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For as much cash as possible, it would seem:
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.
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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.
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Date: 2008-05-20 10:59 pm (UTC)From:*Dies* Oh Gods, I can already see the fanfic in my mind - fandom would explode, like a great big explody thing!
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Date: 2008-05-20 11:01 pm (UTC)From:[snorfle]
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Date: 2008-05-20 10:09 pm (UTC)From:The fanboys should be happy.
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Date: 2008-05-20 10:13 pm (UTC)From:...that's really all I can think of to say about this.
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Date: 2008-05-20 10:25 pm (UTC)From:HL Remake
Date: 2008-05-31 05:19 pm (UTC)From:This made me laugh. It is of course the answer! A big-screen re-release of the respected original would be perfectly nice and make some money -- but it can't make scads of money in an unending franchise, as perhaps a remake designed for sequels can.
Oh, I hope they don't screw it up.
Thanks for posting about it. I would not yet have this news if I had not read it on your LJ.
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Date: 2008-05-20 10:29 pm (UTC)From:Remakes of ANYTHING anymore: do not want.
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Date: 2008-05-20 10:57 pm (UTC)From:I'd settle for a remake of The Source that didn't make me want to gouge my eyes out. ;)
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Date: 2008-05-20 11:13 pm (UTC)From:(Yeah, that's all I got.)
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Date: 2008-05-20 11:31 pm (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2008-05-21 12:03 am (UTC)From:There can be only One - what happens when Immortals choose to ignore that Rule? A small group led by Duncan MacLeod choose to do so, and find out the consequences.
Years later, the Game is unresolved, and a new generation of Immortals is appearing. A man by the name of Aidan* MacLeod (played by Brendan Fraser**, perhaps) makes his way from the Scottish Highlands to NYC in search of answers. There he finds a teacher, one of the last of the Old Immortals, someone who's seen it all before - a man called Methos.
*I think Aidan is an Irish name rather than Scottish, but that's the name that came to mind.
**Brendan's yummy, and mentioning Chris Lambert has me thinkin' Blue Eyes.
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Date: 2008-05-21 12:05 am (UTC)From:Why? Dear God, why?
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Date: 2008-05-21 12:09 am (UTC)From:So color me not surprised
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Date: 2008-05-21 04:00 am (UTC)From:Seriously, if the remake's target audience is 14-18 yo male, then count me out.
Wonder how many children 'Conner' will have?
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Date: 2008-05-21 05:41 am (UTC)From:I can't believe they would do such a dumb thing. Has Peter Davis nothing else to do with his time? Has he no other projects? The only way the original could be better than it was, is if they got rid of all the modern bits, and made the movie with just the flashback story and added more. Does that make sense?
Also, which 3 tv series did it spawn? There's HL:ts and the Raven. What am I forgetting? Are they talking about the cartoon series?
So, I just read the whole story on the Hollywood Reporter. This doesn't sound so bad:
Davis said the new "Highlander" will not just be a remake but will incorporate more backstory elements and prequel aspects that will be fleshed out to expand the story line in a way that is inventive yet faithful to the original story.
Puts a whole different slant on it for me.
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Date: 2008-05-22 01:25 am (UTC)From:If it is well written and cast, it has the potential to breathe new life and generate new fans....but, it they F--K this up, I believe the franchise will finally die and it will alienate what diehard fans are still around.
I am seriously hoping for Awesomeness!!!
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