Highlander, the Resource?

[ithildin]

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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[methos-fan.livejournal.com]

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.