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'Twilight' Writer to Pen 'Highlander' Reboot
Source: THR
It's not bad enough that Summit Entertainment and 'Twilight' screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg have forever tainted the vampire legend, now they're setting their sites on another legend - the 'Highlander'. Considered to be a cult classic, the original 'Highlander' film starred Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery, and Clancy Brown as a trio of immortal warriors doomed to wander the earth until they eventually kill each other. It gave us terms like "The Gathering", "The Quickening", "There Can Be Only One", a long series of subpar television and direct-to-video sequels, and quite possibly the rocking-est Queen soundtrack ever.
But with Summit's great lidless eye wreathed in flame bearing down upon the franchise, are we prepared for a brooding, glittery Highlander? While it's true that the first movie had it's share of melodramatic mourning over the fact that main protagonist Connor McCloud (Lambert) never ages yet his true love does, is that really the point of the series? Or is it just a convenient backstory for a bald, Frankenstein-looking Clancy Brown to swing a massive broadsword at a katana-wielding Scot in a trenchcoat?
Justin Lin, best known for 'The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift', has been attached to direct, which may sound like a bad idea. However, he also directed the "Modern Warfare" episode of Community - arguably the best episode of the series - so he might actually be the best part of this news. Conversely, the script is currently undergoing a rewrite under the ham-hands of Cormac and Marianne Wibberley - the duo behind such classic films such as 'The Shaggy Dog', 'National Treasure: Book of Secrets', and 'G-Force'.
What do you think? Is this the kiss of death for a dwindling franchise, or a breath of fresh air the films could use?
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Comment by mjtfreeze on February 13, 2011 at 9:56am -
Edward Cullen: "Who wants to live forever, who wants to live forever"
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Comment by David on February 13, 2011 at 8:42am -
Game over for the Highlander franchise.
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Comment by Alex Kramer on February 12, 2011 at 12:53pm -
THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!
Seriously. Stop making more Highlander movies
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Comment by Lee Ferrier on February 12, 2011 at 3:34am -
I was actually looking forward to this. After going to France with my girlfriend and her family, all we watched was the original film and the tv series cuz her dad is a big fan and I got really into it. They were all against the remake until I told them who as directing it (they loved Tokyo Drift, I didn't but I loved F&F) but now I can just imagine their reactions when I say "You know the Quickenings? Yeah, instead of lightning striking them and explosions, the sun will shine and they'll sparkle!"
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Comment by John Lemus on February 11, 2011 at 11:27pm
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Comment by Majin B-mag on February 11, 2011 at 10:15pm -
Pure AWSOMENESS of a Film called, "HIGHLANDER" - awsomeness + pure dumbness, gayness vampires/fairies, Zelda: Twilight Princess wolf rip off/care bear wolves of a stupid film/book series called, "twilight" =
Highlander got Fingered
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Comment by Scarie187 on February 11, 2011 at 8:40pm -
They wont need to cut off the head of the Highlander series this movie will do a good job killing it.
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Comment by agentcooper77 on February 11, 2011 at 8:27pm -
yes, damn you all to helllllllllllllllllll
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Comment by EriksBlue on February 11, 2011 at 3:13pm -
OH MY GOD!!!
WHo wants to bet this will suck more then The Source
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Comment by Joe From Canada on February 11, 2011 at 12:31pm
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I nearly had a Charlton Heston moment after reading this (i.e. yelling "DAMN YOU ALL TO HELL!!!").
I take this as further evidence that Hellyweird has run out of original (never mind good) ideas. Nuke it from orbit.
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