Henry Cavill's Immortal has found his mentor. Russell Crowe has joined the cast of Amazon's Highlander remake as Ramirez.

Amazon MGM Studios is backing the new movie, which will re-imagine the story from the 1986 action movie about immortal warriors battling for supremacy.

We can now proudly say we know a third thing, as Variety reports that Russell Crowe will also star in the film, taking on a mentor role to Cavill’s character. That drops Crowe into the same position that Sean Connery occupied in the original Highlander,