A Hollywood blockbuster is scheduled to shoot in various locations throughout the Scottish Highlands this summer.
The Casting Collective - the UK's largest selection of extras - has launched a search for people to feature in the movie.
The London-based casting company is seeking people of all ages, genders and ethnicities, in particular, men with long hair and/or beards.
People must be local to, or have a base within, driving distance of the Scottish Highlands, the casting company requested.
It was revealed July last year that a reboot of the cult 80s action film Highlander - starring Henry Cavill - will be shot in Scotland in 2025.
The long-awaited reboot of the classic adventure story was confirmed earlier last year when filmmaker Chad Stahelski– the man behind the hugely successful John Wick films – and Man of Steel star Cavill were announced as part of the project.
The film, listed as a “tentpole” release by Lionsgate Motion Pictures, is due to release in 2026.
The 1986 movie was shot by Australian rock music video director Russell Mulcahy and concerned a group of secret immortals who battled each other through the centuries until only one was left.
Despite boasting the famous tagline ‘There can be only one’, the film spawned a franchise of several sequels of very questionable quality and a TV series.
There was also an eclectic approach to casting – with French actor Christopher Lambert starring as the 16th-century immortal Scottish clansman Connor MacLeod, Sean Connery as his Egyptian-via-medieval-Spain mentor Ramírez, and American actor Clancy Brown as Russian villain The Kurgan.
Scenes in the original were shot in various Scottish locales including Eilean Donan Castle, Glen Coe, Glen Nevis, Loch Shiel, Torridon and Skye.
Highlander was a box office flop on its initial U.S. release before later achieving a slow-burn global success in the emergent video and DVD market.
The fantasy epic continues to exert an enduring appeal with movie lovers which refuses to die, and was digitally restored for a 30th anniversary re-release in cinemas and on DVD in 2016.
But fans have long held out hope for a remake with modern affects and star-power actors.
"It’s another opportunity to do a property that I love," Stahelski said. "I love what it's about, I love working with immortality and love stories through time. I think it's a good way to take a great period piece, and sci-fi, and mix them together."
Henry Cavill confirmed he was attached to the reboot back in 2021, and revealed that had been “dipping into” his Scottish heritage and getting his “base line research” underway.
Posting on his Instagram account, he wrote: “I've been a fan of Highlander since I was lad. From the movies in all of their 80s, Queen slathered glory to the TV show with an actor who looked remarkably like one of my brothers.
“Being not shy with swords, and having a director as talented as Chad Stahelski at the helm, this is an opportunity like no other. Deep diving into franchise storytelling with all the tools at our disposal, is going to make this an adventure I (and hopefully all of you) shall never forget.”
