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Sony Hires Writers to Reboot 'Zorro'
Sony Pictures have hired writers Matthew Federman and Stephen Scaia to pen the latest attempt to reboot the 'Zorro' franchise, taking the character back to his roots in the Spanish colonial era of California. The renewed interest in the franchise - absent since the two Antonio Banderas films in 1998 and 2005 - may be due in part to rumors of Fox pursuing a revisionist take on the character that would portray him as a post-apocalyptic vigilante.
Federman and Scaia - who are best known for their work on TV as writers for 'Charlies Angels', 'Human Target', and 'Jericho' - will be working on a script based partially on the 2005 novel 'Zorro' by Isabel Allende, which attempted to make the character and his struggles as historically accurate as possible. Placing the character inside pivotal events of the era could bring a whole new realm of interest to the franchise, similar to the popularity of the game series 'Assassin's Creed'. While it would be nice to see the masked avenger once again grace the silver screen, I think it would be difficult to find an actor who could so wholly embody the charisma, humor, and charm of the character better than Antonio Banderas (who was so iconic in the role, that he's even Zorro in cat form).
So Spillios - knowing that the film is once again a period piece, who would be your picks for director and lead actor? Who's got the chops to outperform the previous films and make 'Zorro' a lucrative franchise again?
Source: Deadline
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Tags: Matthew Federman, Sony, Stephen Scaia, Zorro, action, adventure, reboot, reimagining, swashbuckling
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Comment by Zuri Ch on October 10, 2011 at 1:18pm -
hollywood is just running out of ideas now, they just rebooting everything they possibly can. its becoming ridiculous.
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Comment by Happy Birthday Roboto on October 10, 2011 at 1:12pm -
@Magi
It wasn't what you wrote as much as how you phrased it and how I read it, it came across as funny. But I agree with you, sometimes there is no right answer and if that is the case it may be a god idea to wait a few years rather than rish something into production, not that filmmakers will consider that advice!
If they can do for Zorro what Guy Richie and Robert Downey Jr. did (surprisingly) for Sherlock Holmes then this could be good!
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Comment by C.H. Gorog on October 10, 2011 at 11:01am -
@Mixed Man - I hope they don't try to copy too much from the Assassin's Creeds series.
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Comment by Mike on October 10, 2011 at 3:08am -
The picture reminds me of V for Vendetta.
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Comment by The Halfrican on October 9, 2011 at 3:30pm
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Comment by Gift of the Magi on October 8, 2011 at 11:54pm -
@Fungusmonkey: Never say never, man. However, I expect that some of the visuals from AC will likely show up (standing on narrow ledges, parkour-like moves, acrobatic kills)...which is utter crap because Zorro is a swashbuckler, a somewhat-egotistical swordsman that stayed one step ahead of the bad guys simply because he WANTS them to see who beat them.
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Staff Comment by Fungusmonkey on October 8, 2011 at 11:10pm -
Who doesn't love Zorro? I'm glad Sony is beating Fox to the punch and making an actual period piece. That post-apocalyptic idea is terrible. I can't think of anyone who'd be good as Zorro, but those last two Banderas flicks were damn awesome.
@Gift - I don't think the article meant LITERALLY like AC, just that AC follows actual historical events.
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Comment by Gift of the Magi on October 8, 2011 at 10:11am
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@Happy Birthday Roboto: That's because sometimes there ISN'T a good answer, and that in itself could be the best answer. Also, I'd like to state that having Zorro follow a currently popular game franchise would be a BAD idea. If I hear that Zorro will involve time-travelling VR assassins, I'm gonna choke a bitch.
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Comment by Jvegi on October 8, 2011 at 6:00am -
I'm actually looking forward to this. It's been a while.
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Comment by matenzo on October 8, 2011 at 3:49am -
meh. never liked zorro
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