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Cineverse has extended its existing deal with Davis Panzer Productions, securing digital rights to nine titles including the original Highlander movie.

Starring Sean Connery and Christopher Lambert, the 1986 action-adventure fantasy film grossed just $5.9 million but became a popular title in home video and pay-tv windows, spawning multiple sequels. Its tagline, “There can be only one!” became a piece of pop-culture lore. A Highlander TV series ran for six seasons in the 1990s and also yielded a spinoff series.

The multi-year, multi-territory agreement gives Cineverse streaming rights for its namesake service and Midnight Pulp as well as distribution via other digital platforms and streaming outlets. A reboot of the feature film and franchise is currently in development at Lionsgate. Chad Stahelski of John Wick fame is set to direct and Man of Steel–The Witcher star Henry Cavill will play the lead role of Connor MacLeod.

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Nearly four decades after the original film debuted, the Highlander remake nears production as fans get closer to seeing Henry Cavill's portrayal of the eponymous Scottish 16th-century immortal. While rooted in ancient times, director Chad Stahelski teases a more modern-day story with the reboot and confirms when production begins.

Speaking with The Direct, Stahelski hinted at what audiences can expect in the new Highlander, explaining how the remake will handle its multi-century time jumps. According to Stahelski, the Lionsgate film will move from the early 16th century to "beyond present-day New York and Hong Kong," assuring fans there'll be a "big opportunity for action" while claiming that it will be a (sort of) love story.

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The Highlander reboot starring Henry Cavill has received a disappointing update. Filming for the new film will begin later than originally planned.

Redanian Intelligence reports that the Highlander reboot's filming schedule has been pushed back from January 2025 to May 2025. The delay appears to be as a result of Cavill's Voltron film being scheduled to shoot from December 2025 until April 2025, leaving the star little time to shoot the Highlander flick. The Cavill-led reboot of the 1986 film currently has a 2026 release window.

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Previously, Highlander was delayed due to scheduling conflicts thanks to director Chad Stahelski needing to reshoot the John Wick spin-off Ballerina earlier this year. Highlander remains in pre-production for now, with intended filming locations including Scotland,...

From Renaissance rakes like Charles Brandon in The Tudors to Clark Kent in Man Of Steel, Henry Cavill's career skyrocketed into A-list stardom with continuing momentum. His name has not only become synonymous with defining leading men in film but also as a passionate advocate for fandoms with die-hard audiences. It's been confirmed that Henry Cavill will be leading the reboot of the classic Highlander franchise, which had a hot-and-cold presence throughout the 80s and 90s.

Filming of Highlander is said to take off by 2025 and already seems to be gaining some mystique and hype over how it will be re-introduced to the silver screen. In the past rendition of the franchise, the famed highlander Connor McLeod and his television successor, Duncan McLeod, were also actors cast from Europe. Christopher Lambert being French and Adrian Paul being from the UK makes an easy case as to why Henry Cavill,...

John Wick director Chad Stahelski will next direct a Highlander reboot with Henry Cavill in the lead role. The new film will bring back the character that spawned a franchise in the ’90s, with Christopher Lambert playing the lead. As Stahelski announced several updates about the film, even Elon Musk couldn’t help but get excited about Cavill’s film.

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The earlier Highlander franchise began with the 1986 film of the same name. Lambert’s character Connor MacLeod, aka Highlander, is an immortal swordsman in the films. While the film was a financial failure, it later achieved a cult status.

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There can be only one. Or, in the case of the "Highlander" franchise, there can be only six movies, three TV shows, and a web series, not to mention nine tie-in novels, two comic book titles, a card game, and a video game for the Atari Jaguar.

The mythology of the "Highlander" movies started pretty simply, spinning centuries-old tales of knight-errantry into a modern fable of magical immortality. Russel Mulcahy's 1986 original laid out the rules clearly: hiding among ordinary humans is a species of magical immortals who can only be killed by decapitation. When one Immortal decapitates another, they absorb their victim's life energy, becoming stronger and more exhilarated. The legend goes that when there is only one Immortal remaining on Earth, they will be granted a wish called The Prize. The central Immortal of the series, a 16th century Highlander named Connor MacLeod (Christopher Lambert), wishes more than anything to grow old.

