
  • ‘OFF WITH HIS HEAD?’ REBOOT FILMS AT TOWER OF LONDON…

    With filming now firmly underway, we’re getting more glimpses and ideas of how some elements of Highlander are coming together. One of the locations of the reboot – directed by Chad Stahelski – appears to be at the Tower of London where Henry Cavill was on set alongside Jeremy...
  • AT LAST: FIRST HIGHLANDER IMAGES FROM SET OF REBOOT…

    While there were probably some fans of Highlander who wondered if the reboot would ever get into production (because of a decade of delays, involving creative rewrites, pandemics and injuries), we now have proof-positive that filming is finally underway. Star Henry Cavill posted two images from the set showing...
  • GREY MATTERS? MCKIDD & MORE JOIN HIGHLANDER REBOOT…

    The Highlander reboot has been on the cards for a long time. Over fifteen years ago, Kevin McKidd’s name was in the ring as a contender for the lead role. (HLWW‘s John Mosby spoke to him at the Brave premiere in 2012 and he said he hadn’t even been...
  • RUSSELL CROWE ON BENEFIT OF ‘HIGHLANDER’ DELAY…

    Without revealing too many details about the forthcoming Highlander reboot, Russell Crowe has noted that co-star Henry Cavill’s recent leg injury and the subsequent delay it has led to in filming, might have worked in Crowe’s favour given the short amount of limited prep time the veteran actor has...
  • YASS, QUEEN! ‘STRANGER THINGS’ NABS HIGHLANDER LAMENT…

    Though we usually post information directly about Highlander, especially the upcoming reboot, we would be remiss if we didn’t note the newly-released trailer for the upcoming final season of Stranger Things. Why? Because the series, set in the 1980s, has regularly used cultural touchstones to help ground it firmly...
  • IRONED MAN? WILL JEREMY BE A FAMILIAR ‘WATCHER’?

    When Chad Stahleski became involved in rebooting the Highlander concept he made no secret of the fact that he saw it as an opportunity to look not just at the idea presented in the original movie, but also aspects of the franchise that came later – including characters or...
  • WIN, LOSE or DREW? WWE’s McINTYRE SET TO BE BROTHER IN ARMS…

    The Highlander franchise has a long association with professional wrestling. The original film introduced us to a modern Connor Macleod watching a wrestling match at Madison Square Garden, Roddy Piper was a guest-star on the series and in the film Highlander: Endgame, we have an appearance by Andrew Copeland...
  • REBOOT DELAYED: WHAT IMMORTAL HAND OR… LEG?

    While fans have been getting excited by the imminent filming of the Highlander reboot, there’s also been the underlying cynicism that the film has had a troubled journey from idea to potentially-fully-in-production project and might yet hit more turbulence… and so there might have been a reluctant sigh with...