Henry Cavill To Star in Lionsgate's HIGHLANDER Reboot

Man of Steel" and "The Witcher" star Henry Cavill is in talks for one of the lead roles in Lionsgate's reboot of "Highlander" that will be directed by Chad Stahelski ("John Wick"). The latest draft of the script is penned by Kerry Williamson ("What Happened to Monday", "Alex Cross").

The original 1986 film starred Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery and Clancy Brown as immortal beings who hunted each other down in order to collect more power. The franchise, which includes four sequels and three TV series, is famous for the iconic tagline "There can be only one".

The plot of this latest take is unknown, as is whether Cavill will be playing a brand new character to the universe or a character from previous projects. The reboot has been gestating for a while with everyone from Ryan Reynolds to Justin Lin involved at some point

Neal H. Moritz, Josh Davis and David Leitch are on board to produce. Amanda Lewis, Patrick Wachsberger and Gregory Widen will executive produce.

Cavill can next be seen in the second season of the Netflix series "The Witcher" and he recently signed up to play Sherlock Holmes again in "Enola Holmes 2"

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