Highlander remake

don ramo

god i cant believe their proceeding with this, and on top of it all ryan reynolds is due to play the lead,

http://www.empireonline.com/news/feed.asp?NID=34395

there is no way in hell reynolds could pass as a scotsman, he should seriously consider getting back with his wife he seemed to pick some of his best roles when he was with her, and though she keeps rising hes just keeps falling and falling since they split,

i wonder woud connery be interested in playing remirez again

GAAman

don ramo wrote: »

god i cant believe their proceeding with this, and on top of it all ryan reynolds is due to play the lead,

http://www.empireonline.com/news/feed.asp?NID=34395

there is no way in hell reynolds could pass as a scotsman, he should seriously consider getting back with his wife he seemed to pick some of his best roles when he was with her, and though she keeps rising hes just keeps falling and falling since they split,

i wonder woud connery be interested in playing remirez again

I agree with everything else, except you do realise Christopher Lambert is American, or French depending on how you look at it?

Ah Empire, truly they go out of their way to ensure that their articles are of the highest standard. For years I've been under the impression that Starship Troopers was a product of 1997 but Empire correctly points out in two seperate articles that it is in face a classic slice of 80s sci fi.

I think you can forgive the accents in Highlander as it's pointed out repeatedly that they have lived in numerous countries around the world over the centuries and as such the wandering accents are much easier to accept.

Bullseye1

Ryan Reynolds seems to be the go to guy for everything in Hollywood.

chin_grin

Deleted User wrote: »

Ah Empire, truly they go out of their way to ensure that their articles are of the highest standard. For years I've been under the impression that Starship Troopers was a product of 1997 but Empire correctly points out in two seperate articles that it is in fact a classic slice of 80s sci fi.

REALLY!?

:eek:

(Can you post links? I really hate Empire).

I'm going to get laughed at for this, but I think the best 'reboot' of the Highlander series is the anime.

As with any reboot/remake I hope they do the original justice.

GAAman

Deleted User wrote: »

I think you can forgive the accents in Highlander as it's pointed out repeatedly that they have lived in numerous countries around the world over the centuries and as such the wandering accents are much easier to accept.

I would agree there except that would not account for Lambert's wandering accent at the start of the film

MaxSteele

Gerard Butler would be a much better candidate for this role.

WatchWolf

don ramo wrote: »

god i cant believe their proceeding with this, and on top of it all ryan reynolds is due to play the lead,

http://www.empireonline.com/news/feed.asp?NID=34395

there is no way in hell reynolds could pass as a scotsman, he should seriously consider getting back with his wife he seemed to pick some of his best roles when he was with her, and though she keeps rising hes just keeps falling and falling since they split,

i wonder woud connery be interested in playing remirez again

Hollywood always does this. They get some young actor who everyone hates and tries to make him into a star by forcing him down every one's throats.

chin_grin

chin_grin wrote: »

REALLY!?

:eek:

(Can you post links? I really hate Empire).

I'm going to get laughed at for this, but I think the best 'reboot' of the Highlander series is the anime.

As with any reboot/remake I hope they do the original justice.

They refer to it as 80s cinema here and here


The anime was great, shame that we have yet to see the sequel that was promised. They managed to update the concept in an original and interesting manner that was leagues ahead of any of the sequels.

Mickeroo

Not bothered about accents in this, connery as an egyptian spaniard and a scots man with a french accent in the original, still loved the movie regardless :P

Reynolds is a good actor but wouldn't really have him pegged as a Conor McLeod. They should give it to Ray Park imo, he's scottish and can kick arse!!

chin_grin

Mickeroo wrote: »

They should give it to Ray Park imo, he's scottish and can kick arse!!

Agree to an extent. The downside is that it'd be over-choreographed and wirelined-cgi'd to bejaysus....probably more so at this stage!

A2LUE42

chin_grin wrote: »

Agree to an extent. The downside is that it'd be over-choreographed and wirelined-cgi'd to bejaysus....probably more so at this stage!

Don't forget the 3D !!

chin_grin

A2LUE42 wrote: »

Don't forget the 3D !!

Oh f*ck...:(

norrie rugger

OK I will bite.

