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The new reboot of Zorro, to be attended by leads Miguel Bernardeau, Renata Notni and Dalia Xiuhcoatl,  will be presented at MIPCOM (16-19 Oct)  on the opening evening in Cannes, followed by a Q and A with Miguel Bernardeau and key executives including Sergio Pizzolante and be open to all delegates.

Zorro is a Secuoya Studios production for Amazon Prime Video in the U.S, Latin America, Spain, Portugal and Andorra with Mediawan Rights holding global distribution rights for the 10 x 52’ series; the new series marks the screen comeback of the swashbuckling hero after almost two decades, as written by Carlos Portela (Hierro, Velvet Collection) and directed by Javier Quintas (Money Heist), Jose Luis Alegría (Toy Boy) and Jorge Saavedra (Mr Smith and Mrs Wesson).

Set in 1834 Los Angeles, against the backdrop of an emerging world in which different races try to live together, it stars Miguel Bernardeau, (Elite, 1899, The Last One) in the eponymous role playing a new version of Diego de la Vega, landowner and, when in disguise, the masked hero of the people, opposite one of Mexico’s fastest-rising young stars, Renata Notni (El Dragón: Return of a Warrior, La Venganza de las Juanas) as Lolita Marquez, the love of his youth, and with a cast that also includes Dalia Xiuhcoatl, Paco Tous, Emiliano Zurita and Joel Bosqued.

Zorro is executive produced by John Gertz, founder of Zorro Productions Inc. and producer on The Mask of Zorro and The Legend of Zorro movies, alongside David Martínez, David Cotarelo, Sergio Pizzolante and Angela Agudo for Secuoya Studios, Andy Kaplan for KC Global Media and Jesús Torres and Glenda Pacanins at NoStatusQuo Studios.