Highlander being remade
 

Summit Entertainment will produce a remake of fantasy thriller "Highlander" with the aim of kick-starting the franchise.

Summit's signed the "Iron Man" writing team of Art Marcum and Matt Holloway to script, with plans to expand on the original pic's premise of immortals battling each other for a mysterious prize.

Company's aiming to go into production next year.

Patrick Wachsberger, Summit's co-chairman and president, said, "I have always dreamed of reinventing this franchise."

Summit production prexy Erik Feig told Daily Variety that the new pic will mix contemporary settings, action, mythology and medieval Scotland.

"We think the franchise will work on a global basis," he added.

Summit acquired the remake rights from Davis/Panzer Prods. It has tapped Peter Davis, one of the producers of the original film, to produce the new version.

The 1986 original was directed by Russell Mulcahy and starred Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery, Clancy Brown and Roxanne Hart. It launched four sequels and three TV spinoffs.

In addition to "Iron Man," Marcum and Holloway also wrote "Convoy" for Par.

Summit has been ramping up operations for the past year from a sales operation into a full-fledged studio with development, financing, production and distribution. It's focused on projects budgeted in the middle range and plans to release 10-12 films annually. Recent pics include "Sex Drive" and Alexander Proyas' "Knowing," currently shooting with Nicolas Cage starring.

I still love the original film. Never got into the TV series. It seems too soon to remake it, but maybe it just seems that way to me because I'm getting old. Over 20 years doesn't seem like all that long, now...

i like certain elements of the 1st one ..

i've often said that it's one of the worst edited movies i've ever seen.
the only sequence that works is the 'who wants to live forever' montage (that shows his wife aging as connor remains young.)

the rest of the film is a choppy mess.

i dont think it needs to be remade, it needs to be recut.

a remake is the next best thing - but i cant picture this film without the queen score - especially the forementioned song.

Definitely need the Queen score

also Clancy Brown

I really like the original but I agree wholeheartedly about the score. I can't imagine Highlander without "Princes of the Universe".

i loved it when it first came out - but when i rewatched it recently with my son - it really jumped out - how poorly the movie flows.

What? You can't remake Highlander. There can be only one.

Neither can I.....:(


Highlander is one of those films I love in spite of its problems, because it has a lot of them.....;)

Not too crazy about the thought of a remake, but no surprise there.

arent there 3 sequels ? :)

Yes, but...THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!