Last year “John Wick” franchise director Chad Stahelski revealed he was involved in the reboot of the “Highlander” action-fantasy franchise. Since then however there has been little movement on the project and Stahelski has been occupied directing “John Wick: Chapter 3” opening in May.
This week the filmmaker insisted that he still wants to bring a new version of the property to the big screen, and right now his attention is being torn between it and another project as his post-John Wick 3 follow-up. He tells EW:
“I still very much want to go in and do Highlander. I’m a huge fan of a property I’m involved in, and working on the script now, called Sandman Slim, which I f—ing really really like. It’s a (fantasy) book series by Richard Kadrey. We’re working on the script right now. So, between those two projects, I feel very fortunate.”
Russell Mulcahy’s “Highlander” released in 1986 starred Christopher Lambert as an immortal Scottish warrior who can only be killed by decapitation and Sean Connery as his mentor. Numerous sequels and TV series followed.
