Overview

• Production has been pushed to early 2026 after Henry Cavill was injured during training, delaying a shoot that had been expected to start soon.
• Dave Bautista says the action will be on par with John Wick and describes the reboot as fresh, bigger in scale, and designed to build out the universe.
• Bautista confirms he will play the Kurgan and notes he pursued the role for more than a decade after admiring Clancy Brown’s original performance.
• Henry Cavill leads as Connor MacLeod alongside Russell Crowe as Ramírez, Karen Gillan as Heather, Marisa Abela as Brenda, Djimon Hounsou in an immortal-warrior role, and Max Zhang in an undisclosed part.
• Chad Stahelski directs from a script by Michael Finch with writer credits also listing Ryan J. Condal and Kerry Williamson, and the project shifted from Lionsgate to Amazon MGM with Neal H. Moritz producing.