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Is Tom Cruise Sharpening His Sword For ‘Highlander’ Mentor Role?

Summit Entertainment might not have its Highlander yet, but the studio is hoping to score Tom Cruise as his mentor, TheWrap reports.

Originally played by Christopher Lambert and Sean Connery respectively, the characters of Connor MacLeod and Juan Ramierz are the heavy-hitters who face off against the evil Kurgan in this remake of the1986 action-fantasy about an ages-old battle between immortal warriors.

Many sources point out that this casting is in the earliest of stages. Cruise’s people note that the star receives all kinds of scripts, and he’s “not in negotiations” at this point. Cruise is busy filming Mission: Impossible 5, but once that’s done a deal could be made. His involvement would surely boost the project’s cache when it comes to scoring a young actor to play Connor MacLeod.

Originally penned by Iron Man writers Art Marcum and Matt Holloway, the script got a passfrom director Cedric Nicolas-Troylan when he signed on last year.

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WWE's website has an article about Batista being rumored to star as The Kurgan in a new Highlander movie based on the iconic franchise.

WWE's website notes that the filmmakers were looking for someone strong and imposing to fill the role of the main villain in the story. The role was originally made famous by Clancy Brown.

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John Wick' Director Chad Stahelski Tackling 'Highlander' Reboot

A search for new scribes to work with Stahelski is about to get underway.
There can be only one and, in this case, it's Chad Stahelski.

Stahelski, who, along with David Leitch, was the filmmaker behind John Wick, has signed on to direct the long-gestating reboot of Highlander for Lionsgate.

"I've been a huge fan of the original property since I saw it in high school," Stahelski told The Hollywood Reporter. "Such great themes of immortality, love, and identity are all wrapped up in such colorful mythology. I can't think of a better property that gives the opportunity to create interesting characters, mythic themes and action set pieces."

Neal H. Moritz and Peter Davis are producing the project, which could also see Stahelski and Leitch join the team via their 87Eleven production and action stunt company, though that is still to be determined.

The original Highlander starred Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery and Clancy Brown as immortal beings, hunting down one another and collecting more power. Lambert played Scottish swordsman Connor MacLeod, Connery portrayed Egyptian Juan Sanchez Villa-Lobos Ramirez and Clancy was a barbarian known as the Kurgan. The film — with its "There can be only one" catchphrase — spawned four sequels and three television series.

The Highlander reboot has been in the works since 2008 when Lionsgate-owned label Summit acquired the rights. The project has seen directors such as Justin Lin, Juan Carlos Fresnadillo and Cedric Nicolas-Troyan go through its doors.

But Lionsgate never gave up on what it believes could be its next big franchise. A search for new scribes to work with Stahelski is about to get underway.

Stahelski worked in the stunt world and doubled for Keanu Reeves in the Matrix movies before co-creating the stunt company 87Eleven with Leitch.

They worked as second unit directors on action movies ranging from Ninja Assassin to Captain America: Civil War and made their directorial debut with the well-regarded actioner John Wick, which starred Reeves and was released by Lionsgate.

Stehelski is coming off of directing the recently wrapped John Wick: Chapter 2. He is repped by WME and Lichter Grossman.