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The upcoming Highlanderreboot starring Henry Cavill might be adding Dave Bautista in a surprising role.

Per The Hollywood Reporter,Guardians of the Galaxy star Dave Bautista is currently in final talks to sign on for the role of the lead villain in the hotly anticipated Highlander reboot film. The next Highlander film is being produced by Amazon MGM Studios, and already boasts Henry Cavill and Russell Crowe as members of its leading cast. The film is being directed by Chad Stahelski, and is slated to begin filming in September in both the United States and Hong Kong.

1986's original Highlander was directed by Russell Mulcahy from a screenplay by Gregory Widen, Peter Bellwood, and Larry Ferguson, and introduced the world to Christopher Lambert's Connor MacLeod. A 16th-century Scottish warrior who just so happens to be a member of a small group of immortals who can only be killed by decapitation.

The 4th of July is just around the corner, and ahead of the holiday, viewers are taking in an adaptation of one of America's great literary heroes featuring one of the country's cinematic heroes. The Hunt for Red October, the 1990 film that marked the feature debut of Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan, is blowing up on iTunes' PVOD charts, jumping all the way to the eighth spot in the U.S. In its rise, the classic Cold War film has also leapfrogged some heavyweights like Rami Malek's The Amateur, 28 Days Later, and the recently-released Bring Her Back from Danny and Michael Philippou. Directed by John McTiernan, it was powered by the talents of James Bond legend Sean Connery in a complex role as a rogue Soviet Navy captain, while Alec Baldwin, as Ryan, was tasked with deducing his motives.

The Hunt for Red October was a hit from the moment it was released,...

While Ridley Scott’s Alien and James Cameron’s Aliens are considered to be two of the greatest sci-fi movies ever made, Alien 3 (watch it Here) continues to divide audiences to this day, more than 30 years after it was first released. There are fans who hate it, there are fans who love it, and the film’s director doesn’t even like to talk about it. With the new episode of their new show Lance and Arrow at the Movies, Arrow in the Head founder John “The Arrow” Fallon and Lance Vlcek have decided to revisit Alien 3 and sit down for a debate: is this movie a gem or a cinematic disaster? You can hear what they had to say about it by watching the video embedded above.

Here’s what Lance and Arrow at the Movies is all about: Join hosts The Arrow and Lance as they...

"Alien 3" is one of the more controversial "Alien" movies. For one thing, the development of the project went through fits and starts. For another, David Fincher, who made his feature directorial debut on the sequel, had notorious behind-the-scenes problems and has more or less disowned the movie entirely. And then there's the fact that the film is unapologetically bleak, including an opening that kills off fan-favorite characters like space Marine Hicks and precocious child Newt. Just to seal the deal, the movie then ends by killing off Sigourney Weaver's Ripley, who was the franchise's main character.

All that said, the film still has its fans. But even when you take into account the fact that "Alien 3" has its supporters, it's not unfair to say the film is flawed and not held in as high regard as Ridley Scott's original "Alien" or James Cameron's blockbuster sequel "Aliens.

How many versions of Alien 3 are you aware of? In 1992, Alien 3 hit theaters with Sigourney Weaver back again for a third time as Ellen Ripley in a film directed by then-newcomer David Fincher from a screenplay by David Giler, Walter Hill, and Larry Ferguson (from a story by Vincent Ward). If it already sounds like a "too many cooks" situation... you don't know the half of it. After the massive success that was James Cameron's Aliens, the studio was thrilled to begin production on a third Alien feature, and out of all the potential proposals, the final product was lackluster. But there was one other potential Alien 3 that would've better honored the ending to Aliens while further expanding the mythology and world of the Ridley Scott-created franchise. William Gibson's take on Alien 3 mightn't have been perfect, but it would arguably have been better than what we got.

Intro: It’s a story we’ve all heard before. A group of friends stray off the beaten path and end up having to fight for their lives. This has served as the set-up for many classic horror films and thrillers. Back in the early ‘90s, director Stephen Hopkins used it as the set-up for an action movie that has an awesome cast. Emilio Estevez, Cuba Gooding Jr., Jeremy Piven, and Stephen Dorff play the friends fighting to survive. Denis Leary is the leader of the criminal gang out for their blood. Unfortunately, not a lot of people went to see the movie when it was released… but they did make the soundtrack a hit. The movie is called Judgment Night, and it’s time for it to be Revisited.

Set-up: Judgment Night started out as a spec script written by Kevin Jarre, whose other credits include Rambo: First Blood Part 2,...

The Highlander reboot with Henry Cavill lacks specific details about the cast and plot. Dave Bautista, previously rumored for a role, is still seen as the ideal choice for the villain. Bautista's diverse performances make him a compelling choice to face off against Cavill.

