British star Henry Cavill is adding ‘Highlander’ to the list of his big-budget fantasy projects. The actor, who plays ‘Superman’ in DC movies, essays the titular character in Netflix series ‘The Witcher’ and a gentle version of ‘Sherlock Holmes’ in film franchise ‘Enola Holmes’, has been cast in one of the lead roles in Lionsgate's reboot of fantasy action-adventure film ‘Highlander’.
‘John Wick’ director Chad Stahelski will be helming the film from a script by Kerry Williamson. Neal H Moritz and Josh Davis are producing the project. Executive producers are Amanda Lewis, Patrick Wachsberger and Gregory Widen.
The 1986 original movie featured actors Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery and Clancy Brown as immortal beings, hunting down each other to become more powerful. —Deadline
