off series  _"Highlander: The Raven" (1998)_ (qv) continuing on TV. These plans  started to go awry when "Highlander: The Raven" was canceled, and  production delays started occurring due to cast availability  problems. Dimension Films, who had taken on the project as a way of  invigorating the franchise, soon realized that their plans for the  film were not going to meet expectations and scaled back on its  release, effectively throwing the movie away.