Give me Antonio Banderas smooching Catherine Zeta-Jones any day...
Re: Who's all set for a "gritty" Zorro reboot...?
Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2014 11:27 am
by AndyDursin
What a GREAT concept -- let's "Christopher Nolan-ize" Zorro and make it "dark and gritty." So basically, all the things that made MASK OF ZORRO so good -- a disarming, old-fashioned adventure with a romantic theme and gorgeous score -- will be thrown out the window.
More over, who wants to see this? LEGEND OF ZORRO was alright but it failed to muster any kind of commercial interest. Remove the name cast and what have you got? IMO Zorro isn't enough of a draw to appeal to today's audiences, especially younger ones, unless the treatment (cast, production, etc.) interests them. I'll be surprised if this actually gets made.
Re: Who's all set for a "gritty" Zorro reboot...?
Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2014 11:52 am
by John Johnson
AndyDursin wrote:What a GREAT concept -- let's "Christopher Nolan-ize" Zorro and make it "dark and gritty." So basically, all the things that made MASK OF ZORRO so good -- a disarming, old-fashioned adventure with a romantic theme and gorgeous score -- will be thrown out the window.
More over, who wants to see this? LEGEND OF ZORRO was alright but it failed to muster any kind of commercial interest. Remove the name cast and what have you got? IMO Zorro isn't enough of a draw to appeal to today's audiences, especially younger ones, unless the treatment (cast, production, etc.) interests them.
How about Popeye?
Re: Who's all set for a "gritty" Zorro reboot...?
Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2014 1:12 pm
by mkaroly
AndyDursin wrote:What a GREAT concept -- let's "Christopher Nolan-ize" Zorro and make it "dark and gritty." So basically, all the things that made MASK OF ZORRO so good -- a disarming, old-fashioned adventure with a romantic theme and gorgeous score -- will be thrown out the window.
More over, who wants to see this? LEGEND OF ZORRO was alright but it failed to muster any kind of commercial interest. Remove the name cast and what have you got? IMO Zorro isn't enough of a draw to appeal to today's audiences, especially younger ones, unless the treatment (cast, production, etc.) interests them. I'll be surprised if this actually gets made.
Can you hear the disgusting, grotesque Hans Zimmer score that will be in the film's soundtrack? Lol...
Re: Who's all set for a "gritty" Zorro reboot...?
Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2014 11:27 pm
by Paul MacLean
AndyDursin wrote:More over, who wants to see this?
Executives no doubt assume that because the Dark Knight movies made a mint, audiences want to see every hero's story retold in a "dark", "edgy" fashion. But you'd think they'd have learned something from Ridley Scott's Robin Hood, and more pointedly, The Lone Ranger!
mkaroly wrote:Can you hear the disgusting, grotesque Hans Zimmer score that will be in the film's soundtrack? Lol...
Oh boy, from Antonio Banderas to Fez from That 70s Show.
It has to be better than "Zorro: The Gay Blade" with George Hamilton.
Re: Who's all set for a "gritty" Zorro reboot...?
Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2021 5:26 am
by mkaroly
I gotta admit, Zorro the Gay Blade is a massive guilty pleasure for me. Lol...it is an awful film but I laugh every time I watch it, mostly because of the Esteban (Rob Leibman).