No to the reboot.... There can be only ONE!!

spankmaster2000

I feel that this is an appropriate time to quote from "Talladega Nights"

Ricky Bobby: Wow. I feel like I'm Highlander!
Jean Girard: [Jean chuckles, confused] What is the Highlander?
Ricky Bobby: It's a movie. It won the Academy Award.
Jean Girard: Oh for what?
Ricky Bobby: Best movie ever made.

I'm ok with a re-make; just as long as Ryan Reynolds has nothing to do with it.

What's the name of the anime that you guys were talking about?

Mickeroo

spankmaster2000 wrote: »

I feel that this is an appropriate time to quote from "Talladega Nights"




I'm ok with a re-make; just as long as Ryan Reynolds has nothing to do with it.

What's the name of the anime that you guys were talking about?

I'm guessing it's this one: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highlander:_The_Search_for_Vengeance

Hadn't heard of it before, must give it a look.

JP Liz V1

I know he mightnt have the height but James McAvoy would be my choice

norrie rugger

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

I know he mightnt have the height but James McAvoy would be my choice

Look, I'll do it.
6'1", dirty Celtic red hair and can do as least as well a scottish accent as Lambert or Reynolds!

don ramo

Mickeroo wrote: »

I'm guessing it's this one: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highlander:_The_Search_for_Vengeance

Hadn't heard of it before, must give it a look.

could be this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRQHOc2gS-M

or maybe this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dC7_COSRIR8

norrie rugger

norrie rugger wrote: »

OK I will bite.

No to the reboot.... There can be only ONE!!

Be a bit more timely if you could travel back 20 or so years before the 4 sequels, the two tv shows, the animated show and the anime. Hopefully if they do a reboot of the franchise they can work on the mythos and create one which they stick with for any sequels and simply rewrite the rules for each film.

Sad Professor

Reynolds is totally wrong for this. The only reason the first Highlander worked at all was because Lambert comes across like a creepy weirdo with a strange accent, which is exactly how I'd expect a guy who has been alive for 400 years to act. All this was lost in the subsequent films/shows as the character became too familiar.

chughes

Will they still use Queen's songs? They were an integral part of the original film.

norrie rugger

Deleted User wrote: »

Be a bit more timely if you could travel back 20 or so years before the 4 sequels, the two tv shows, the animated show and the anime. Hopefully if they do a reboot of the franchise they can work on the mythos and create one which they stick with for any sequels and simply rewrite the rules for each film.

Still all in the one universe. Anyway, the sequels never happened.

Ridley

Mickeroo wrote: »

I'm guessing it's this one: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highlander:_The_Search_for_Vengeance

Hadn't heard of it before, must give it a look.

Well it's better than The Source.

As a lover of the original I'm more or less fine with a reboot in theory. Oh I expect this version will be lousy (script review from circa 2009 here) but I think it might have been better to revitalise the franchise and concept by starting again with a(nother) TV series. One which doesn't have flashbacks that are superfluous to an episode's plot simply because they stuck to the same format every week.

Sleepy

I was a big fan of the original and the TV series as a teenager. The sequels were utter tosh though.

Darko, when you say two tv shows are you referring to the series' move to Paris? Or was there a different series than the one featuring Duncan McLeod? I remember it very distinctly changed in tone towards the later episodes and became as much about the watchers etc. but had always assumed that was akin to Baywatch and "New Baywatch" i.e. a change of production company etc. rather than there being two distinct shows...

I like Ryan Reynolds in disposable comedy films, can't imagine him doing Conor McLeod justice but I'll certainly still watch it out of fond memorys for the original series. Expect a scathing review at some point. lol

Sad Professor

There was a spin-off show called Highlander: The Raven.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

Sad Professor wrote: »

There was a spin-off show called Highlander: The Raven.

no

there wasn't.

we all clear on that?

there wasn't.

Sleepy

Sleepy wrote: »

I was a big fan of the original and the TV series as a teenager. The sequels were utter tosh though.

Darko, when you say two tv shows are you referring to the series' move to Paris? Or was there a different series than the one featuring Duncan McLeod? I remember it very distinctly changed in tone towards the later episodes and became as much about the watchers etc. but had always assumed that was akin to Baywatch and "New Baywatch" i.e. a change of production company etc. rather than there being two distinct shows...

