Overview
- Bautista is in final negotiations to play the immortal villain Kurgan opposite Henry Cavill and Russell Crowe in Chad Stahelski’s Highlander reboot.
- Highlander’s principal photography is slated to begin at the end of September in the UK and Hong Kong under Stahelski’s direction.
- Bautista is closing a deal to co-star alongside Jake Gyllenhaal in Road House 2, with Ilya Naishuller replacing Guy Ritchie as director.
- Road House 2 will continue the 2024 remake’s storyline with a Will Beall script and production support from Atlas Entertainment and Gyllenhaal’s Nine Stories Productions.
- United Artists has secured full rights to the 1986 Highlander original from Lionsgate, setting the stage for a theatrical reboot and potential series development.