Fox's post apocalyptic take on the Zorro legend, Zorro Reborn, might just have found its director...
We recently reported that Gael Garcia Bernal had been cast as the lead in Zorro Reborn, a post apocalyptic take on the legend of the character. The film is based on a script that was originally written by Lee Shipman and Brian McGreevy (Harker) and later rewritten by Glenn Gers (Fracture).
In addition to the post apocalyptic setting, Zorro Reborn will distance itself further from the traditions of the legend by not setting the action in either California or Mexico.
When we brought you the news of Bernal’s casting, Fox was still without a director. But now? It appears it has a favourite in Peruvian director Ricardo de Montreuil, whose short film The Raven has impressed many an exec of late. The short can be found on YouTube if you want to see what caught Fox’s eye.
This is of course one of two Zorro projects currently in development, with Sony still working on an origins story entitled Zorro. But it looks now as though Fox is winning this particular race...
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