Henry Cavill’s new reboot of the fantasy series benefits most from the latest John Wick update

Henry Cavill’s new fantasy film, Highlandershas received a big boost thanks to a JohnWick 5 Update. Since the end of John Wick: Chapter 4Discussions about a fifth part of the series were widespread. While a spin-off in the form of The Ballerina comes in 2025 and will see Keanu Reeves reprising his role as John Wick, a direct sequel to John Wick: Chapter 4 has been officially confirmed but has yet to enter official development.

A recent update on JohnWick 5 was revealed, possibly indicating that the film will be released sooner rather than later. This report referred to JohnWick 5alleged start of filming and claimed that production would begin as early as 2025. However, the rumor has since been debunked by Colliderwhich contains a short snippet of information that massively benefits a completely different franchise than John Wick with Henry Cavill in the leading role.

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Chad Stahelski focusing on Highlander instead of John Wick 5 is great for Henry Cavill’s franchise

The director of Highlander will not split his focus

The connection between Highlanders And John Wick lies in the director who was involved in both, Chad Stahelski. Stahelski directed all four John Wick films, the first alongside David Leitch, who made a name for himself as a fantastic director of action films with epic stunts, hand-to-hand combat and gunfights. Stahelski was hired as director for the Highlanders Reboot/remake in 2016, between the production of John Wick And John Wick: Chapter 2, This means that the development of the film took almost 10 years.

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The fact that the production of the film took so long is mainly due to Stahelski’s commitment to the John Wick Franchise linked to the above Collider Report. In this report it was mentioned that “Stahelski’s entire creative and intellectual focus is on directing, writing and producing Highlander.” This was cited as the main reason why John Wick: Chapter 5 will not go into production in 2025. Fortunately, Stahelski is not trying to balance both projects at the same time, which could result in both being adversely affected. Instead, Highlanders is a priority for Stahelski, so he can devote his full attention to the restart.

John Wick proves how great Henry Cavill’s Highlander can be with Stahelski’s full concentration

Stahelski can make great films with concentration

Stahelski gives Highlanders His full concentration alone is an asset to the film, but this is underlined even more when you look at the John Wick franchise. As mentioned, Stahelski hasn’t directed anything else since 2014. John WickA decade of blood, sweat and tears went into creating the three sequels to the film. As many would agree, the ranking of the John Wick Producing a franchise is difficult, and yet it can be argued that each film has been better than the last, garnering increasingly positive responses from audiences and critics, thanks largely to Stahelski’s singular focus on making the films the best they can be.

As is obvious, Stahelski’s concentration enabled the John Wick Franchise for continuous improvement. Moreover, this improvement affected not only the reception but also the commercial success. John Wick grossed $86 million worldwide, before the sequel exceeded all expectations and grossed $174 million worldwide. The third film then increased its box office even further, with John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum and grossed $328 million worldwide, almost double its predecessor. John Wick: Chapter 4 was the highest-grossing film to date, grossing a total of $440 million worldwide.

The continuous improvement of John Wick franchise is a testament to Stahelski and his commitment to making these films. If Stahelski proves to be equally committed Highlanders and it looks like this franchise could follow a similar trajectory. The Highlanders Restart could prove to be something special, John Wick Washopefully commercially successful and leads to a franchise. If so, Highlanders could become the next big fantasy franchise under Stahelski’s leadership, just like John Wick for modern action franchises and gave Henry Cavill his replacement for Geralt of Rivia.

The Highlander franchise could have a John Wick problem in the future

A scenario causes similar problems for Highlander and John Wick

Despite the obvious positive aspects that Chad Stahelski brought to the Highlanders Franchise, it could be a similar problem as the John Wick Films. When Stahelski Highlanders and the film is a critical and box office success, the studio will undoubtedly want sequels. Stahelski himself has even hinted that the first film could become a franchise. Happy Sad Confused Podcast. However there JohnWick 5 confirmed, Stahelski will eventually have to focus on this franchise againand pulled him away from Highlanders.

In this scenario, two options are possible. The first is that there is a long gap between Highlanders and all sequels take place, giving Stahelski time to direct JohnWick 5 before returning to the previous franchise. The second reality is that Stahelski is renouncing directing Highlanders Sequels in favour of returning to the John Wick series, which could have a negative impact on the quality of the new franchise. Regardless of the Highlanders could run into this problem if Stahelski’s focus on the first film makes it the successful franchise that many believe it could become.

Highlander (Reboot)

Highlander is a reboot of the 1986 film starring Christopher Lambert and Sean Connery. It is directed by Chad Stahelski and stars Henry Cavill as Connor MacLeod.