Director Cedric Nicolas-Troyan Offers An Update On That ‘Highlander’ Reboot
The Huntsman: Winter’s Warwasn’t originally going to beCedric Nicolas-Troyan’s feature directorial debut. The former visual-effects supervisor and second-unit director onSnow White and the Huntsmanwas first set to direct theHighlanderreboot, which, over the years, has had plenty of directors and talent involved that have come and gone.
Nicolas-Troyan confirmed with us he’s still attached to the film. Learn more about theHighlanderreboot below.
The Huntsman: Winter’s Wardirector has beena partof the project for two and a half years now. FollowingRyan Reynoldsand directorJuan Carlos Fresnadillo’s (28 Weeks Later)departure, Nicolas-Troyan stepped in. The plan was to get the script polished and ready for a 2014 shoot, but that plan never materialized. At the time, the director hadthisto say about the reboot:
The 1986 film, which Nicolas-Troyan is a big fan of, led to multiple TV series and a total of seven movies. However, the director is more interested in exploring the characters and ideas found in the first movie, which is about an immortal warrior, Connor MacLeod (originally played byChristopher Lambert), who must defeat Kurgan to win The Prize, the power of all immortals that have ever lived.
While speaking with Nicolas-Troyan, he gave us aHighlanderreboot update:
As far as I know… I’ve been working on this movie for quite a while. I’m still involved in it, very much so. In fact, I just talked about it yesterday with Lionsgate. You know, there are going to be some surprises there, for sure. I’m going to say that it’s very close to the original story, but there will be surprises. The characters you love in the first movie are back. There are definitely some changes, for sure.
We haven’t heard any real news about theHighlanderreboot since over a year ago.Guardians of the Galaxy’sDave Bautistawasrumoredfor the lead villain role, Immortal Kurgan, played byClancy Brownin the originalHighlander. Perhaps it was nothing more than a rumor or a deal was never struck.
Currently no actors that we know of are attached to the film, but according to Nicolas-Troyan, thisHighlanderreboot, which we’ve beenwriting aboutsince 2008, is still alive.
