Henry Cavill has been injured throughout pre-production of the brand new Highlander movie, forcing the beginning of filming to be postponed, EW has realized.

The previous Man of Metal and Witcher star was coaching for what guarantees to be one other stunt-filled title, which can possible choose again up for manufacturing in early 2026. The extent of his accidents is just not recognized. Deadline was the primary to report the information.

Cavill's movie is a brand new model of the 1986 action-fantasy about an immortal Scottish swordsman's battle towards one other immortal warrior that starred Christopher Lambert and Sean Connery. The epic story, which befell throughout previous and present-day storylines, was advised by way of a number of films and a TV sequence that aired for six seasons within the '90s.

Cavill was forged to play the principle character within the upcoming model to be directed by Chad Stahelski, who's behind the John Wick films, and costarring Russell Crowe, Dave Bautista, Marisa Abela, Karen Gillan, Djimon Hounsou, and Max Zhang.

EW has reached out to reps for the actor and the film.

Cavill's earlier work additionally consists of returns to his Superman position in DC films Batman v Superman: Daybreak of Justice in 2016 and Justice League in 2017; the movie Mission: Not possible – Fallout; and the Netflix sequence Enola Holmes and Showtime's The Tudors.

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Again in Could 2019, Stahelski told Entertainment Weekly that he was "nonetheless engaged on the event" of a Highlander mission, however he already had excessive hopes.

"Highlander is such a large property," the director mentioned. "Fortunately, the studio (Lionsgate) is admittedly behind me on this. I actually consider that is a kind of properties that might really maintain universe, which means a TV present or one thing. And to go on the market, and simply haphazardly throw collectively what we predict could be a fast sword fighting-immortal film, I believe could be a mistake. And truthfully, the individuals behind this, the studio behind this, they’re dying for this to go. If something, I'm the one holding it again, and making an attempt to creatively lay out every little thing."

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Stahelski added, "We're making an attempt to essentially lay out this universe and never f— it as much as the purpose the place you can not proceed this story. We find it irresistible a lot, we’re making an attempt to deal with it with a variety of care."

To that finish, the manufacturing firm has secured the rights to the 1986 movie to probably develop a brand new TV sequence as effectively.

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