I like Ryan Reynolds in disposable comedy films, can't imagine him doing Conor McLeod justice but I'll certainly still watch it out of fond memorys for the original series. Expect a scathing review at some point. lol

As Sad Professor posted it was Highlander: The Raven I was referring to, easily the low point in the franchise and as you can imagine it was very, very, very badly done trash.

FrostyJack

Deleted User wrote: »

As Sad Professor posted it was Highlander: The Raven I was referring to, easily the low point in the franchise and as you can imagine it was very, very, very badly done trash.

Raven is the only non-Highlander product I haven't scene, and if it was the low point I don't wanna see it!!!!!!

kryogen

I like Reynolds, thought he was good in Buried as well as some of his other comedic roles, but I would be amazed if he pulled this off with credibility

Andy Gravity

chughes wrote: »

Will they still use Queen's songs? They were an integral part of the original film.

A classic soundtrack, check out this interview done back in March with the director. He speaks about using "some kind of Queen cover"....

spankmaster2000

A lady by the name of Melissa Rosenberg is supposed to be writing the script for this.

Take a look at her IMDB credentials...

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0742279/

Sleepy

Even Dexter being there isn't enough to excuse the True Love Waits / Anti-Abortion turds that feature sparkly vampires...

Andy Gravity

Andy Gravity wrote: »

He speaks about using "some kind of Queen cover"....

A cover like this classic they used in The Source.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nr4F7Jmafj0

ziedth

spankmaster2000 wrote: »

A lady by the name of Melissa Rosenberg is supposed to be writing the script for this.

Take a look at her IMDB credentials...

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0742279/

:eek: that is like a who's who of terrible writing....

I feel I am the only one alive who likes Ryan Reynolds. He's been in some Turkey's granted but I'd imagine he'll be well able for the swordplay and he's far from a bad actor. If anything it can't be worse then Highlander 2.

don ramo

ziedth wrote: »

:eek: that is like a who's who of terrible writing....

I feel I am the only one alive who likes Ryan Reynolds. He's been in some Turkey's granted but I'd imagine he'll be well able for the swordplay and he's far from a bad actor. If anything it can't be worse then Highlander 2.

i really wish you didnt say that :D

i like reynolds myself, i have no problem with him, i just think going by some of his other action films where he was the lead character he didnt really impress me,

green lantern was clearly his low point action wise and safe house was probably his best, and TBH i wasnt to impressed with safe house, he seems to be better in comedies and romcoms, maybe hell prove me wrong,

Mickeroo

don ramo wrote: »

i really wish you didnt say that :D

i like reynolds myself, i have no problem with him, i just think going by some of his other action films where he was the lead character he didnt really impress me,

green lantern was clearly his low point action wise and safe house was probably his best, and TBH i wasnt to impressed with safe house, he seems to be better in comedies and romcoms, maybe hell prove me wrong,

Have you seen Buried? well worth a look if you haven't and probably his best role by far imho.

Sleepy

Was just talking about this with the other half. How come we can identify Clive Owen as a great choice to play McLeod but Hollywood producers choose a guy best suited to rom-coms and get someone who writes tweeny bopper bull**** to do the script?

chin_grin

Sleepy wrote: »

Was just talking about this with the other half. How come we can identify Clive Owen as a great choice to play McLeod but Hollywood producers choose a guy best suited to rom-coms and get someone who writes tweeny bopper bull**** to do the script?

I dunno about that bit, have you seen the remake of Amityville Horror? He was quite good/evil in that...until they threw in that stupid scene with him chopping wood...shirtless. Like, ewmahgawd sooooo hawwwwt!

Sleepy

Rather perversely for a guy so well built, Reynolds just isn't masculine enough to carry off a clan warrior from the highlands... Maybe if he stopped waxing, moisturising etc. for a few months. As he is, he's just too damn pretty/metro to be taken seriously in an alpha male role.

FlashD

Reynolds is rom com at best, he''ll never be an action star no matter how much Hollywood push him.

Micheal Fassbender would be good in this role but I read somewhere that he's looking at CuChulainn.

JustinDee

don ramo wrote: »

god i cant believe their proceeding with this, and on top of it all ryan reynolds is due to play the lead,

http://www.empireonline.com/news/feed.asp?NID=34395

there is no way in hell reynolds could pass as a scotsman, he should seriously consider getting back with his wife he seemed to pick some of his best roles when he was with her, and though she keeps rising hes just keeps falling and falling since they split,

i wonder woud connery be interested in playing remirez again

This is just a big bowl of wrong.
Hollywood really is devoid of good ideas these days.

