Flushed with the cash that only something like The Twilight Saga can bring, Summit Entertainment is set to deploy some of it on a new version of the film Highlander. It's being described, it seems, as a ‘re-imagination', and Summit has hired the Fast & Furious team of producer Neal H Moritz and director Justin Lin to bring the project to life.

In fact, they're not the only personnel already on board. Original Highlander producer Peter Davis will work on the new version, while Art Marcum and Matt Holloway have been picked to write the script. They're the pair behind the screenplay of Iron Man, which is a promising start.

The plan is for the new film to expand on the mythology of battling immortals that sits at the heart of Highlander, while throwing enough at the screen to kickstart a new franchise for Summit. There's no formal word yet on when things are likely to get moving, but given that there's a director, producers and writers on the payroll already, we'd expect things to get going soon.

So who gets the Lambert role, then? Do you think they've had the Zac Efron/Robert Pattinson conversation yet...?