After years of false starts, the next Highlander movie is finally coming from director Chad Stahelski and with Henry Cavill in the lead role. Cavill’s been the only casting we’ve known about for some time, but now we know his former movie dad, Russell Crowe, is along for the ride.

Russell Crowe has joined the cast of “ Highlander ,” the reboot of the ’80s action film that will star Henry Cavill and is being directed by “John Wick” filmmaker Chad Stahelski, an individual with knowledge of the project told IndieWire.