Littlehorny

Agree Reynolds just too pretty to play McCleod and who would they get to play the Kergan (dont know how to spell it)
http://youtu.be/mvnq_W0i3Bs

norrie rugger

Littlehorny wrote: »

Agree Reynolds just too pretty to play McCleod and who would they get to play the Kergan (dont know how to spell it)
http://youtu.be/mvnq_W0i3Bs

Clancy Brown could still pull that off

Sleepy

Given their record to date on this it'll probably be Taylor Lautner...

JP Liz V1

Littlehorny wrote: »

Agree Reynolds just too pretty to play McCleod and who would they get to play the Kergan (dont know how to spell it)
http://youtu.be/mvnq_W0i3Bs

Karl Urban

spankmaster2000

For me, there are a few things I'd like to see in the inevitable remake.

• Show the passage of time.
  
• Finish it in the past / present day, but not the future.
  
• Keep the swords.
  May seem obvious, but I can bet that if someone mentions the word “future” in the script, then lightsabers / lazer-whips, etc will be added.
  
• Don’t explain the “why” of immortality.
  i.e. Highlander 2 (Aliens), etc!
  
• Immortals have learned to keep their “secret”.
  i.e. they aren’t celebrities. I liked the fact that MacLeod needed to obtain a new identity every few years to maintain his cover, while living a “real” life.
  
• No CGI / Kung-Fu / Wirework.
  Sure, these people may have had 1000’s of years to hone their skills; but they’re not magic, nor able to fly, etc...

Other than that, chop and change all you like. Add / Remove any characters at will.
Heck; you can even rename the film, and have the “Highlander” be Chinese for all I care.

Mickeroo

spankmaster2000 wrote: »

For me, there are a few things I'd like to see in the inevitable remake.

• Show the passage of time.
  
• Finish it in the past / present day, but not the future.
  
• Keep the swords.
  May seem obvious, but I can bet that if someone mentions the word “future” in the script, then lightsabers / lazer-whips, etc will be added.
  
• Don’t explain the “why” of immortality.
  i.e. Highlander 2 (Aliens), etc!
  
• Immortals have learned to keep their “secret”.
  i.e. they aren’t celebrities. I liked the fact that MacLeod needed to obtain a new identity every few years to maintain his cover, while living a “real” life.
  
• No CGI / Kung-Fu / Wirework.
  Sure, these people may have had 1000’s of years to hone their skills; but they’re not magic, nor able to fly, etc...

Other than that, chop and change all you like. Add / Remove any characters at will.
Heck; you can even rename the film, and have the “Highlander” be Chinese for all I care.

Make him a Samurai.

don ramo

spankmaster2000 wrote: »

For me, there are a few things I'd like to see in the inevitable remake.

• Show the passage of time.
• Finish it in the past / present day, but not the future.
• Keep the swords.
  May seem obvious, but I can bet that if someone mentions the word “future” in the script, then lightsabers / lazer-whips, etc will be added.
• Don’t explain the “why” of immortality.
  i.e. Highlander 2 (Aliens), etc!
• Immortals have learned to keep their “secret”.
  i.e. they aren’t celebrities. I liked the fact that MacLeod needed to obtain a new identity every few years to maintain his cover, while living a “real” life.
• No CGI / Kung-Fu / Wirework.
  Sure, these people may have had 1000’s of years to hone their skills; but they’re not magic, nor able to fly, etc...

Other than that, chop and change all you like. Add / Remove any characters at will.
Heck; you can even rename the film, and have the “Highlander” be Chinese for all I care.

i could accept this much, but anything beyond would be to far,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbAzWvTbrbA

spankmaster2000

Sleepy wrote: »

Given their record to date on this it'll probably be Taylor Lautner...

Unusual...

Looking at the Wikipedia page here, a chap by the name of "Robin Morningstar" was apparently in the running for the Conor MacLeod role.

Having never heard of this chap before, I took a look at his IMDB page; and apparently instead of starring in the Highlander reboot, he's now starring in "Chakan The Forever Man"!

The plot synopsis of that film is as follows:

A warrior, cursed to live forever, pursues his latest nemesis into our time. He finds a world he must fit into, long enough to save.

Weird!