# Movies: Presumably 2026, maybe Beyond
**URL:** https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/movies-presumably-2026-maybe-beyond/521
**Category:** General Movie Discussion
**Created:** [January 28, 2018, 10:51pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/movies-presumably-2026-maybe-beyond/521 "2018-01-28T22:51:09Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Dustin](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/Dustin)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2026, 9:54am UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/movies-presumably-2026-maybe-beyond/521/4780 "2026-01-30T09:54:10Z")
The sad thing is, HIGHLANDER was a mid-tier prestige production that badly tanked at the box office but became a surprise hit afterwards in its video tour. It came out of nowhere, a bonkers fantasy story investing in Connery, Queen and Lambert with a chic video clip aesthetic - that actually trusted its story enough not to weave all kinds of threads for a sequel into the script.
How often does that happen any more? Naturally, they tried to franchise it later as that was the dawn of the age of franchises. But just telling one story in one film and be **done** with it, how rare has that become? And how many ‘cult classics’ are even made any more?
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### Author:  [@secretagentfan](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/secretagentfan)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2026, 10:23am UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/movies-presumably-2026-maybe-beyond/521/4781 "2026-01-30T10:23:48Z")
Exactly!
These days, if you propose a contained story you immediately are asked: could it be a series? Even on the book market you don’t stand as much of a chance of being published if you don’t offer to have at least two more sequels waiting.
It’s always the same argument: “oh, the marketing will be so much easier”, “oh, the real money is in the next installments”, “oh, audiences want to immerse themselves and not stop after one story”.
Bull.
It just has become a self-fulfilling prophecy.
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### Author:  [@Dustin](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/Dustin)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2026, 10:48am UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/movies-presumably-2026-maybe-beyond/521/4782 "2026-01-30T10:48:00Z")
Yes. Who ever asked for Gone with the Rain, the spectacular sequel to Gone with the Wind? The Name of the Tulip? LOW AFTERNOON? There are stories which don’t need 12 different instalments across all sorts of media - but are they still given a chance in our markets? I’m not optimistic.
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### Author:  [@jamesb007nd](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/jamesb007nd)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2026, 1:11pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/movies-presumably-2026-maybe-beyond/521/4783 "2026-01-30T13:11:35Z")
Ehhhh…..
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### Author:  [@dalton](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/dalton)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2026, 1:28pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/movies-presumably-2026-maybe-beyond/521/4784 "2026-01-30T13:28:38Z")
I didn’t even realize that they were still going forward with the _Highlander_ remake.
Can’t see this doing well at the box office at all. What exactly is the draw of this?
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### Author:  [@secretagentfan](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/secretagentfan)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2026, 5:55pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/movies-presumably-2026-maybe-beyond/521/4785 "2026-01-30T17:55:27Z")
The IP that will guarantee the pre-sales for the streaming rights.
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### Author:  [@stromberg](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/stromberg)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2026, 6:29pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/movies-presumably-2026-maybe-beyond/521/4786 "2026-01-30T18:29:38Z")
> **[‘The Beatles’ First Look: Paul Mescal Is Paul McCartney, Barry Keoghan Is...](https://variety.com/2026/film/news/beatles-movies-photos-paul-mescal-paul-mccartney-1236644754/)**
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> The first look at the Beatles, played by Paul Mescal, Barry Keoghan and more in the four-film series, has arrived.
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### Author:  [@dalton](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/dalton)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2026, 7:03pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/movies-presumably-2026-maybe-beyond/521/4787 "2026-01-30T19:03:21Z")
Is (was?) Highlander even that popular?
IP is one thing, and a valid complaint in a lot of areas, I just can’t see how this was ever popular enough to warrant a remake, even purely for monetary reasons.
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### Author:  [@secretagentfan](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/secretagentfan)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2026, 9:28pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/movies-presumably-2026-maybe-beyond/521/4788 "2026-01-30T21:28:37Z")
It did become a home video smash, spawned that tv show. That’s what studios consider more reliable as a brand than any new story.
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### Author:  [@dalton](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/dalton)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2026, 9:30pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/movies-presumably-2026-maybe-beyond/521/4789 "2026-01-30T21:30:02Z")
It might have the added bonus to the executives that it’s old enough and obscure enough that a decent chunk of today’s targeted audience might just think it’s something entirely new.
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### Author:  [@raylan.givens](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/raylan.givens)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2026, 11:03pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/movies-presumably-2026-maybe-beyond/521/4790 "2026-01-30T23:03:31Z")
Popular enough to make Adrian Paul a Bond contender (for the press anyway). And I seem to remember him being mentioned here a few times by some members, too…
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### Author:  [@Dustin](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/Dustin)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2026, 7:46am UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/movies-presumably-2026-maybe-beyond/521/4791 "2026-01-31T07:46:53Z")
Initially I was sharing @dalton’s scepticism. But the more I think about it the more I can see studio executives hoping for another Mission Impossible success story here: something just obscure enough they can throw money at and hope it sticks with the young crowd. And Cavill may still be looking for his one signature role, and this and WARHAMMER are both up his sword wielding alley.
