HIGHLANDER Reboot Production Pushed To 2026 As Star Henry Cavill Suffers Training Injury

HIGHLANDER Reboot Production Pushed To 2026 As Star Henry Cavill Suffers Training Injury

The Highlander reboot was scheduled to begin shooting later this year, but production has been hit with a delay due to star Henry Cavill suffering a training injury...

By MarkCassidy - Sep 12, 2025 06:09 AM EST
Filed Under: Sci-Fi
Source: Via SFF Gazette.com

Chad Stahelski's Highlander reboot was scheduled to begin filming over the next few weeks, but the project has now been hit with a setback after its lead actor suffered an injury.

According to EW, Man of Steel and The Witcher star Henry Cavill was hurt while training for his role as immortal warrior Connor MacLeod. The extent of his injury is not known, but the trade believes that production will now be pushed to early next year.

Joining Cavill will be Dave Bautista (Guardians of the Galaxy,  Dune, Blade Runner 2049) as The Kurgan, who was memorably brought to life by Clancy Brown in the '80s movie. Russell Crowe is also on board as MacLeod's mentor and fellow immortal warrior, Ramirez, who was played by Sean Connery in the 1986 original.

Industry actress Marisa Abela will play the female lead, with Karen Gillan as Connor's wife Heather, and Djimon Hounsou as an "immortal African warrior."

Stahelski recently revealed some changes to the original movie's timeline.

“We’re bringing it forward from the early 1500s in the highlands to the beyond present-day New York and Hong Kong, and seeing how it goes,” he said. “There’s big opportunity for action. There’s a chance to play a character that not a lot of people get to play. And it’s a bit of a love story, but not how you think. On John Wick, I learned a lot on how to bend the storytelling a little… another kind of myth.“

Michael Finch penned the script for the remake, with Scott Stuber and Nick Nesbitt on board as producers alongside Neal H. Moritz, Stahelski’s 87Eleven Entertainment, Josh Davis of Davis Panzer Productions, and Louise Rosner.

Plot details are still under wraps, but it sounds like this is going to be a fairly direct remake. At the very least, we expect it to stick to the basic premise of the original: A race of immortals do battle across time with the ultimate goal of emerging as the sole survivor (decapitation gets the job done) and claiming the prize of mortality. In the end, there can be only one.

The original Highlander spawned a series of inferior sequels and a TV show, which was mostly well-regarded by fans.

The project was initially set up at Lionsgate, but jumped ship to Amazon MGM Studios’ United Artists earlier this year.

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MuadDib
MuadDib - 9/12/2025, 7:05 AM
I have trepidations about this remake. First I hope Henry is ok and it’s not too severe. I hope Russell Crowe drops some serious weight, an obese Ramirez would be very off putting. A bulked up Batista would have been more threatening, thought Ill admit Batista does have range, we’ll see how he pulls off the villain vibe while being “smaller” than he was. Ironically, Henry has the opposite issue in that I feel it’s too big for the role. Lastly, I hope a good deal of the movie is spent in the 1500’s, the movie really needs to be grounded in the past to pull off the immortal schtick.
elgaz
elgaz - 9/12/2025, 7:36 AM
@MuadDib - Agree on all points. I would have preferred Joe Manganiello for Kurgan but hopefully Bautista will do the role justice.

I'd like to see plenty of 1500s, but also more of the years in between - we had a couple of flashbacks in the original film to 18th century France and WW2, but I always felt it was wasted potential not to show more of what went on in the hundreds of years between Connor becoming immortal and present day.

re: Russell Crowe - you'll be glad to hear he's lost weight already. I listened to a podcast with him last year where he said he had been pretty relaxed about his eating and fitness but he was going to make an effort to drop the lbs, and he seems to have done that in the months since then.

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Reginator
Reginator - 9/12/2025, 7:39 AM
@MuadDib - loved the original, my friends and I watched it in college countless times. I too am worried henry is too big for conner. he was the underdog that didnt have the strength or savagery of the kurgan.
Bucky74
Bucky74 - 9/12/2025, 11:30 AM
@MuadDib - Agreed. I’m a huge fan of the original so I’ve been waiting for this film but it almost seems cursed at this point. Bummed we have to wait longer. Batista will never match Clancy Brown but let’s see what he can do here. Bring on the Queen soundtrack and “Princes Of The Universe” There can be only one!
Reginator
Reginator - 9/12/2025, 7:41 AM
the sliver of the sword was not left in a car, it was in one of the support columns.
Feralwookiee
Feralwookiee - 9/12/2025, 7:59 AM
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This movie has been in developmental hell for DECADES, what's another year at that point?
I have a feeling this is gonna turn out like that recent Crow remake. 🤢
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 9/12/2025, 8:23 AM
Damn that sucks , hope Cavill gets better soon!!.

I wonder with the schedule being likely shuffled around now that we’ll get some cast members dropping out due to conflicts with other projects & such or not?.

I personally hope not since I’ve been liking the cast being assembled for this so far but we’ll see.

Anyway , looking forward to this and hope it turns out well!!.
JackDeth
JackDeth - 9/12/2025, 8:31 AM
Training accident = they realized he can't act and need to find a way to replace him.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 9/12/2025, 8:47 AM
@JackDeth - Cavill may not have alot of range but I think what he does such as stoic and brooding as some examples , he does well so I could see him as the lead of this.

Plus this might test that range a bit and see if he could play an immortal warrior who’s lived a long life and lost alot.
JackDeth
JackDeth - 9/12/2025, 9:22 AM
@TheVisionary25 - Sure. Maybe, but he's plenty of practice to get better and he doesn't. I did like him in MI:FALLOUT, but he had very few lines.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 9/12/2025, 9:30 AM
@JackDeth - fair enough , acting is subjective to an extent

I have seen I feel a decent amount of his performances and he can play charming , & warm aswell as stoic & brooding badass so I feel he could pull it off.
FinnishDude
FinnishDude - 9/12/2025, 8:33 AM
Just replace him. His stuntman could probably give a better performance than he ever has in his entire career.
Forthas
Forthas - 9/12/2025, 9:29 AM
Since this was turned into a comic series this may be the CBM of 2027. The cast is stellar...even though I am not too happy with casting Dave Bautista as Kurgan, and the action promises to be epic. I cannot wait.
Bucky74
Bucky74 - 9/12/2025, 11:32 AM
@Forthas - The series was great too. RIP Stan Kirtch
hue66
hue66 - 9/12/2025, 10:01 AM
I liked how the original went back and forth between past and present and even the effects and how they transitioned between past and present scenes. The past was interesting and gave context to the present. Not sure how I'll like the one time period setting.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 9/12/2025, 10:07 AM
Henry's hurt?!
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Hope his chin and man muscles are okay. If he's goes Earth's manliness depletes by like 30%.

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