Chad Stahelski Will Oversee ‘Highlander’ and ‘John Wick’ Series

There’s been years of rumors and discuss a brand new Highlander film, probably directed by John Wick filmmaker Chad Stahelski and starring Henry Cavill, however no precise movie to point out for it. But maybe in the present day’s information makes a brand new Highlander more likely: Stahelski has reportedly been given a much bigger position at Lionsgate, the place he’ll now have “creative oversight” over Highlander and John Wick “across film, TV and all multimedia platforms.”

For no matter motive, a brand new Highlander movie franchise has been a really powerful nut to crack. There are articles in our archive a couple of reboot relationship again to the beginning of ScreenCrush over a decade in the past. (Did you already know Ryan Reynolds was speculated to star in that model? He was!) A number of years in the past, Stahelski acquired concerned, and Cavill turned hooked up as properly. But as of but there can’t even be just one new Highlander film — nothing has come of all these years of growth.

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Here was Stahelski’s touch upon the information (per Variety):

I’m happy to have the ability to develop my relationship with Lionsgate on this new oversight position for the John Wick universe and its additional enlargement. John Wick is so near my coronary heart and to have the ability to proceed shepherding it will likely be a blast for me. I’m so glad to even be launching one other franchise with Highlander, a world that’s so wealthy with participating tales to be instructed.

While the newest John Wick could possibly be interpreted as a sequence finale, Stahelski and firm left simply sufficient wiggle room to maybe proceed the saga with a fifth function in some unspecified time in the future down the road. (Stahelski has mentioned there’s nothing particular concerning a Chapter 5 to date.) But even when there isn’t a fifth film, the John Wick franchise continues to be increasing; the primary TV sequence, The Continental, premiered on Peacock final 12 months and the primary spinoff movie, Ballerina, is scheduled to open in theaters on June 7.