The remake or reboot of The Immortals, which will feature Henry Cavill as the main protagonist, as well as be directed by Chad Stahelski, responsible for John Wick, continues to advance in its production despite the setbacks of the actors and actresses strike that is plaguing Hollywood. In the last hours, after learning more about the development of the story and the ambitious forecasts to be the first step towards a saga of fantasy and epic action.
A peak reboot: the prequel to The Immortals with Henry Cavill will have a big budget and aspirations to become the next great fantasy saga
He aims high with this film. The fantasy and action production will be directed by Chad Stahelski, creator and director of John Wick, and was born with a very clear purpose: to repeat and revive the phenomenon of the 1986 film starring Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery and Clancy Brown. Cavill is the great protagonist and star of the production, something that will reunite him with the fantasy genre after abandoning The Witcher for creative reasons. now we know gracias a Deadline that the film will have a high budget, more than 100 million dollars, and that the director has repeated his approach over and over again, very similar to “something similar to John Wick with swords.”
In the original film, a group of immortal warriors fought for supremacy and their own dynasty, fighting among themselves throughout the millennia, holding back, hiding as great lords or even becoming mercenaries age after age. Performed and directed by Christopher Lambert as Connor MacLeod, he received training from the veteran Ramrez (Sean Connery), a skilled swordsman who helped him handle the sword in order to confront Kurgan, the villain of the film. With a soundtrack that featured the main theme of Queen, the saga had several sequels, spin-offs and television series, all of them of dubious quality. This prequel aims to change everything.
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The film will have a budget of more than 100 million dollars and will recover classic characters
Stahelski has explained that the new installment will have several characters that we saw in the 1986 film, but also from the sequels and derivative products, in order to establish a solid foundation with which to build a future saga. However, Peter S. Davis, the producer of the original film, was working incessantly on creating a new installment of the saga before he died, with a draft of the script having been updated by Mike Finch. Initially, the film is expected to be shot in 2024, but the current circumstances of the Hollywood actors and actresses strike have made things very complicated.
2023-10-30 10:01:20
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