The popularity of superhero movies, so that Hollywood major film companies are trying to launch their own hero movie series, build the hero movie universe, sony, which holds the copyright of Spider-Man and related movies, does not want to be limited to the IP of Spider-Man, and has other plans, Sony plans to launch a new reboot version of the "Zorro" movie, and is currently negotiating with Fede Alvarez, a director from Uruguay, who wants to direct this rebooted version of "Zorro".
Feder Alvarez has not directed much so far, but everyone is familiar with it, and the reputation is excellent, he has been in 2009 for a science fiction short film "Panic Attack! In this 4-minute short film, he created a Hollywood blockbuster atmosphere for only $300.
He was then photographed by Sam Remy, the director of the old Spider-Man trilogy, and directed the new version of Ghostbusters in 2013. This was followed by a critically acclaimed thriller, Hold Your Breath, and directed the sequel to Dragon Tattoo Girl, The Girl in the Spider's Web.
Marvel had invited him to direct a film (supposedly Doctor Strange), but eventually quit because he felt his creative freedom was being interfered with.
If he had taken over the new version of Zorro, it would have been his second contact with hero movies.
Zorro's name is not unfamiliar to some people, as one of the earliest masked vigilantes in the history of cinema, it can be said that it is a grandfather-level existence in the history of superheroes. The hero who likes to leave a Z logo was born in 1919, Zorro's story is set in the Spanish occupation of California from 1781 to 1821, Zorro's father is the most famous local rich man, Zorro, the rich representative of the face is not unlearned, but secretly in the name of Zorro to do chivalry everywhere. His style and heroism inspired the creation of a series of comic book superheroes, Superman, Batman, and Spider-Man were all influenced by Zorro, especially Batman, the masked shape, the positioning of being a rich kid but doing heroic righteousness, and even Batman's Batmobile, inspired by Zorro's mount.
There are many films, cartoons, novels, and games about Zorro, and the first Zorro film was "The Mark of Zorro" in 1920, in which Douglas van Punk played the first Zorro on the screen, which was still a silent film at the time.
The more familiar version should be 1998's "The Mask of Zorro", and the subsequent sequel to 2005's "The Legend of Zorro", in which the actor Antonio Banderas from Spain wears a mask, and Catherine Zeta-Jones, who plays the heroine in it, is also a unique ghost in the film.
As one of the earliest and most famous heroic characters, Sony should have a long-term plan for this role, according to foreign media reports, this reboot will return to Zorro's origin, that is, Zorro's debut story in 1919 "The Curse of Capistrano", which was later republished in line with the 1920 film, called "The Mark of Zorro", It was also the most sold of Zorro's related novels, with 50 million copies sold, making it one of the highest-selling novels in history.
At present, this rebooted version of "Zorro" has no specific shooting and release time, but if the director decides, it is estimated that further news from the project is not far away.