Details

Release year: 2007

Storyline

Duncan MacLeod and his fellow Immortals quest to locate the Grail of their world.

Top credits

Directors

Brett Leonard

Writers

Cast

Adrian Paul — Duncan MacLeod
Thekla Reuten — Anna Teshemka
Cristian Solimeno — The Guardian
Peter Wingfield — Methos

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Did you know

• Peter Briggs wrote a version of the script while the project was still at Miramax. Before writing the script, Briggs re-watched all the "Highlander" movies as well as the TV series, then joined the official Highlander message boards (www.highlander-community.com) and researched what fans wanted in a sequel. He kept his identity secret, but was known to be an insider on the project. He soon became one of the most popular and respected members of the board, and remained so even after he was kicked off the project. He revealed his identity well after he was kicked off the project. It was the death of a close friend on the forum, named Eric, that sparked Briggs to finally reveal himself.

• Russell Mulcahy was attached to direct the film early in development. Mulcahy disagreed with Peter S. Davis and William N. Panzer on the direction of the story, as he wanted it to be a prequel focusing around the first-ever generation of immortals, thousands of years before the original Highlander (1986), with Adrian Paul only appearing as Duncan MacLeod in a framing story. On the other hand, Panzer and Davis wanted to follow up Highlander: Endgame (2000) and have Duncan appear throughout the whole film. Eventually, Mulcahy left the production, feeling that a repeat of the events that resulted in the critical and commercial failure of Highlander II: The Quickening (1991) was about to happen.

• William N. Panzer wanted The Source to originate from the planet Zeist, thus connecting the film to Highlander II: The Quickening (1991) but the idea was rejected.