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Sony Revives Django/Zorro With Brian Helgeland Writing

Sony hires Oscar winner Brian Helgeland to script a new story extending the 2014 TarantinoMatt Wagner comic.

Overview

  • Sony Pictures set Oscar winner Brian Helgeland to write a Django/Zorro film, multiple outlets reported Monday.
  • The movie draws from the 2014 crossover comic co-written by Quentin Tarantino and Matt Wagner, with a new story rather than a straight adaptation.
  • Quentin Tarantino will not direct the film, but he has given his blessing for the project to move forward at Sony.
  • The project remains in early development with no director attached and no confirmed cast, including Jamie Foxx or Antonio Banderas.
  • Deadline reports that rights issues which stalled earlier efforts, including a Jerrod Carmichael draft, have been resolved, clearing the way for this revival.