Highlander gets the reboot treatment possibly with Ryan Reynolds

[YANOULI]

Has anyone ever found the complete Queen track of New York, New York from Highlander?

As far as i know it doesn't exist outside of the movie.

Yeah, that's what I thought. He'd be great.
Wasn't he going to play Snake Plissken in the Escape remake?

Yes, and he almost signed up for it. But he bowed out, and now they're saying it might be Jeremy Renner.

Another film that doesn't need messing with.
Like Macleod, Plisken is an icon and only Kurt Russell will be Snake to me.

[ctc]

>I want an actor in the part with such a thick Scottish accent, that it confuses all his opponents.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rJAw-fuYHk

Don C.

[Gorn Captain]

I want an actor in the part with such a thick Scottish accent, that it confuses all his opponents. At which point he can easily dispose of them, as they're trying to figure out what the hell he is saying.

[Bruce Banner]

Wasn't he going to play Snake Plissken in the Escape remake?

Yes, and he almost signed up for it. But he bowed out, and now they're saying it might be Jeremy Renner.

Also, I think he and Ewan McGregor might be too old to play MacLeod in a reboot, though--maybe 10 or 12 years ago.

Butler's age doesn't worry me.

In the original movie, MacLeod was "killed" by the Kurgan at the age of 18, and as immortals stop ageing when they initially "die", Lambert was technically way too old to play the character, too.

They could simply have him "die" at a later age in the reboot, anyway.

[torgospizza]

Lots of folk have expressed their desire to see Gerard Butler in the role.

Gerard Butler's an awesome actor, but for the converse of the reason he'd be good in this role--being Scottish, namely--it really irritated me when he was cast as Beowulf in Beowulf & Grendel. Why cast a Scot as a Geat? He didn't even try to hide his accent. In fact, I'm not sure he can fake any other accents--he sounded pretty Scottish as a Spartan, too. Also, I think he and Ewan McGregor might be too old to play MacLeod in a reboot, though--maybe 10 or 12 years ago. Actually, James McAvoy is both a Scot and about the right age.

[toys2cool]

Lots of folk have expressed their desire to see Gerard Butler in the role.
It wouldn't be a bad choice, to be honest.
Oh well.

now that's more like it

[Gorn Captain]

Lots of folk have expressed their desire to see Gerard Butler in the role.
It wouldn't be a bad choice, to be honest.
Oh well.

Yeah, that's what I thought. He'd be great.
Wasn't he going to play Snake Plissken in the Escape remake?

[pmjlghrs]

Has anyone ever found the complete Queen track of New York, New York from Highlander?

[EMCE Hammer]

The thought of Ryan Reynolds living forever doesn't do much for me.

[Bruce Banner]

How about picking a...Scottish actor for this part?

Lots of folk have expressed their desire to see Gerard Butler in the role.
It wouldn't be a bad choice, to be honest.
Oh well.

[ctc]

Hmmmm....

*fingers crossed* wacky comedy.... wacky comedy.... wacky comedy....

Don C.

[JediJaida]

Amen to that.

There's nothing wrong with picking a Scottish actor to play the part of a Scottish Immortal.

But he'd need to be intelligible, with a light accent.

If someone Scottish gets picked and has one of those REALLY heavy accents, I don't see the movie succeeding.

And there are Highlands in more than one country; like Spain, France, etc.

It's just that the Highlands we are most familiar with are those of Scotland.

I'd like to see a Highlander from the Highlands of say Northern Spain.

After all, the Gauls, who were the predecessors of modern Spaniards, also explored the British Isles in the FAR distant past, and became the Gaels.

[Meule]

How about picking a...Scottish actor for this part?

Dude, where do you get these weird ideas from? A Scotsman played by a Scotsman...Hollywood won't have it

And Queen friggin ROCKS

[Hector]

what? that was the best part

Queen friggin' rules...

[Hector]

Reynolds...can't picture him in the role.