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‘Zorro’ Series Starring Wilmer Valderrama in the Works at Disney Branded Television

Wilmer Valderrama is attached to star in and executive produce a new Zorro series that is in development at Disney Branded Television

variety.com

In “Zorro,” Valderrama would star as Don Diego de la Vega and his swashbuckling alter ego, the masked horseman known as Zorro, in the days of Spanish California.

The show is a reimagining of the Disney-ABC “Zorro” series starring Guy Williams that aired in the 1950s. That show also starred Gene Sheldon, George J. Lewis, and Henry Calvin. It aired for 78 episodes between 1957 and 1959, with four hour-long episodes airing in the early 1960s.

“Growing up, Zorro was the one character that made me, as a Latino, feel like I could be a hero,” Valderrama said. “As an adult and a storyteller, I have a responsibility in the stories that I help bring to life. To partner with Gary and Disney to bring Zorro back into the family after 60 years and be a part of the legacy for other children to know they too can be the heroes of their own stories is a dream come true.”

The Guy Williams movie The Sign of Zorro is on Disney+, but the TV series isn't. Disney does have digital masters of it because they released it as a Disney Movie Club DVD exclusive over a decade ago, so maybe this will get them to post the original series on D+ as well.

 

[O-N-E]

I wanted a new Zorro, but...

 

[chromhound]

Yikessss...

 

[Beer Baelly]

 

[Pejo]

So I guess it's going to be a comedy Zorro instead of an action Zorro.

 

[Jennings]

So much for drama and romance. Maybe they'll wait until at least the second episode before the fart and poop jokes.

 

[Pejo]

So much for drama and romance. Maybe they'll wait until at least the second episode before the fart and poop jokes.

Maybe they'll pull a Netflix Witcher and make Zorro a side character to a female led substory that becomes the main story.

 

[Pagusas]

Zorro is one of those properties I know of, would recognize if I saw it immediately, but I honestly don’t think i’ve ever seen an episode of it’s tv show or the movie. come to think of it I have no idea how it know anything about zorro. maybe it’s iconic look is like preprogrammed in human dna?

 

[Beer Baelly]

Zorro is one of those properties I know of, would recognize if I saw it immediately, but I honestly don’t think i’ve ever seen an episode of it’s tv show or the movie. come to think of it I have no idea how it know anything about zorro. maybe it’s iconic look is like preprogrammed in human dna?

 

[*Nightwing]

so maybe this will get them to post the original series on D+ as well.

Fuck whatever new they make, but 1+ to this ^

 

[jason10mm]

Is zorro in the public domain? Wasn't there supposed to be a female led zorro with Sophia Vergara producing?

Give me good swordfighting and I'm down with zorro all day long.

 

[ManaByte]

Wasn't there supposed to be a female led zorro with Sophia Vergara producing?

Would anyone seriously want that over this, which seems to be a more traditional Zorro.

 

[jason10mm]

Wasn't the issue that a female zorro would be zorra, which is slang for a prostitute?

Here comes zorrX

 

[*Nightwing]

Is zorro in the public domain?

Yes, original story and character in public domain.
trademarked logo, and all previous stories done through licensing with original Disney show are protected under copyright since court case in 2018

Zorro incorporated still exists and its sole purpose is to sue anybody who doesn’t pay licensing rights into bankruptcy so anyone trying to use public domain still have to deal with a lawsuit with these fuckers. Disney paying them and have the owner in as a producer in on the show as well as Info it’s being done as a telenovela rather than a classic action show.

 

[j0hnnix]

 

[LordCBH]

Another fucking reboot. Creativity is dead.

 

[DeafTourette]

He actually looked like an action hero on Minority Report with Meagan Good

 

[Tschumi]

yes indeed .

 

[DeafTourette]

Looks like he can pull off the role

 

[Ebidramon]

He will always be Fez.

 

[jason10mm]

Well, if zorro can survive George Hamilton, he can survive fez

 

[Irobot82]

It would have been a lot easier if you just said Fez.

 

[HoodWinked]

you know with all the obsession with race and gender swapping of course here where it could work they would pass up the opportunity for a sexy lady zorro. what a bunch of fuckers.

 

[Alx]

So I guess it's going to be a comedy Zorro instead of an action Zorro.

The original TV show already had more comedy than action tbh. It was for kids, so for a few seconds of sword clashing and horse chasing, you had a lot of slapstick involving the guards.

 

[Fugitive Sex]

I love how every brown Amazonian is a "Latin" through the most desperate of justifications. Also he looks dreadful for the role.

 

[AJUMP23]

People reacted the same way to Heath Ledger Joker news.

 

[InterMusketeer]

There's no improving perfection. Just do reruns of the old show. The actor is one thing, but just think of all the other ways they could mess up this new series. It's not worth the risk.

 

[RJMacready73]

ahhhh... the 8 people on the planet who like Zorro are fucking estatic at this news... better have some ghost pirates in it for me to bother with

 

[pauljeremiah]

I can’t wait to see Stone Cold Steve Austin as Time Traveler #1

 

[SeasonedInTheAbyss]

"From the Z to the O to the double RO....."

 

[RoboFu]

the best zorro!

 

[Futaleufu]

Wasn't the issue that a female zorro would be zorra, which is slang for a prostitute?

Here comes zorrX

 

[///PATRIOT]

Hopefully we won't see any blue or purple dyed hair over a black and white filter.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

I'm just amazed anyone thought about him for any role.

 

[LoneWolf&Subs]

Zorro incorporated still exists and its sole purpose is to sue anybody who doesn’t pay licensing rights into bankruptcy so anyone trying to use public domain still have to deal with a lawsuit with these fuckers. Disney paying them and have the owner in as a producer in on the show as well as Info it’s being done as a telenovela rather than a classic action show.

So basically this…

again.

 

[Insane Metal]

Oh no. Why.

 

[MayauMiao]

Prefer this Zorro..

 

[pesaddict]

zeta jones

 

[*Nightwing]

So basically this…

again.

Yup cept en inglés and probably worse acting

 

[LoneWolf&Subs]

If they use old soap opera cameras, and sincerely done, I think it has a chance to appeal to people that like this sort of shit. You can’t top Mask of Zorro. It’s impossible to do.

 

[ManaByte]

So basically this…

again.

 

[ZywyPL]

There's only one Zorro, and he's perfect as it is, there's no need for a reboot.

 

[HoodWinked]

Sexy Zorro back on the menu boys

Female-Led ‘Zorro’ From Rodriguez Siblings in Development at The CW

Robert and Rebecca Rodriguez will write the script with Sean Tretta

www.yahoo.com

 

[Elginer]

Cameo by Banderas when?

 

[VulcanRaven]

Zorro is one of those properties I know of, would recognize if I saw it immediately, but I honestly don’t think i’ve ever seen an episode of it’s tv show or the movie. come to think of it I have no idea how it know anything about zorro. maybe it’s iconic look is like preprogrammed in human dna?

You should watch The Mask of Zorro (1998). Its one of my favorite superhero movies.

 

[JCK75]

It just doens't seem like a very diverse cast, why can't Zorro be a woman of color?

 

[Cockles & Whelks]

 

[Batiman]

I thought he was canceled?