Gael Garcia Bernal picked as Zorro Reborn starFebruary 17, 2012 - 14:35 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The man who is going to wield the sword in upcoming "Zorro Reborn" has just been revealed. 20th Century Fox has tapped Mexican actor Gael Garcia Bernal to tackle the role of the Spanish masked outlaw in this new take of "Zorro" flick, Aceshowbiz reported. Instead of taking place during the Spanish colonial era in the 18th century like its original story, the movie will be set in the future during a desolate and post-apocalyptic time. "In this version, Zorro will be less a caped crusader for justice than a one-man vigilante force bent on revenge, in a western story that has echoes of both Sergio Leone and 'No Country for Old Men'," so it's explained. Glenn Gers ("Mad Money") reportedly is writing the script along with Lee Shipman and Brian McGreevy, the scribes who penned "Dracula" reboot "Harker". No director has been hired for this forthcoming big-screen project. The Zorro story has been adapted into more than forty movies and a number of TV series. The last film adaptation of Zorro was Michael Campbell's "The Legend of Zorro", which starred Antonio Banderas and Catherine Zeta-Jones. Released in 2005, the film grossed more than $142, 4 million internationally. Gael Garcia Bernal himself has played in at least six Oscar-nominated films. One of them was 2004's "The Motorcycle Diaries", where he portrayed Argentine Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara. Through the role, he was nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role at 2005 BAFTAs. His next movies include "Casa de Mi Padre" which stars Will Ferrell. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |