The swashbuckling swordsman Zorro has been an iconic vigilante since his creation in 1919 by Johnston McCulley. Since then he has appeared across films and literature, including 1998’s The Mask of Zorro starring Antonio Banderas and its 2005 sequel The Legend of Zorro. Now, Big Finish Productions has announced the story of these two films […]
Disney’s Zorro enlists Game of Thrones’ Bryan Cogman as showrunner
Back in 2021 it was announced that Wilmer Valderrama would be fronting and executive producing a Zorro series for Disney+, and now comes word from Deadline that Bryan Cogman (Game of Thrones) has board the project as writer, showrunner and executive producer.Based on the swashbuckling pulp hero created by Johnston McCulley, the new take on […]
Gender-swapped Zorro TV series in the works from Robert Rodriguez, Rebecca Rodriguez, and Sofia Vergara
Deadline is reporting that we may soon see a gender-swapped version of Zorro coming to our TV screens. According to the trade, filmmaker Robert Rodriguez is compiling an all-star cast of creators to bring to life a modern retelling of one of pop culture’s most iconic characters.Rodriguez will team with writer-director Rebecca Rodriguez, Sofia Vergara, […]
Sony and Quentin Tarantino keen on a Django/Zorro crossover movie
Back in June it was announced that Quentin Tarantino was working on a Django/Zorro crossover comic book series with Dynamite Entertainment and DC Comics, which was released last month, and now the latest leaked emails from the Sony hack has revealed that QT has been in talks with Amy Pascal about bringing the two characters […]
Gael Garcia Bernal to star as Zorro in reboot
Back in February it was revealed that the long-gestating Zorro reboot Zorro Reborn had been dragged out of development hell, with Jonas Cuaron (Gravity) writing and directing the project, now titled Z.Well, it seems that Cuaron has found an actor to portray the swashbuckling pulp hero, with Gael Garcia Bernal (The Motorcycle Diaries, Mozart in […]
Jonas Cuaron to write and direct post-apocalyptic Zorro reboot Z
Last year it was revealed that Lantica Media and Sobini Films were resurrecting Zorro Reborn, the long-in-development post-apocalyptic reboot of the masked hero Zorro, and now the two companies have announced that Jonas Cuaron (Gravity) has signed on to write and direct the project, which will now be going by the title of Z. “When […]
Post-apocalyptic Zorro reboot Zorro Reborn resurrected
The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Lantica Media and Sobini Films are teaming up to resurrect the post-apocalyptic reboot of the pulp hero Zorro, which was previously set up at 20th Century Fox.“This has been a 15-year journey filled with ups and downs, but it has remained my passion project over the years,” states Sobini […]
Kiersey Clemons cast in the post-apocalyptic Zorro reboot Z
Variety is reporting that Dope star Kiersey Clemons is set to join Gael Garcia Bernal in the upcoming Zorro reboot Z, which is being written and directed by Jonas Cuaron (Gravity).Described as a reimagining of the classic swashbuckler, Z is said to offer a post-apocalyptic take on the myth of Zorro, set in the near […]
