Overview

• Dave Bautista is in final negotiations to portray The Kurgan opposite Henry Cavill in Chad Stahelski’s Highlander reboot under United Artists.
• He is also in final talks to star alongside Jake Gyllenhaal in Road House 2, which is scripted by Will Beall and directed by Ilya Naishuller.
• United Artists has secured full rights to the original 1986 Highlander and enlisted producers Scott Stuber, Nick Nesbitt, Neal H. Moritz and Stahelski’s 87Eleven Entertainment.
• Principal photography for Highlander is slated to begin at the end of September with shoots in the United Kingdom and Hong Kong.
• The dual casting underscores Amazon MGM’s strategy to revive cult 1980s action franchises for theatrical release, with potential for future spin-offs.