Fantasy Highlander Remake

[Hunter Rider]

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=45313

There Can Only be One Highlander Remake
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
May 20, 2008


Summit Entertainment is bringing back to the big screen the 1986 sci-fi cult hit Highlander, with Iron Man co-writers Art Marcum and Matt Holloway on board to pen the redo, says The Hollywood Reporter.

The Russell Mulcahy-directed original starred Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery and Clancy Brown as immortal beings. Lambert played Scottish swordsman Connor MacLeod, Connery an Egyptian and Clancy a barbarian known as the Kurgan. The movie spawned four sequels and three television series.

Summit acquired the rights to remake the cult classic from Davis/Panzer Productions. Peter Davis, one of the original producers of the 1986 film, will also produce the new version of the film.

 

[SpideyLad]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Rezzo]

 

[SpideyLad]

What's gonna happen to the Queen soundtrack? Is it gonna be covered by new bands, used again, or just scraped?

 

[bullets]

this is probably the best move for the franchise. i've been looking forward to it . i'm not saying i prefer this of the original . i dont think the original could ever be topped. cmon it won the oscar for best movie ever.

however with the right people on board this might be decent .

 

[bullets]

What's gonna happen to the Queen soundtrack? Is it gonna be covered by new bands, used again, or just scraped?

breaking benjamin did a cover of "who wants to live forever" not too long ago .

 

[SpideyLad]

breaking benjamin did a cover of "who wants to live forever" not too long ago .

Then they must die!

 

[Hunter Rider]

this is probably the best move for the franchise. i've been looking forward to it . i'm not saying i prefer this of the original . i dont think the original could ever be topped. cmon it won the oscar for best movie ever.

Huh ?

 

[SpideyLad]

Huh ?

Yeah, cause that makes sense...

Highlander won no awards, that 'award' is from Talladega Nights...

 

[Hunter Rider]

Yeah, cause that makes sense...

Highlander won no awards, that 'award' is from Talladega Nights...

After 20 minutes i stopped paying attention to Talledga nights unless Leslie Bibb was onscreen.

 

[bullets]

oh yeah !

 

[SpideyLad]

After 20 minutes i stopped paying attention to Talledga nights unless Leslie Bibb was onscreen.

I have yet to see it...

I only found out that bit of information about Highlander thanks to Wikipedia.

 

[Nightmare]

Never saw the original but heard a lot about it.

 

[Riven]

Yeah, great idea, let's remake a movie that was hardly brilliant to begin with, spawned three amazingly bad sequels that made no sense whatsoever and a couple low-budget tv shows.

I mean, the first one is enjoyable and I loved it as a kid, but it's pretty much simple '80ies trash... which is cool, but doesn't need to be remade.

 

[Peyton Westlake]

Well, I think the movie idea has potential to be an epic. It depends on how much effort & creativity they put in it.

 

[Symbiotic]

I have a feeling this is gonna suck.

 

[DarkSuperman]

oh yeah !

Thank you baby Jesus! I think we've just found the new Amanda! t:

"The Highlander was a documentary filmed in real time"

Master Shake is awesome!

All I know is one thing. They BETTER use that music from Queen! WE'RE THE PRICES OF THE UNIVERSE!

I would sort of like to see a new highlander, maybe if the first one is cool we can get a new trilogy devoid of the ridiculousness and won't turn into the convoluted mess created by the first trilogy created by the first franchise.

Antonio Banderas as Ramirez t:

 

[Kent]

Great. I've wanted a Highlander-remake for a long time now. Hopefully it'll be done well.

 

[Lighthouse]

Yeah, great idea, let's remake a movie that was hardly brilliant to begin with, spawned three amazingly bad sequels that made no sense whatsoever and a couple low-budget tv shows.

I mean, the first one is enjoyable and I loved it as a kid, but it's pretty much simple '80ies trash... which is cool, but doesn't need to be remade.

Actually I think its a great idea. I think bad movies should be remade. I'm usually against remakes, but I think remaking Highlander is a great idea.

 

[Why Are You Crouching Spock?]

I'd rather they did what superman returns done and scrap the other movies and continue with an independent type story that continues after the first one.

 

[BatJeff7786]

Yeah, great idea, let's remake a movie that was hardly brilliant to begin with, spawned three amazingly bad sequels that made no sense whatsoever and a couple low-budget tv shows.

I mean, the first one is enjoyable and I loved it as a kid, but it's pretty much simple '80ies trash... which is cool, but doesn't need to be remade.

I'd prefer that they try to make a bad movie better than an already good movie again (i.e. The original Halloween). Highlander is a good concept that managed to always suck (minus the first movie), so I welcome it.

 

[Octoberist]

there's too many remakes now: highlander, red dawn, and Robocop? what? I don't mind a Flash Gordon remake (it's based on an old pulp source anyway) but why remake 80s stuff? why why why?

 

[Morg]

doesn't need a remake, nothing wrong with the orginal

 

[Symbiotic]

I'd rather they did what superman returns done and scrap the other movies and continue with an independent type story that continues after the first one.

Heck, then watch 2-4. Every one of those acknowledged the events of only the first movie.

 

[Alexia Dark]

Hmm... as long as it doesn't suck.

*crosses fingers*