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there can be only 1..again!. . .Duncan MacLeod + 'Ironman' = 'Highlander' remake movie. . . - NewtonMP2100 - 05-23-2008
. . .remake in the works with writer from 'Ironman' movie. . .
'Iron Man' Scribes Tackle 'Highlander'
1986 original featured Christopher Lambert and Sean Connery
Summit Entertainment is plotting a remake of the 1986 cult favorite "Highlander."
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the company has acquired remake rights from Davis/Panzer Prods. and hired "Iron Man" co-writers Art Marcum and Matt Holloway to write the film.
The 1986 original was directed by Russell Mulcahy and featured the tagline "There can be only one." It was followed, naturally, by four sequels and a trio of TV efforts.
The original film starred Christopher Lambert as Connor MacLeod, an immortal Scottish swordsman battling a time-traveling barbarian in the present day. The trade paper says that Summit plans to keep the basic plot of the original, which also starred Sean Connery and Clancy Brown, while expanding the backstory.
"I would hate to think that people viewed 'Highlander' as a sword fighting movie because it's much more than that," Davis tells the HR. "The issues of an immortal falling in love with a woman and knowing she's going to grow old and die in your arms, those are very romantic issues to deal with."
Re: there can be only 1..again!. . .Duncan MacLeod + 'Ironman' = 'Highlander' remake movie. . . - Paul F. - 05-23-2008
This sh!t must stop..
I'm going on a killing spree in Hollywood soon.
Who's with me?
Re: there can be only 1..again!. . .Duncan MacLeod + 'Ironman' = 'Highlander' remake movie. . . - Mike Sellers - 05-23-2008
[quote NewtonMP2100]The trade paper says that Summit plans to keep the basic plot of the original, which also starred Sean Connery and Clancy Brown, while expanding the backstory.
The original had plenty of backstory.
[quote NewtonMP2100] "I would hate to think that people viewed 'Highlander' as a sword fighting movie because it's much more than that,"
Only a moron could watch the original and come away thinking it was just "a sword fighting movie".
Re: there can be only 1..again!. . .Duncan MacLeod + 'Ironman' = 'Highlander' remake movie. . . - Racer X - 05-23-2008
[quote Paul F.]This sh!t must stop..
I'm going on a killing spree in Hollywood soon.
Who's with me?
right now, you can still buy drum magazines......I'm in.
Re: there can be only 1..again!. . .Duncan MacLeod + 'Ironman' = 'Highlander' remake movie. . . - comaplate - 05-23-2008
Calling it a sword-fighting movie is only half the point - it was a sword fighting movie where the Scotsman spoke with a French accent and the Spaniard spoke with a Scottish accent, and Queen turned in a soundtrack effort better than Flash Gordon.
Re: there can be only 1..again!. . .Duncan MacLeod + 'Ironman' = 'Highlander' remake movie. . . - RgrF - 05-23-2008
[quote comaplate]Calling it a sword-fighting movie is only half the point - it was a sword fighting movie where the Scotsman spoke with a French accent and the Spaniard spoke with a Scottish accent, and Queen turned in a soundtrack effort better than Flash Gordon.
In other words a joke.
Re: there can be only 1..again!. . .Duncan MacLeod + 'Ironman' = 'Highlander' remake movie. . . - MikeF - 05-23-2008
Once again, Hollywood has run out of original ideas. And they wonder why box office is down...
I think they should remake Highlander 2, one of the all time worst (if not THE worst) sequels...
Re: there can be only 1..again!. . .Duncan MacLeod + 'Ironman' = 'Highlander' remake movie. . . - cbelt3 - 05-23-2008
Mostly because the TV series had such a long run. One can also wait for a resurgence of "Beauty and the Beast". Or, as the lead actor said "Well, I had a role that required a lot of makeup. Now I'm this Hellboy character, and that requires a lot of makeup too. Crap."
Re: there can be only 1..again!. . .Duncan MacLeod + 'Ironman' = 'Highlander' remake movie. . . - Biff Lugnut - 05-23-2008
In all fairness to the makeup, he's a pretty ugly dude.
Re: there can be only 1..again!. . .Duncan MacLeod + 'Ironman' = 'Highlander' remake movie. . . - StarGlazer - 05-23-2008
[quote MikeF]I think they should remake Highlander 2, one of the all time worst (if not THE worst) sequels...
You obviously haven't seen the other two sequels ...