A decade ago, director James Ward Byrkit brought us a surreal, Twilight Zone-ish sci-fi thriller called Coherence (watch it Here), which JoBlo’s own Eric Walkuski gave an 8/10 review you can read at This Link. Now Deadline has revealed that Byrkit and It’s What’s Inside producer Kate Andrews are teaming up to develop a follow-up of some sort to Coherence! As Deadline notes, “Plot details are being kept under lock and key — including whether the new film will be a prequel, sequel, or a different story entirely.”

Byrkit crafted the story for the first film with Alex Manugian, coming up with the following set-up: Eight friends at a dinner party experience a troubling chain of events due to the malevolent influence of a passing comet.

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Henry Cavill is about to start intense training for his role in the Highlander reboot and is very excited about it. The reboot will not be a simple remake of the original movie but could incorporate elements from the Highlander TV series. The director's plans to establish an ongoing Highlander franchise suggest that Connor MacLeod's journey to "The Prize" will be longer and more complex than in previous iterations.

Henry Cavill has offered an exciting update concerning his role in the upcoming Highlander reboot. Set to be helmed by John Wick director Chad Stahelski, development on the long-gestating project dates as far back as 2008, when Lionsgate subsidiary Summit Entertainment first acquired the rights to the franchise. Working from a script penned by John Wick: Chapter 4 scribe Mike Finch, Stahelski’s Highlander movie is expected to be the first installment in a continuing franchise set in the world of...

Turns out, there can be more than one. SyfyWire reports there may be another Highlander TV show in the works.

Already, there have been two series in the Highlander franchise, which is based on the original 1986 movie and follows the immortal being Connor MacLeod. The first show, Highlander: The Series, ran from 1992 to 1998 while a spinoff, Highlander: The Raven, only ran for one season before ending in 1999.

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Based on true historical events during Stalin’s 1930s campaign against Soviet Ukraine, Bitter Harvestis the powerful story of love, war, and survival, arriving on DVD, On Demand, and Digital HD June 13th from Lionsgate. This action-filled epic follows a young artist as he battles famine, imprisonment, and torture to save his childhood love and free his country. Starring Max Irons, Samantha Barks, Barry Pepper, and Academy Award® nominee Terence Stamp (Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Billy Budd, 1962). Written and directed by George Mendeluk (TV’s “Highlander: The Raven,” “Night Heat”), the Bitter Harvest DVD will be available for the suggested retail price of $19.98.

Set during one of the most overlooked and tragic periods of the 20th century, Bitter Harvest is a powerful story of love, honor, rebellion and survival as seen through the eyes of two young lovers caught in the ravages of Joseph Stalin’s policies of...

I’m always skeptical when it comes to reboots. On the one hand they can be well justified and prove to be a success (Casino Royale, 2006) but on the odd occasion it can backfire and you find yourself walking the exact same path again (The Amazing Spider-man, 2012). There are several reboots in the pipeline, one of which I’m not too keen on, The Crow, which to me feels like an insult to the performance and memory of Brandon Lee. However, a reboot of 80s action-fantasy Highlander (1986) I’m well and truly behind.

Highlander has a special place in my heart, with its basic – if a little silly – premise. Fallen warriors who have been resurrected as immortals take part in “The Game”, where they must behead each other, until the last remaining two fight for “The Prize”. How can you not love that as a concept? A simple set up...

Originally announced as Bering Sea Beast, the cast has filled out for the Syfy Channel production now known as Beast of the Bering Sea. Read on for details along with an update on another Syfy Original, Stonados.

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Sharknado star Cassie Scerbo will return to Syfy to battle sea vampires in the new Original Movie Beast of the Bering Sea, premiering Saturday, November 9, at 9Pm (Et/Pt).

In Beast of the Bering Sea, Scerbo and Jonathan Lipnicki (Jerry Maguire) play a sister and brother team prospecting for gold, who accidentally disturb a colony of blood-sucking amphibious predators (sea vampires) in an underwater cave. Kevin Dobson ("Knots Landing") co-stars in this production from The Asylum (Sharknado 2).

