Henry Cavill-Led Highlander Reboot Gets Filming & Release Date Window

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Henry Cavill-Led Highlander Reboot Gets Filming & Release Date Window

The long-awaited Highlander reboot, featuring former Superman actor Henry Cavill in the lead, has finally received a positive update regarding its release date window from its director, Chad Stahelski. First announced back in 2021, details regarding the premiere of the movie have come few and far between. However, according to Stahelski’s latest comments, production on the film could commence as early as September 2025.

Henry Cavill-led Highlander reboot could get a 2028 release date

In a recent discussion, the John Wick director noted that if all goes well, he and his team will be able to start filming the Henry Cavill-led Highlander reboot in the fall of the current year. As such, the movie could make its big-screen debut in either 2027 or 2028.

While speaking with Collider’s Aidan Kelley, Chad Stahelski disclosed, “If everything works out in the next 24 hours, we’ll be shooting sometime in September. And in 2027 or 2028, you’ll be watching Highlander.”

Henry Cavill’s Highlander will serve as the first entry in the beloved franchise, ever since Christopher Lambert’s take on the iconic warrior came to an end in the early 2000s. Created by Gregory Widen, the original Highlander film followed the adventures of Connor MacLeod, a Scottish swordsman, who realizes that he is actually an immortal. As such, MacLeod inadvertently finds himself battling fellow powerful entities who wish to destroy the planet.

Despite already having an established lore, Stahelski has confirmed that he will be tweaking the plot in his upcoming directorial venture, all the while paying homage to the original film’s mythology. “We’re bringing it forward from the early 1500s in the highlands to the beyond present-day New York and Hong Kong, and seeing how it goes,” he remarked during an earlier interview with The Direct.

While Chad Stahelski has given Highlander fans something to look forward to, the film has yet to confirm any of its cast members, aside from Henry Cavill. Moreover, its release date window of 2027-2028 remains a mere estimation at the time of writing.