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Highlander: The Source (2007) More at IMDbPro »

• Joel Soisson's version of the script featured Duncan MacLeod living in a gas station in the middle of the desert, next to a run-down airplane. Also in the script, MacLeod smoked, wore cowboy boots and a hat, and had a pet monkey named Connor.
  
  
• Peter Briggs wrote a version of the script while the project was still at Miramax. Before writing the script, Briggs re-watched all the "Highlander" movies as well as the TV series, then joined the official Highlander message boards (www.highlander-community.com) and researched what fans wanted in a sequel. He kept his identity secret, but was known to be an insider on the project. He soon became one of the most popular and respected members of the board, and remained so even after he was kicked off the project. He revealed his identity well after he was kicked off the project. It was the death of a close friend on the forum, named Eric, that sparked Briggs to finally reveal himself.
  
  
• An early cut of Highlander: The Source was released in Russia on DVD in February 2007.
  
  
• Dimension Pictures originally intended to film this movie in Africa. Several early drafts are explicitly set in Africa. It was finally filmed in Lithuania around Vilnius.
  
  
• The film was shot over three months (October to December) in 2005, and was planned to be released in 2006.
  
  
• This is the first live-action "Highlander" film not released in theaters. The film premiered on the Sci-Fi Channel in September of 2007 and was released on DVD in February of 2008.
  
  
• This is the first live-action "Highlander" film in which the villain's name does not begin with the letter K. In Highlander (1986), Highlander II: The Quickening (1991), Highlander III: The Sorcerer (1994), and Highlander: Endgame (2000), the villains were named Kurgan, Katana, Kane, and Kell, respectively. (The animated film Highlander: The Search for Vengeance (2007) (V) also featured a villain whose name does not begin with the letter K, but it was produced after "Highlander: The Source," despite being released first.)
  
  
• The film was intended to be the first of a new trilogy, but these plans were dropped after the poor critical and commercial performance of "The Source."
  
  

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