The first Highlander movie is regarded by many as a sci-fi/fantasy cult classic, and it developed a strong enough fanbase on home video to eventually spawn four sequels, two TV shows and an animated series as well. Unfortunately, all of those things kind of ran the franchise into the ground, and the most recent film Highlander: The Source ended up nothing more than a made-for-TV Sci-Fi Channel movie. So, as it goes with Hollywood nowadays, the solution is simply to reboot that sucker.

Summit Entertainment have acquired the rights to develop a remake of the original Highlander, with Art Marcum and Matt Holloway (Iron Man, Punisher: War Zone) on board to write the script. They plan to keep things fresh by incorporating some additional back story elements, turning the remake into a prequel of sorts. But here’s the thing that might worry the primarily male audience that this movie is aiming for: producer Peter Davis says that the key to the film is romance, which he promises will be a central theme. “The issues of an immortal falling in love with a woman and knowing she’s going to grow old and die in your arms, those are very romantic issues to deal with,” said Davis. No word yet on who might star, but let’s hope Christopher Lambert at least gets a cameo because the guy is pretty much hilarious in everything he does. (Just check out his role in Southland Tales if you don’t believe me.)