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### Author:  [@Vanya](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/Vanya)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2026, 11:45am UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/movies-presumably-2026-maybe-beyond/521/4792 "2026-01-31T11:45:55Z")
> [@dalton](#):
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> Is (was?) Highlander even that popular?
Highlander has always been a cult franchise rather than a box office success. If you crunch the numbers, it was actually Highlander III that had the highest box office gross, and the only film to break even at the box office. The series is the most successful thing Highlander has produced.
I’m usually the first to roll my eyes at the glut of remakes, but I think Highlander has the best chance of being good. Chad Stahelski is a great choice to direct. He’s a fan of the property and excels in action scenes. But there’s an aspect of John Wick that’s often overshadowed by the action, and that’s the worldbuilding. He did a great job setting up the rules and rituals of the underworld without overwrought exposition, which could translate very well to Highlander.
I’m a little unsure about some of the cast. I’m not exactly a fan of Cavill, but at least he can swing a sword. Crowe wouldn’t have been my first choice for Ramirez either. But the rest are solid.
> [@raylan.givens](#):
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> Popular enough to make Adrian Paul a Bond contender (for the press anyway). And I seem to remember him being mentioned here a few times by some members, too…
I remember that people often cited his resemblance to a young Connery. Unfortunately, like most TV actors, Paul ended up doing little of note once his series ended.
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### Author:  [@secretagentfan](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/secretagentfan)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2026, 1:33pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/movies-presumably-2026-maybe-beyond/521/4793 "2026-01-31T13:33:41Z")
No doubt they will maximize the action and set up tons of stuff for sequels.
But I loved the original film because it juxtaposed the gritty contemporary New York with different time zones, had the mysterious and different looking Lambert together with Sean Connery, threatened by Clancy Brown‘s really frightening villain, and all of this was glued together by Queen‘s killer songs.
That cannot be duplicated, and even trying will not stir up the right mix.
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### Author:  [@secretagentfan](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/secretagentfan)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2026, 8:12am UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/movies-presumably-2026-maybe-beyond/521/4794 "2026-02-01T08:12:24Z")
> **[Next ‘Fast & Furious’ Movie Gets Title and Spring 2028 Release](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/fast-and-furious-forever-vin-diesel-release-universal-1236489778/)**
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> Vin Diesel celebrated the announcement and noted, "No one said the road would be easy."
Fast forever.
That’s the title, not my opinion.
In contrast to the Muppets, this sinks my hope for a better entertainment landscape.
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### Author:  [@dalton](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/dalton)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2026, 11:33am UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/movies-presumably-2026-maybe-beyond/521/4795 "2026-02-01T11:33:20Z")
Thankfully, it seems like this next one will be the last one.
I still remember going to see the original one in theaters and thinking that it was a solid film. Granted, haven’t seen it since so I have no idea if older me would still feel the same way, but it’s interesting that a film about street racing and car culture could spawn the type of franchise that it spawned.
But, then again, I never would have thought, walking out of _Casino Royale_, that in fifteen years I would be watching that incarnation of Bond battling a nano-machine DNA virus and taking a rocket to the face in order to stop it.
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### Author:  [@secretagentfan](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/secretagentfan)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2026, 8:18am UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/movies-presumably-2026-maybe-beyond/521/4796 "2026-02-03T08:18:38Z")
Seems fitting for these days.
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nm4WbapDzDQ)
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### Author:  [@secretagentfan](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/secretagentfan)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2026, 7:08am UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/movies-presumably-2026-maybe-beyond/521/4797 "2026-02-04T07:08:01Z")
IP… When two hours can be stretched into 10…
> **[Apple TV’s ’Cape Fear’ Starring Amy Adams, Patrick Wilson and Javier Bardem...](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/cape-fear-tv-series-apple-amy-adams-patrick-wilson-javier-1236493315/)**
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> The streamer revealed a first look at the 10-episode series Tuesday during a press event in Santa Monica. It comes with Oscar-winning pedigrees thanks to Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg and its cast of actors.
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### Author:  [@Orion](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/Orion)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2026, 12:08pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/movies-presumably-2026-maybe-beyond/521/4798 "2026-02-04T12:08:04Z")
As long as it doesn’t try too hard like the 91 version…
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### Author:  [@Orion](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/Orion)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2026, 3:37pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/movies-presumably-2026-maybe-beyond/521/4799 "2026-02-04T15:37:50Z")
Doesn’t the story in actually benefit from a short run time? The claustrophobia is then shared with the audience, whilst I don’t think it’s impossible to make a series out of it, the format can’t keep that tension for very long.
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