A Highlander reboot starring Henry Cavill is in development, and nine years ago, one actor was rumored to play the villain in the movie. The upcoming film, which doesn't have a release date yet, will be a remake of the 1986 fantasy action-adventure film directed by Russell Mulcahy and written by Gregory Widen, Peter Bellwood, and Larry Ferguson. Although Highlander was a box office failure (it grossed $12.8 million against a $19 million budget) and received mixed reviews, the movie went on to become a cult classic, resulting in sequels, television spin-offs, and now a reboot.

Not much is known about the Highlander reboot, meaning that speculation regarding its cast,...

In life, spewing hate comes easy; finding the good takes effort. That’s my mantra for “Revenge of the Remakes.” Get dirty and identify value where others hastily — maybe unfairly — laid harsh criticisms. Any remake, in any genre, faces biased outrage from peanut galleries who refuse to remove their nostalgia goggles. It’s easy to prey on the hate clickers out there, which is why I use this column as a voice for the misunderstood and wrongly delegitimized. A remake isn’t trash because it’s a remake, there’s more to the equation.

That said (and believed), not all remakes are created equal. With soaring highs come subterranean lows. Sometimes remakes are nothing but a copy-and-paste cash grab, devoid of creative ambitions. These examples fuel smear campaigns about remakes at large — and today, we’re dissecting one of the worst.

John McTiernan’s Rollerball is an unprecedented studio disaster...

The first film to feature Tom Clancy's stalwart and honest action hero Jack Ryan was John McTiernan's 1990 thriller "The Hunt for Red October." In the early parts of McTiernan's film, a rogue Soviet submarine called Red October, captained by Marko Ramius (Sean Connery), has broken off from the Soviet fleet and may be planning an unauthorized nuclear strike in the United States. Jack Ryan (Alec Baldwin) pieces together some information about Ramius and concludes that he is not striking the U.S., but defecting. He is given three days to track down the Red October, confront Ramius, and confirm his suspicions. 

"Red October" was successful enough to spawn a briefly popular subgenre of steely espionage thrillers that persisted throughout the front end of the decade. Jack Ryan would return in the hit films "Patriot Games," and "Clear and Present Danger" (with Harrison Ford as Ryan) and "The Sum of All Fears...

Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Rating: R

On 4K Ultra HD: December 13, 2022

Running Time: 117 minutes

Cast: Christopher Lambert, Roxanne Hart, Clancy Brown, and Sean Connery

Written by: Gregory Widen, Peter Bellwood, and Larry Ferguson

Directed by: Russell Mulcahy

Produced by: Peter S. Davis, William N. Panzer

Executive Producers: E.C. Monell

Associate Producers: Eva Monley, Harold Moskovitz, John H. Starke

Director of Photography: Gerry Fisher

Production Designer: Allan Cameron

Edited by: Peter Honess

Casting by: Diane Dimeo, Anne Henderson, Michael McLean

Costume Designer: Jim Acheson

Synopsis:

The original Highlander, in electrifying 4K! When Connor MacLeod (Christopher Lambert) is slain in battle in the Scottish Highlands, his kinsfolk don’t mourn the tragedy of his death – they mourn the seeming witchcraft that’s brought him back to life. But MacLeod can’t die, and neither can Juan Ramírez (Sean Connery), who befriends Connor and shows him what it means to be immortal. Time dissolves,...

(Welcome to The Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they've been watching, why it's worth checking out, and where you can stream it.)

The Movie: "The Hunt for Red October" (1990)

Where You Can Stream It: Netflix

The Pitch: It's the mid-1980s, and the Cold War is nearing its bitter, drawn-out end. Soviet submarine captain Marko Ramius is made the Commanding Officer of the Red October, the Soviet Navy's most advanced ballistic missile submarine and a vessel capable of avoiding detection by passive sonar. When Ramius abruptly goes rogue, lying to his crew and telling them they are to carry out missile drills off the east coast of North America, the CIA is quick to assume the worst and takes steps to try and stop Ramius before he launches a nuclear strike.

However, CIA intelligence analyst Jack Ryan (Alec Baldwin) comes to suspect...

Henry Cavill may have just found his next major franchise role. Per Deadline, the Man of Steel and The Witcher star is in talks for a lead role in Lionsgate's upcoming Highlander reboot. The movie will be directed by Chad Stahelski, who co-directed John Wick before helming both of its sequels. No plot details have been revealed and it's unclear if Cavill would be playing Connor MacLeod or an original character created for the reboot.

Neal H. Moritz, Josh Davis, and David Leitch are producing the Highlander reboot. Amanda Lewis, Patrick Wachsberger, and Gregory Widen are on board to executive produce. Prior to his passing in February, original Highlander producer Peter Davis was also set to produce the new movie. There have been efforts for years to get a reboot of the movie series off the ground, but Deadline reports that the project is now finally "into position to get into production.

Before we got the much maligned Alien 3 from acclaimed director David Fincher, which killed off a couple of fan-favorite Aliens characters in its first few seconds of screen time, writer William Gibson penned a script that was a proper sequel to James Cameron's 1986 blockbuster sequel. But it wound up in the trash, and never saw the light of day. The script has become somewhat infamous amongst Alien franchise fans. Now, that screenplay is being turned into a book.

