Jean Dujardin will don the mask of Zorro in a series for France Télévisions. Benjamin Charbit ("Les Sauvages") will be writing the script, reports "Satellifacts".
The hero - and his alter ego Don Diego Vega, a wealthy 24-year-old nobleman from the village of Reina in Los Angeles - was created by novelist Johnston McCulley in 1919. It has inspired numerous TV series, films and even cartoons. Douglas Fairbanks, Antonio Banderas and Alain Delon have all worn the cape, flat hat and wolf in films. Guy Williams (Zorro and Don Diego "de la" Vega, in the 1957 cult series).
Disney+ and Amazon in the race
Jean Dujardin has already had the opportunity to play him on television. It was in an episode of the series "Platane" in 2013.
"Zorro" has been all the rage for several months now. A new version described as respectful of the codes but contemporary is being prepared for Amazon Prime, with Spaniard Miguel Bernardeau ("Elite") as Don Diego de la Vega and Mexican actress Renata Notni as Lolita Marquez. Disney+ has the same ambition, preparing a remake with Wilmer Valderrama ("That '70s Show", "NCIS") in the lead role. Éric Judor is reportedly still working on a series for Canal+, a project he first mooted almost ten years ago.
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