There can (still) be only one: Highlander is 40

What Happened

Why It Matters

The film spawned two direct sequels and two TV series (one live action, one animated), and a planned reboot has been kicking around Hollywood since 2008.

Key Details

But the original still stands tall as the best of the bunch, 40 years later.
(Spoilers below because it's been 40 years.) Screenwriter Gregory Widen was a college student at UCLA when he wrote the first draft of what would become Highlander for a screenwriting class.
It was originally entitled Shadow Clan and partially inspired by Ridley Scott's 1977 film about two swordsmen engaged in a longstanding feud (The Duelists).
Combine that with Widen's visits to Scotland and the Tower of London, with its impressive display of historical armor, and Widen had all he needed for his tale of dueling Immortals secretly living among us.

Background Context

The 1980s brought us so many terrific films, including director Russell Mulcahy's sword-and-sorcery fantasy action film Highlander, starring Christopher Lambert as an immortal Scotsman who must battle others like him to the death until just one remains. The film spawned two direct sequels and two TV series (one live action, one animated), and a planned reboot has been kicking around Hollywood since 2008. But the original still stands tall as the best of the bunch, 40 years later. (Spoilers below because it's been 40 years.) Screenwriter Gregory Widen was a college student at UCLA when he wrote the first draft of what would become Highlander for a screenwriting class. It was originally entitl

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