Additionally, in the Original Movie Stonados, premiering Saturday, November 23, at 9Pm (Et/Pt), Paul Johanssen ("One Tree Hill," "Highlander: The Raven"), William B. Davis ("The X-Files," "Continuum"), and Thea Gill ("Queer as Folk...

With As Darkness Falls... set to premiere in just over a month, John C. Alsadek of Blue Hours Productions dropped us a line to let us know they are hard at work preparing for the horror anthology show’s second season, which includes some guest stars genre fans should be pretty excited about.

Alsadek tells Dread Central, “Now that we’ve got the first batch of episodes ready to go out the door, we’re planning for when we resume production in October. In particular, we have some surprising guest stars in the works - as a lifelong fan of horror, sci-fi and fantasy, I’m very excited about them.”

Already confirmed as guests are a pair of actresses with extensive TV and film resumes: Elizabeth Gracen and Kathleen Kinmont (pictured below, l-r). Ms. Gracen is best known for her role as the Immortal Amanda on the TV show "Highlander...

One Tree Hill fans can expect a familiar face on the set. The CW series has been renewed for a 9th season. We thought actor Paul Johansson might be returning and today we learned he comes back in more way than one.

Johansson, who plays the wicked Dan Scott, will actually direct at least one episode in the show’s final season. At 47 years of age, fans had been seeing Johansson act on the Hill since Season 1′s inception, but he just got knocked back into series regular status. This news came from TV Guide.

Johansson isn’t the first One Tree Hill actor to try his hand behind the camera. Austin Nichols, Bethany Joy Galeotti, James Lafferty, Chad Michael Murray and Sophia Bush have all directed series episodes.

Paul Johansson has appeared in The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day, Alpha Dog, Highlander: The Raven and may act in upcoming adaptation Atlas Shrugged.

Three more actors have signed up to appear in the forthcoming television adaptation of The Transporter. Prison Break star Chris Vance will play the role of expert driver Frank Martin in the series, the role originated by Jason Statham in three films released between 2002 and 2008. Hannes Jaenicke will play a dangerous art collector named Kyber, according to Serienload. Martin will clash with the villain when he unknowingly delivers a forged painting. Jaenicke played Bert Myers on Highlander: The Raven from 1998 to 1999 and also appeared in 2002 Steven Seagal film Half Past Dead. Charly Hübner will also appear in several episodes of The Transporter as a technology expert who maintains Frank Martin's specialist vehicle. The actor previously (more)...

Three more actors have signed up to appear in the forthcoming television adaptation of The Transporter. Prison Break star Chris Vance will play the role of expert driver Frank Martin in the series, the role originated by Jason Statham in three films released between 2002 and 2008. Hannes Jaenicke will play a dangerous art collector named Kyber, according to Serienload. Martin will clash with the villain when he unknowingly delivers a forged painting. Jaenicke played Bert Myers on Highlander: The Raven from 1998 to 1999 and also appeared in 2002 Steven Seagal film Half Past Dead. Charly Hübner will also appear in several episodes of The Transporter as a technology expert who maintains Frank Martin's specialist vehicle. The actor previously (more)...

It’s that time of year again, kids. Dread Central’s 2010 Horror at the Oscars coverage. Horror was indeed present this year and in black-tie. While Roger Corman and Lauren Bacall were honored a few months back at the Governor’s Award Ceremony, it was an unexpected delight to see Corman, recipient of the lifetime achievement Oscar, enjoy a standing ovation on national television.

I was, however, very disappointed that neither of them were allowed to speak. Roger Corman’s contributions to modern cinema are too vast for him to just stand up and wave. James Cameron was one of many Corman acolytes present, and his nomination speaks to Corman’s tremendous legacy. On the Terminator DVD Cameron mentions, "I trained at the Roger Corman Film School.” Jonathan Demme, Martin Scorsese, and Francis Ford Coppola, among many others, were also former students.

The terror continued with a spoof of Paranormal Activity...