Chad Stahelski says Henry Cavill’s Highlander is still happening
One of Cavill’s many fantasy franchises is still in the works and has “some very good elements”
Don’t let the catchphrase fool you: “There can be only one” does not apply to Highlander films, TV shows, and cartoons. There’s an expansive Highlander universe waiting to be mined should I.P. excavators ever get around to it.
John Wick 4 director Chad Stahelski has been attached to a new Highlander starring Henry Cavill since 2021 when the project was announced. Since then, Cavill has left Witcher, re-entered and re-exited the DC universe, teased a Warhammer 40,000 series, and played Sherlock Holmes twice. The guy loves to be in the franchise game. But amid all these iconic roles Cavill has taken on, he still has yet to slip into Connor MacLeod’s plaid—which, for the record, is not a kilt. Never fear, Stahelski says Highlander is still on the docket.
Speaking to the Happy Sad Confused podcast, Stahelski said they have “some very good elements” but want to ensure the movie has room to grow. “The trick is when you have the tagline ‘there can only be one,’ you can’t just kill everybody the first time,” he said. But the director isn’t interested in just remaking Highlander. It sounds like he wants to expand the weird mythology of the character.