The role of Connor MacLeod/Russell Nash is open? F*ck yes! Let's cast for Highlander! After only holding on to the role for roughly a year Ryan Reynolds is out as MacLeod. Director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo left last year, and Reynolds continued to hang on. Was he just a big fan? I guess without a new director on and lack of movement, Reynolds decided to exit the project. This most likely made fans of the original flick quite happy since many of them didn't care for the casting choice....
- 7/1/2013
- by Niki Stephens
- JoBlo.com
According to reports, screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg ("Twilight"), will reboot Summit Entertainment's "Highlander" movie franchise, from producer Neal H. Moritz and director Justin Lin ("Fast Five").
The original "Highlander" fantasy-action feature, budgeted at $16 million, from Thorn Emi Screen Entertainment and Highlander Productions Limited, distributed by 20th Century Fox, was released in 1986, directed by Russell Mulcahy and based on a story by Gregory Widen.
Starring actors Christopher Lambert as 'Connor MacLeod'/ 'Russell Nash', Sean Connery as 'Juan Sanchez Villa-Lobos Ramírez', Clancy Brown as' The Kurgan/'Victor Krugerand' and Roxanne Hart as 'Brenda Wyatt', depicted the climax of an ages-old battle between immortal warriors, focusing on an elaborately-interwoven past and present day storylines.
"...From the 'Dawn of Time' we came, moving silently down through the centuries, living many secret lives, struggling to reach the 'Time of the Gathering', when the few who remain will battle to the last. No...
The original "Highlander" fantasy-action feature, budgeted at $16 million, from Thorn Emi Screen Entertainment and Highlander Productions Limited, distributed by 20th Century Fox, was released in 1986, directed by Russell Mulcahy and based on a story by Gregory Widen.
Starring actors Christopher Lambert as 'Connor MacLeod'/ 'Russell Nash', Sean Connery as 'Juan Sanchez Villa-Lobos Ramírez', Clancy Brown as' The Kurgan/'Victor Krugerand' and Roxanne Hart as 'Brenda Wyatt', depicted the climax of an ages-old battle between immortal warriors, focusing on an elaborately-interwoven past and present day storylines.
"...From the 'Dawn of Time' we came, moving silently down through the centuries, living many secret lives, struggling to reach the 'Time of the Gathering', when the few who remain will battle to the last. No...
- 2/10/2011
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Highlander
Director's Cut
Blu-ray Edition
Directed by Russell Mulcahy
Starring Christopher Lambert, Clancy Brown, Sean Connery, Roxanne Hart
Lionsgate Home Entertainment
Release Date: November 2, 2010
There can only be one.
Even if you've never seen Highlander, chances are you've heard that phrase uttered countless times. It's the battle cry of the sword-wielding Immortals in the 1986 fantasy-action film, starring Christopher Lambert.
Lambert appears as Connor MacLeod, a young Scotsman in the year 1536 who one day meets his fate on the battlefield at the hands of the Kurgan (Clancy Brown), a massive Slavic warrior out to slice Connor's head from his neck. When Connor seemingly comes back to life after dying from his battle wounds, his superstitious clan banishes him, leaving him to build a new life for himself elsewhere. Five years later, a mysterious man named Ramirez (Sean Connery) seeks out Connor to become his mentor, explaining that they are of a...
Director's Cut
Blu-ray Edition
Directed by Russell Mulcahy
Starring Christopher Lambert, Clancy Brown, Sean Connery, Roxanne Hart
Lionsgate Home Entertainment
Release Date: November 2, 2010
There can only be one.
Even if you've never seen Highlander, chances are you've heard that phrase uttered countless times. It's the battle cry of the sword-wielding Immortals in the 1986 fantasy-action film, starring Christopher Lambert.
Lambert appears as Connor MacLeod, a young Scotsman in the year 1536 who one day meets his fate on the battlefield at the hands of the Kurgan (Clancy Brown), a massive Slavic warrior out to slice Connor's head from his neck. When Connor seemingly comes back to life after dying from his battle wounds, his superstitious clan banishes him, leaving him to build a new life for himself elsewhere. Five years later, a mysterious man named Ramirez (Sean Connery) seeks out Connor to become his mentor, explaining that they are of a...
- 11/14/2010
- by Empress Eve
- Geeks of Doom
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