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The ‘Highlander’ reboot with Henry Cavill and ‘John Wick’s director has a date for the start of filming
Chad Stahelski, the director of the ‘John Wick’ series, has revealed new details about the upcoming reboot of ‘Highlander’ starring Henry Cavill.
The reboot of ‘Highlander’ with Henry Cavill is progressing at a nice pace, with the production officially starting filming in Scotland on January 2025. Directed by Chad Stahelski, who was behind all four of the ‘John Wick’ movies known for their outstanding action and stunt work, this actor and director combo has been extremely promising ever since it was revealed. And that’s before we knew that Cavill had been training with swords again for several months already.
According to Stahelski himself (via Collider), the ‘Highlander’ reboot will begin filming in Scotland in January 2025, with the director already finalizing location scouting in the country. According to the him, he’s looking to find a balance between the sword fighting of the original with his unique style of action scenes, which will be one of the highlights of the film.
“I’ll keep it to the core,” he said. “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”
Both the director and Cavill have revealed that they’re fans of the original films, so it’s still to be seen how much of the original’s identity will be maintained when the reboot is finally released. But for now, filming is yet to start, and casting is still underway to find the rest of the members who will accompany Cavill in this new project.
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