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From the first page - http://www.superherohype.com/news/articles/168566-zorro-reboot-hires-writers
I had just posted this the other day on the Pulp Heroes thread http://forums.superherohype.com/showthread.php?t=367421, and today it's suddenly on the first page, so I thought I'd give it it's own thread.
I'm pretty sure the Antonio Banderas incarnation by Amblin/Sonny has long ago run it's course.
The character especially the classic Diego De La Vega version is due for a full blown origin reboot. Since the latest incarnation and it's sequel only really focused on Diego De La Vega's(Anthony Hopkins) denouement.
And instead focused on the rise of Alejandro Murrieta(Antonio Banderas) as Zorro.
The as-yet filmed Isabelle Allende Zorro Novel expanded greatly on the never told Diego De La Vega origin. Kind of a year-one retelling of how Diego becomes Zorro, including elements like his mother - half Native American, how she met his father a Spanish Captain "defending" the Missions from her tribe, and how he (Diego) is torn between being equal parts of two worlds "old" and "new", "civilized"(meant to be ironic) and "untamed". His grand-mother (White-Owl) who sets him on a vision quest where he encounters his Spirit Guide, a small black Fox from who he takes his name, cunning and courage.
His training in Spain under the mysterious knights of the Justicia who give him a moral compass and a code of honor, and how to fight with The True Destreza ( look it up). To how he first met and named his horse Tornado and discovered the secret underground lair etc.. All of this is rife for being used in a movie. And most of it has never been explored in any of the films.
I had just posted this the other day on the Pulp Heroes thread http://forums.superherohype.com/showthread.php?t=367421, and today it's suddenly on the first page, so I thought I'd give it it's own thread.
I'm pretty sure the Antonio Banderas incarnation by Amblin/Sonny has long ago run it's course.
The character especially the classic Diego De La Vega version is due for a full blown origin reboot. Since the latest incarnation and it's sequel only really focused on Diego De La Vega's(Anthony Hopkins) denouement.
And instead focused on the rise of Alejandro Murrieta(Antonio Banderas) as Zorro.
The as-yet filmed Isabelle Allende Zorro Novel expanded greatly on the never told Diego De La Vega origin. Kind of a year-one retelling of how Diego becomes Zorro, including elements like his mother - half Native American, how she met his father a Spanish Captain "defending" the Missions from her tribe, and how he (Diego) is torn between being equal parts of two worlds "old" and "new", "civilized"(meant to be ironic) and "untamed". His grand-mother (White-Owl) who sets him on a vision quest where he encounters his Spirit Guide, a small black Fox from who he takes his name, cunning and courage.
His training in Spain under the mysterious knights of the Justicia who give him a moral compass and a code of honor, and how to fight with The True Destreza ( look it up). To how he first met and named his horse Tornado and discovered the secret underground lair etc.. All of this is rife for being used in a movie. And most of it has never been explored in any of the films.
So today they announced they are doing just that!
- Matthew Federman and Stephen Scaia have been hired to draft a reboot of Zorro, Deadline reports. This version is said to be based on the Isabel Allende novel that, released in 2005, served as a mock biography. Allende describes her take on her official site as follows:
A swashbuckling adventure story, "Zorro" reveals the history behind the legendary masked man.
Born in Southern California in the late eighteenth century, Diego de la Vega is a child of two worlds. His father is an aristocratic Spanish military man turned landowner, his mother a Shoshone warrior. From his father, Diego receives lessons in the art of fencing and in cattle branding; from his maternal grandmother, White Owl, he learns the ways of her tribe. As a child he also witnesses the brutal injustices dealt Native Americans by European settlers and begins to feel the inner conflict of his dual heritage.
At the age of sixteen, Diego is sent to Barcelona to be educated. Spain is chafing under the corruption of Napoleonic rule, and Diego, following the example of his celebrated fencing master, joins La Justicia, a secret underground resistance movement devoted to helping the powerless and the poor. With this tumultuous period as a backdrop, Diego falls in love, saves the persecuted, and confronts a great rival who emerges from the world of privilege. After many adventures—duels at dawn, fierce battles with pirates at sea, and daring rescues—Diego de la Vega, a.k.a. Zorro, returns to America to reclaim the hacienda where he was raised and to seek justice for all who cannot fight for it themselves.
Federman and Scaia are best known for television series like "HumanTarget
," "Jericho" and "Warehouse 13." Though Zorro will be released through SonyPictures, it isn't planned to have any connection to the previous modern film versions, The Mask of Zorro and The Legend of Zorro.
- Matthew Federman and Stephen Scaia have been hired to draft a reboot of Zorro, Deadline reports. This version is said to be based on the Isabel Allende novel that, released in 2005, served as a mock biography. Allende describes her take on her official site as follows:
A swashbuckling adventure story, "Zorro" reveals the history behind the legendary masked man.
Born in Southern California in the late eighteenth century, Diego de la Vega is a child of two worlds. His father is an aristocratic Spanish military man turned landowner, his mother a Shoshone warrior. From his father, Diego receives lessons in the art of fencing and in cattle branding; from his maternal grandmother, White Owl, he learns the ways of her tribe. As a child he also witnesses the brutal injustices dealt Native Americans by European settlers and begins to feel the inner conflict of his dual heritage.
At the age of sixteen, Diego is sent to Barcelona to be educated. Spain is chafing under the corruption of Napoleonic rule, and Diego, following the example of his celebrated fencing master, joins La Justicia, a secret underground resistance movement devoted to helping the powerless and the poor. With this tumultuous period as a backdrop, Diego falls in love, saves the persecuted, and confronts a great rival who emerges from the world of privilege. After many adventures—duels at dawn, fierce battles with pirates at sea, and daring rescues—Diego de la Vega, a.k.a. Zorro, returns to America to reclaim the hacienda where he was raised and to seek justice for all who cannot fight for it themselves.
Federman and Scaia are best known for television series like "HumanTarget
," "Jericho" and "Warehouse 13." Though Zorro will be released through SonyPictures, it isn't planned to have any connection to the previous modern film versions, The Mask of Zorro and The Legend of Zorro.
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