Highlander News

Screen Aus backs 22 new projects [Wed 16/12/2009 01:25:11] By Brendan Swift Screen Australia will invest $13 million across 22 new productions, including its first 3D feature film, Bait.

Screen Australia invests in 22 projects [Wed 16/12/2009 12:53:13] Press release from The Lantern Group Screen Australia today announced approval of 22 projects including four feature films, four television dramas and 14 documentaries.

For the past 10 months thousands of people of Scottish descent have been heeding a call to return "home" for a visit.

Originally released in 1984, with its first DVD release in November 2008 , this film looks of its time, and that's not a good thing.

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For many Highlander fans, there can be only one. The 1986 original, with its Queen soundtrack and Clancy Brown as the villainous Kurgen, is considered a classic, while its sequels... not so much.

Like a lightening bolt out of nowhere, we received word today that not only is Summit definitely going forward with a remake of Highlander , but they've got a director and producer signed on as bold proof of their throwing caution to the wind.

Justin Lin is best known for his work on the last two Fast and the Furious films.

Maybe there really should have been only one, but the Highlander franchise seems to be Immortal.

"Highlander" is such a delightfully silly movie.A Christopher Lambert's Swiss accent, original songs by Queen, Clancy Brown decapitating folks as he makes his way through the story, and Sean Connery all make for a movie that is cheesy 80s action but through a camp-fantasy filter.A You can't really call it a "franchise" because that implies that ...

Highlander hasn't worked as a movie since 1986. That hasn't stopped them from making more features, but with each subsequent release people cared less and less until last year, the latest adventure ended up barely watched in a straight to television premiere.

No room for Ibsen either, then? Posted in Bootnotes , 16th September 2009 10:03A GMT Norwegian bus driver Andreas Jankov has officially become "Julius Andreas Gimli Arn MacGyver Chewbacka Highlander Elessar-Jankov", thereby apparently claiming the country's longest name crown.

The long awaited Highlander: Season One Blu-ray collection has finally been given an official release date of September 15th.

Award-winning director of commercials and rock videos in the 1980s turned polished and proficient helmer of Hollywood genre movies.

Images of Hollywood and actors commonly show fame and fortune. But that's not the case for most of the 120,000 performers in U.S. acting unions.

Professional writer Brian Clemens talks about his play which opens at The Grove, Dunstable, on Thursday.

CC2K has a look at the HIGHLANDER relaunch script generated by writers Art Marcum and Matt Holloway .

The film company behind plans to remake the 1986 cult movie Highlander have been offered help looking at possible locations in Scotland.

SOUTH African actress Lee-Anne Summers, who starred in the 2007 Dutch TV series Stellenbosch, is eagerly awaiting the release of Songs of Whales.