The Film Project ZORRO 2.0 Will Reimagine The Classic Character as a Young Hacker

Sobini Films is producing a new Zorro film titled Zorro 2.0 and it’s being written and directed by Alex Rivera, a recipient of a 2021 MacArthur Genius grant.

This is going to be a very different take on Zorro than we’ve seen before as it “reimagines the iconic character as Oscar de la Vega, a young, undocumented hacker known as ‘z0rr0.’” The story will follow the character as he fights 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.”

Rivera shared some additional details on the film, saying, “I’ve always been interested in films that address real-world issues through genre. 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.”

Rivera made his feature film debut with the 2008 cyberpunk thriller Sleep Dealer set at the U.S.-Mexico border. He then helmed a documentary/scripted hybrid film titled The Infiltrators, which tells the true story about an immigrant detention center.

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 was created by Johnston McCulley in 1919 and we’ve seen the character reimagined various times over the years in film and TV and he’s been played by several different actors including Douglas Fairbanks, Tyrone Power, Frank Langella, and Antonio Banderas. But, Zorro 2.0 will feature one of the most different and unique takes on the character that I’ve heard of.

What do you all think about this new Zorro film project?