Alex Rivera Set To Write & Direct 'Zorro 2.0' For Sobini Films
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EXCLUSIVE: Alex Rivera, a recipient of a 2021 MacArthur Genius grant, is set to write and direct Zorro 2.0 for Sobini Films.
The film reimagines the iconic character as Oscar de la Vega, a young, undocumented hacker known as 'z0rr0.' While fighting back against a secret government unit that attacked his mother, he discovers a high-tech conspiracy that threatens not only his family but the world.
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"I've always been interested in films that address real-world issues through genre," Rivera said in a statement to Deadline. "This project is an opportunity to connect Zorro—the original masked avenger—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 thrilled to be working with Sobini to get this vision on the screen."
Sobini Films' Mark Amin, Cami Winikoff and Tyler Boehm will produce. John Gertz of Zorro Productions International and Michael Helfant of Amasia Entertainment will serve as executive producers.
Zorro is a fictional character created by Johnston McCulley in 1919 widely recognized by his all-black costume featuring a sombrero, cape and mask. He's been portrayed multiple times on the big and small screen by actors including Douglas Fairbanks, Tyrone Power and Frank Langella. Antonio Banderas most recently played the mysterious vigilante in 1998's The Mask of Zorro and its 2005 sequel The Legend of Zorro.
Deadline revealed a Zorro drama series with a female lead was being developed at NBC from Robert Rodriguez and Sofia Vergara last December.
Rivera made his feature film debut with 2008's cyberpunk thriller Sleep Dealer set at the U.S.-Mexico border. He followed that with the doc/scripted hybrid The Infiltrators that tells a true story about an immigrant detention center. A scripted series based on the film is being adapted for the small screen by Blumhouse Television.
He is repped by Adam Robinson at The Rookery and Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz.
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