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Zorro 2.0 Turns The Swashbuckling Vigilante Into A Hacker

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Zorro 2.0 Turns The Swashbuckling Vigilante Into A Hacker - IGN

A new film from Alex Rivera titled Zorro 2.0 brings the classic pulp hero up to date as a hacker who uncovers a government conspiracy.
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Zorro is back – the legendary masked vigilante is set to return in Zorro 2.0, a high-tech take on the swashbuckling classic.

According to Deadline, Alex Rivera will write and direct Zorro 2.0 – a modern day reimagining of the classic pulp hero.

"The film reimagines the iconic character as Oscar de la Vega, a young, undocumented hacker known as 'z0rr0'," reveals Deadline. And it looks as though he's going to use his skills to stick it to the man.
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"While fighting 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."

Zorro originally appeared in the works of Johnston McCulley via a series of pulp magazines from the 1910s to 1950s. Depicted as a masked vigilante, Zorro is often depicted in a black costume with flowing cape and a black mask. His signature weapon, the rapier, is used to leave his calling card – a letter 'Z' slashed with three quick strokes.

Whether or not Zorro 2.0 will take any cues from the original is unknown.
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"I've always been interested in films that address real-world issues through genre," said Zorro 2.0 writer and director, Alex Rivera. "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," he added.
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Cut a wound in the shape of a Z on me if old
 
808s & Villainy

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But I guess it could turn out like Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century
 
Bus-TEE

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What's the betting his 'hacker name' is ZERRO and through the lessons he learns in the film he changes it to Zorro?
 
El Bombastico

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NO

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FUCK THIS

Sorry, but Zorro is a big part of my childhood being one of the few Latino heroes I grew up with and FUCKING HELL THIS SOUNDS SO DUMB
 
Billfisto

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This sounds like somebody dusted off a 90's script. Hacking isn't a magical art anymore.

Also, I'll be upset if it's not spelled Z0220 at some point. Just hacking a big ASCII "Z" onto people's monitors somehow.
 
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...a hacker? So then all the action scenes will be fake computer UIs, brow sweat, and fast finger typing?

In all seriousness, this sounds droll. That's the best thing I can say about it.
 
Billfisto

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The movie's just a guy in a chair somewhere sending out Excel files with harmful macros, then phoning in to help desk and pretending he's an employee who forgot their password.
 
Joe

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There is something hilarious and naive and almost-sweet about someone using 2.0 to mean futuristic in this day and age.
 
Tater

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jett said:
Why even call him Zorro.
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That's my gripe with reimagining characters too far from the source material. It doesn't feel like an evolution of the characters, just a way to graft an existing IP onto the actual story you want to write.

If you want to take Batman and make him a chiropractor, just make a new character.
 
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Tater said:
That's my gripe with reimagining characters too far from the source material. It doesn't feel like an evolution of the characters, just a way to graft an existing IP onto the actual story you want to write.

If you want to take Batman and make him a chiropractor, just make a new character.
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Check out Darren Aronofsky's script for Batman Year One for another example of this.
 
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Tater said:
That's my gripe with reimagining characters too far from the source material. It doesn't feel like an evolution of the characters, just a way to graft an existing IP onto the actual story you want to write.

If you want to take Batman and make him a chiropractor, just make a new character.
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Yep same. Just give them a different name cause they are a completely different character.
 
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