After two movies, Antonio Banderas can hang up his mask. Sony has just hired writers Matthew Federman & Stephen Scaia to write an origin story reboot of Zorro based on a 2005 book by Isabel Allende. Blending fiction with actual historical events, the novel is written as a mock-biography telling how a young man raised in California moves to Spain and becomes the famous masked bandit. And though it seems like a pretty obvious take on the material, Zorro has never really had a true origin and at least it's better than the "Zorro in the future" rumor [1] that was floated earlier this year. There's more after the jump. Deadline [2] broke the news of Sony's deal with Federman and Scaia who have previously written on Jericho, Warehouse 13, Human Target and are currently on the new Charlie’s Angels. So they obviously know about new reboots. Allende's book was critically acclaimed for...
- 10/6/2011
- by Germain Lussier
- Slash Film
Fox announced their intentions to reboot the character of Zorro in late April, with this go-around’s hook being a post-apocalyptic setting. That’s all we’ve heard since — but if they’re still doing it, they might want to get moving on it soon: Deadline says that Sony has hired screenwriters for their own restart of the character, with Matthew Federman and Stephen Scaia being given the task of adapting the novel Zorro by Isabel Allende.
Taking a gander at the novel’s plot description gives me the impression that this won’t be doing things too differently with the character — he trains with a sword, begins to use it as a method of doling out justice, and attains revenge from an enemy. I don’t necessarily see this as being awful or anything; probably just more of the same.
The hiring of these screenwriters feels at least a little unexpected,...
Taking a gander at the novel’s plot description gives me the impression that this won’t be doing things too differently with the character — he trains with a sword, begins to use it as a method of doling out justice, and attains revenge from an enemy. I don’t necessarily see this as being awful or anything; probably just more of the same.
The hiring of these screenwriters feels at least a little unexpected,...
- 10/6/2011
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
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