Highlander reboot sacrifices director

Highlander reboot sacrifices director

Bad timing has inflicted Justin Lin towards pace down from the helm of relaunching the popular fantasy franchise.

Summit’s remake of the original Highlander picture, a premises which spawned a huge franchise incorporating a long-running television series, has been within industry hell for again three years with alone one name tied solidly towards it: Director Justin Lin. This week, Summit decided - necessarily because their Twilight franchise is arriving towards an end - that production onto Highlander necessary towards enter the next phase.

This arrives at a bad moment for Lin whom has already accepted organise the next Fast and Furious picture (as whether we need another) and is currently within conversations towards organise the Terminator reboot. This is everybody too much for the up and arriving manager, so he’s picked towards pace down from the helm of Highlander, although he shall stay onto as a producer.

Summit appears towards be glancing immediately for a novel manager, so don’t wondered whether we encounter out very soon whom the novel helmer is going towards be. They need a manager ahead of casting can initiate, and they need the cast ahead of a final rewrite of the script can be finished.

For his own portion, Lin seems towards regret the bad timing, but is excited that he’s getting so much assistance and consideration, specially regarding the Terminator film.

"I don’t know whereas it’s going towards command, but I never idea at this grade [I would] be able towards greet filmmakers and be within situations whereas they’re that gracious and insightful and so inclusive," he told IndieWire, referencing a confronting with Arnold Schwarzenegger and James Cameron.

"And that’s a franchise that I’m working onto right already, but again, whether I’m going towards be kind of the gatekeeper towards it, I need towards earn sure that I can, hopefully, construct it up the right distance - and, so far, that’s been the most fun. Just towards be able towards [pick] James Cameron’s brain and for him towards be so open even although he has none bets within it, just as a human being, that’s something that I shall always remember as a portion of my ride as a filmmaker."

The novel Highlander picture from Summit Entertainment does not yet possess a release date.