Coming this summer, Titan Books will release Alien 3: The Unproduced Screenplay on August 31. It will give fans a chance to see what could have been, had Fincher not moved forward with an alternate screenplay from David Giler, Walter Hill and Larry Ferguson. William Gibson has claimed in the past that virtually nothing from his version of the script made it into the finished film.

This isn't the first...

Giler was also a screenwriter on films including ‘Alien3’ and ‘The Money Pit’.

David Giler, a producer and writer on the Alien franchise, has died aged 77. He had been suffering from cancer and died at his home in Bangkok on December 19.

Walter Hill, his long-time producing partner with whom he co-wrote the story for Aliens and screenplay for Alien3, said: “If you knew David, you knew he was special.

“The magic of his personality is hard to describe: funny, angry, extremely knowledgeable, extremely well read; it was my privilege to write and produce with him, and more importantly, to have...

Andrew Blair Jan 30, 2017

Sometimes, the best of intentions don't always lead to the best movie. Here are 19 films where everything didn't quite go to plan...

As Alan Parker said ‘no one sets out to make a bad film’. Yet in spite of good intentions, sometimes a project doesn't quite go to plan. We're going to look at a bunch of movies here that aren't always well liked, and give a flavour of the problems the beset them.

So, in no particular order, here are twenty of the films that have ever been made, which are considered by at least one sentient being to be bad. That's not the interesting thing about them....

Robin Hood (2010)

Ethan Reiff and Cyrus Voris had written a spec script with a twist on the Robin Hood legend: the Sheriff of Nottingham was the hero, a sort of medieval forensic investigator, and Robin was the bad guy.

During its fraught production, Alien 3 went through dozens of drafts. We look at some of the story ideas that never made it to the screen...

When the credits rolled on 1986's Aliens, the inevitable question from many cinemagoers was, "What happens next?"

For 20th Century Fox, and writer-producers David Giler and Walter Hill, it took nearly six years to figure out an answer to that question. Certainly, when Aliens was in production, director James Cameron had some ideas about a sequel; he once spoke about the prospect of Ripley, Hicks and young Newt - a makeshift family thrown together by that film's events - meeting up again for a second sequel to Alien.

“I know that James Cameron had planned to have Hicks, Ripley and me in Alien 3, to have a family-type thing", Newt actress Carrie Henn said in 1995.

A year after Aliens came out, Cameron was unequivocal...

Alien 3

Directed by David Fincher

Written by Larry Ferguson, David Giler & Walter Hill

USA, 1992

It’s a classic chapter of Hollywood lore, one of those great cautionary tales of executive mismanagement and shattered dreams. With behind-the-scenes chaos in both the boardroom and editing suites following up on indecisive strategizing and constant creative overhauls, 20th Century Fox’s hotly anticipated third installment in the Alien franchise was always set up to fail. You could argue that the writing was on the wall when the marketing department jumped the gun by releasing an infamous teaser trailer with the quickly irrelevant tagline “On Earth, everybody can hear you scream”. Half of the industry’s writing population seemed to have a go on spec, from William Gibson (with what was ostensibly an Aliens screenplay) to David Twohy (featuring a Ripley-less premise), $7 million was wasted on rejected sets and the film spent a year in editing,...

Directed by: David Fincher

Written by: Dan O'Bannon, Ronald Shusett, Vincent Ward, David Giler, Walter Hill, Larry Ferguson

Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Charles S. Dutton, Charles Dance, Paul McGann, Brian Glover, Lance Henriksen

It happens to everyone. You dislike a film, then rewatch it years later and discover it wasn't as bad as you thought.

Perhaps you initial response was marred by the events in your life. Or maybe a few years more of life experiences allowed you to see something in the film you missed in your previous viewing.

In the spirit of such misguided opinions, I'm starting a new feature entitled Is It Really That Bad? Each month, I'll pick a film I disliked/hated/had issues with when I first watched it and see if time has changed my opinion. For my first film, I decided to watch both the theatrical and director's version of Alien 3, to...

Eraser is poised to resurface as a USA Network drama pilot for Oscar-winning producers Arnold Kopelson and Anne Kopelson and Warner Bros. Television. USA Network is in talks with the studio to develop a loose adaptation of the 1996 Arnold Schwarzenegger actioner, which the Kopelsons produced for Warners. Arnold Kopelson said the TV version would be based on "some aspects of the federal witness protection program," as explored in the feature, but would not be strictly modeled after the characters in the movie. In addition to Eraser, Kopelson Telemedia has a sizable put pilot commitment at ABC for a TV rendition of the 1998 feature U.S. Marshals to be penned by Larry Ferguson (The Hunt for Red October). Also at ABC, the company is shepherding a Hawaii-based detective drama from writer Greg Poirier (Rosewood) to be produced with Touchstone Television. The project is one of a flurry of Aloha State-based projects in development at the major broadcast networks.