New Zorro movie to be a contemporary take on the character

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Zorro is to be transformed into a 21st century hacker in the latest incarnation of the classic swashbuckling hero, it has been announced. Zorro will return, it seems, but not in the traditional mask-wearing, cape-swishing form that weā€™ve gotten used to over the years. The acclaimed director Alex Rivera has been announced as the helmer of the upcoming Zorro 2.0, which will update the hero for a new generation. This time heā€™ll be tackling social injustice not at the end of a blade, but instead from behind a keyboard. Rechristened as ā€˜z0rr0ā€™, (those are zeroes by the way, they just donā€™t look so tall in our lovely Film Stories typeface), the film follows a younger, modern version of the character, whom ā€œwhen his mother is attacked by a secret government unit, a young, undocumented hacker known as ā€˜z0rr0,ā€™ (Oscar de la Vega) fights back and discovers a high-tech conspiracy that threatens not only his family, but the world.ā€ Rivera, a recent recipient of the McArthur ā€˜Genius Grantā€™, has been steadily realising his enormous potential for years now, making award-winning and visionary Latino films such as Sleep Dealer for years. His role as director in this version of Zorro presents a real coup for the production. Whilst Rivera hasnā€™t revealed much about his plans for the film, he had this to say about the project, drawing interesting comparisons between the characterā€™s core values and his modern reimagining: “I’ve always been interested in films that address real-world issues through genre. This project is an opportunity to connect Zorro ā€“ the original masked avenger ā€“ to today’s border wars, a conflict in which immigrant families are pitted against regimes of hi-tech surveillance and government control. Zorro 2.0 will be visually elevated, socially grounded, sci-fi cinema, and I’m thrilledā€¦ to get this vision on the screen.ā€ Weā€™ll bring you more on Zorro 2.0 as we hear it. Deadline ā€” Thank you for visiting! If youā€™d like to support our attempts to make a non-clickbaity movie website: Follow Film Stories on Twitter here, and on Facebook here. Buy our Film Stories and Film Stories Junior print magazines here. Become a Patron here.
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