But the filmmaker plans to soon enter the realm of kilted swordsmen.
Right now, Im very interested in doing theHighlanderproperty, says Stahelski.
Its scarily similar toJohn Wick.
Credit: ©20thCentFox/Courtesy Everett Collection
Theres a great mythology, its got an action-design challenge.
What would a guy really be like after 500 years of practicing sword-work?
Im still a stunt guy at heart.
You want to reinvent gunfights, how do you do it?
You want to reinventswordfighting, how do you do it?
And thats where we are at now.
I love the firstHighlanderand I think Im in a pretty good spot.
You dont want to over complicate it.
I think it speaks very simply: There can be only one!
Dont get your head chopped off!
I think we all know what happened with the sequels.
Funny you say that, grins the director.
I mean, theyd tried to drag every plot into the Immortal world.
My personal opinion, I dont want to see any of that.
I have seen other movies like that.
Ihaventseen the Immortal world.
I like to be insular.
I want to see Immortals.
Im invested in the Immortal world.
I think thats very important.
My pitch initially was, Look, I think theres more here than I can fit in one movie.
[They were] like, If you could do it.
I think I can introduce you to an entireworldof Immortals.
Imagine the great characters you could have.
I mean, it speaks for itself.
