GAME OF THRONES Writer Boards Disney+'s Upcoming ZORRO Reimagining As Showrunner

GAME OF THRONES Writer Boards Disney+'s Upcoming ZORRO Reimagining As Showrunner

It's been a while since we've heard anything concrete about Disney+'s Zorro TV series, but the project just took a major step forward with the addition of a prolific Game of Thrones writer. Check it out!

By JoshWilding - Mar 08, 2023 04:03 AM EST
Filed Under: Action
Source: Deadline (via SFFGazette.com)

When many of you think of Zorro on screen, you'll likely recall the movies starring Antonio Banderas. The actor first played the iconic masked vigilante in 1998's The Mask of Zorro alongside Anthony Hopkins, who played the original Zorro, Don Diego de la Vega, and Catherine Zeta-Jones.

He'd later return for a 2005 sequel, The Legend of Zorro, though it wasn't as critically or commercially successful as its predecessor and that's where the franchise ended.

There's no indication that series will be revived, though multiple reimaginings are in currently the works. Among them is Disney+'s untitled Zorro project which, according to Deadline (via SFFGazette.com), has now found a writer and showrunner in Game of Thrones scribe Bryan Cogman.

He worked on the HBO hit for over 10 years and 8 seasons, penning a total of 11 episodes and serving as co-executive producer. He received four Emmy Awards, a Hugo Award, a Producer's Guild of America Award, and 7 Writer’s Guild Award nominations during that period and was a consulting producer on Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power's first season. 

Cogman also has a history with Disney after being hired to write the upcoming live-action The Sword in the Stone remake. 

The Disney+ series follows privileged caballero Diego De La Vega who returns to his hometown of El Pueblo de Los Angeles following a family tragedy. There, he discovers a culture of corruption and injustice that will lead him to take on the mantle of the masked vigilante Zorro - America's first true superhero.

Wilmer Valderrama executive produces the series and is expected to star as the title character in what's been described as a bold reimagining of Disney's classic series for a modern audience; an epic adventure rooted in California’s rich and diverse history, bursting with humor, sinister intrigue, romantic entanglements, and swashbuckling thrills.

This has been in the works since 2021, so it's good to know that the show is finally beginning to take shape.  

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bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 3/8/2023, 4:48 AM
I only read Game of Thrones and Zorro and was hoping this was an announcement that Pedro Pascal was cast as Zorro, and now I don't want any different.
Repian
Repian - 3/8/2023, 4:52 AM
@bkmeijer1 - Tony Dalton
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 3/8/2023, 4:57 AM
@Repian - that could also work really well. You proved me wrong, I actually do wanna see something different
Twenty23Three
Twenty23Three - 3/8/2023, 5:03 AM
@bkmeijer1 - Pedro Pascal can’t star in ALL tv shows surely? Haha
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 3/8/2023, 5:15 AM
@Twenty23Three - true. With both The Last of Us and The Mandalorian this month, he does deserve a break
dracula
dracula - 3/8/2023, 5:15 AM
@bkmeijer1 - pedro pascal would be cool,

What small sidekick would be be paired with this time acting as a father figure

Although yeah the guy the busy
bobevanz
bobevanz - 3/8/2023, 5:25 AM
@bkmeijer1 - same, Pedro would kill it
Twenty23Three
Twenty23Three - 3/8/2023, 5:28 AM
@bkmeijer1 - what about the guy who played his brother, was in that terrible Terminator as well
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 3/8/2023, 5:39 AM
@Twenty23Three - and also Ghost Rider in Agents of SHIELD? Yeah, I can see Gabriel Luna do it. Just not as much as Pascal
Twenty23Three
Twenty23Three - 3/8/2023, 7:33 AM
@bkmeijer1 - oh I wouldn’t know. I ducked out of AoS really early haha
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 3/8/2023, 7:38 AM
@Twenty23Three - understandable. Think the Ghost Rider arc is worth checking out though. Think it's only 7 or 8 episodes or something
Superheromoviefan
Superheromoviefan - 3/8/2023, 5:06 AM
will it be in anyway good like the 98 movie?
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Matchesz
Matchesz - 3/8/2023, 5:11 AM
Callin it now the main villain will be a chick
TheSuperMex
TheSuperMex - 3/8/2023, 10:13 AM
@Matchesz - I think Zorro The Gay Blade is more your style.
dracula
dracula - 3/8/2023, 5:13 AM
Sounds better than the robert rodriguez show

Will be weird to see Fez as Zorro

But the guy does have a history of super heroics
WarMonkey
WarMonkey - 3/8/2023, 7:26 AM
@dracula - If you have seen the Dusk to Dawn tv show then you wouldn't think this is weird actually. He was fantastic in it and kinda sorta but not really played a vampire Zorro type character. I thought it was weird seeing him in that show but he knocked it out of the park and I stopped seeing him as Fez quickly.
Repian
Repian - 3/8/2023, 5:15 AM
I want to see Jason Isaacs as a villain for Zorro.
FinnishDude
FinnishDude - 3/8/2023, 5:24 AM
Man, Zorro was one of my favorite characters as a kid. Used to wear a black cape and swing around a toy sword all the time, and watched both the Zorro cartoon and first Banderas' movie. A well-made modern Zorro adaptation could fill the hole we currently have for swashbuckling adventures left by the Pirates franchise dying.
bobevanz
bobevanz - 3/8/2023, 5:25 AM
I remember seeing Mask Of Zorro in theaters, watched it the other day on the new 4k transfer. Still enjoyable imo, of course that's what happens when you have Martin Campbell directing after he did Goldeneye. And Catherine Zeta Jones.... woo!
RolandD
RolandD - 3/18/2023, 1:50 PM
@bobevanz - And Casino Royale. On the other hand he also directed Green Lantern. 😉
Super12
Super12 - 3/8/2023, 5:33 AM
I remember first seeing the old 50's Zorro series with Guy Williams. It was the 90's and I was just a kid but I loved that old black & white show. No wonder I loved Batman TAS so much when it came out...
Reginator
Reginator - 3/8/2023, 5:43 AM
TheSuperMex
TheSuperMex - 3/8/2023, 10:14 AM
I would love a third Bandaras movie. Hope this is good but I don’t know if I can buy Fez as Zorro.
EpicMan
EpicMan - 3/8/2023, 2:25 PM
Will they change the race to African American.....? Or are only Anglo-Saxon American casts allowed to be changed?
tb86
tb86 - 3/12/2023, 9:07 PM
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