"Journeyman" May Be New Highlander
August 25, 2008 by brian
JoBlo reports that Kevin McKidd, star of the acclaimed but canceled Journeyman, could step into some immortal shoes in the Highlander movie revamp.
This could be a good casting. McKidd is a good actor and for bonus points is actually Scottish. JoBlo cites an interview with a Dublin radio station in which McKidd confirmed he had been approached about the role.
Journeyman’s short run was one of the true tragedies of the strike-shortened TV season, so it’s certainly nice to hear that McKidd is being considered for other high-profile projects. Good luck, Kevin, you deserve it.
NBC Photo: Mitch Haddad
I could almost get excited over this if it weren’t for the disaster that was “Highlander: The Source”. Maybe a new Highlander and a fresh storyline might recharge the series, but I can’t bring myself to get my hopes up. But short of hearing that Peter Wingfield was asked to do a Methos series, I’m not sure that any news on a new Highlander venture would really thrill me.
Except for the first Highlander movie, the rest of them sucked. TV series was OK, I guess; only saw a few of the episodes. That being said, I very much enjoyed Journeyman and was quite disappointed when it didn’t return. Here’s hoping that Kevin McKidd gets a better script and plot!