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40 Years Later, Dave Bautista Is Rebooting A Brutal Fantasy Villain

Ryan Britt

created: Feb. 10, 2026, 5:48 p.m. | updated: Feb. 15, 2026, 2:35 a.m.

An immortal hero is only interesting if they must face an immortal villain who is the embodiment of evil. Now, 40 years after the first movie, Dave Bautista is rebooting the Kurgan for the new Highlander movie. If Bautista’s new Kurgan is working as a priest, it could throw a new twist onto the nature of the character. Connor and the Kurgan’s church confrontation from the original 1986 Highlander. But perhaps these set photos suggest that this version of the Kurgan will be a little more complex.

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