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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Once upon a time there seemed very little movement in news about the Highlander reboot, but with filming almost ready to start, the casting announcements seem to be arriving fairly quickly. Earlier this week we heard that Djimon Gaston Hounsou was being signed for an unnamed role (speculation suggests...
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It looks like one of the final major pieces of the Highlander reboot is falling into place with the news that Djimon Hounsou has joined the cast. Maybe that should be ‘kast’ as the first indications are that the actor could be playing the role of Sunda Kastagir –...
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“The dialect coach can sit this one out…” Karen Gillan on twitter/X As filming of the Highlander reboot gets closer and closer, the casting announcements continue and the Hollywood Reporter was the first outlet to formally state that Doctor Who and Guardians of the Galaxy star Karen Gillan is...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Once upon a time there seemed very little movement in news about the Highlander reboot, but with filming almost ready to start, the casting announcements seem to be arriving fairly quickly. Earlier this week we heard that Djimon Gaston Hounsou was being signed for an unnamed role (speculation suggests...
It looks like one of the final major pieces of the Highlander reboot is falling into place with the news that Djimon Hounsou has joined the cast. Maybe that should be ‘kast’ as the first indications are that the actor could be playing the role of Sunda Kastagir –...
“The dialect coach can sit this one out…” Karen Gillan on twitter/X As filming of the Highlander reboot gets closer and closer, the casting announcements continue and the Hollywood Reporter was the first outlet to formally state that Doctor Who and Guardians of the Galaxy star Karen Gillan is...