A new 'telenovela style' TV adaptation of Zorro is in the works for Disney, with Wilmer Valderrama taking up the mask
“We’re reimagining this Disney classic as a compelling period piece, set in Pueblo de Los Angeles, but told in a very modern telenovela style — with richly drawn contemporary characters and relationships set against the action, drama, suspense and humor of the original, iconic Zorro,” said Ayo Davis, who was promoted to replace Marsh as president of Disney Branded Television.
Valderrama becomes the latest actor to take on the role of Don Diego de la Vega and his dashing, swashbuckling alter ego, the masked horseman named Zorro. Others include Antonio Banderas, Douglas Fairbanks, Robert Livingston and Guy Williams. More recently, NBC was developing a modern-day“Growing up, Zorro was the one character that made me, as a Latino, feel like I could be a hero. As an adult and a storyteller, I have a responsibility in the stories that I help bring to life,” Valderrama said.
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