Gael Garcia Bernal Will Be Zorro Reborn

by SuperHeroHype

February 16, 2012

Douglas Fairbanks, Guy Williams, Antonio Banderas and others have played the iconic swashbuckling character Zorro, but now a new name can be added to that list as Variety are saying that Mexican actor Gael Garcia Bernal (Y Tu Mama Tambien) will be donning the mask of Zorro for a new futuristic reboot from 20th Century Fox.

A few months back, Sony hired writers to reboot their Zorro franchise, but 20th Century Fox have decided to move ahead with their own Zorro project tentatively called Zorro Reborn, which won't be set either in California or Mexico but will have Bernal's Zorro as a masked vigilante looking for revenge. Written by Glenn Gers, Lee Shipman and Brian McGreevy, the project is still looking for a director.

From IGN:

From Raven to Zorro Reborn

De Montreuil may helm Fox's Zorro pic.

March 8, 2012

by Max Nicholson

Director Ricardo De Montreuil, who popped up on the Hollywood radar for his short film The Raven, may be helming 20th Century Fox's Zorro Reborn.

Variety reports that De Montreuil is set to direct the screen test for the film's likely star Gael Garcia Bernal. However, no official deal has been made.

This futuristic adaptation of Zorro will reinvent the character as a masked vigilante out for revenge against a diabolical tyrant and his mercenaries.

Lee Shipman and Brian McGreevy wrote the latest draft of the script, which was originally penned by Glenn Gers.