Overview
- Multiple outlets reported Monday that Sony Pictures hired Oscar winner Brian Helgeland to script Django/Zorro, with the project in early development.
- Quentin Tarantino co-wrote the source comic and has given his blessing for the film to proceed, but he will not direct.
- Deadline reported that pandemic-era delays and rights issues stalled earlier attempts, and insiders now say the rights have been cleared.
- Helgeland is writing a new story that continues from the 2014 seven-issue comic by Tarantino and Matt Wagner, which paired Django with Zorro.
- No director is set and casting is unconfirmed, with reports noting that Jamie Foxx and Antonio Banderas have not signed on.