Tarantino and Western film fans are in for a real treat, as DJANGO UNCHAINED will be getting a sequel in the form of a comic book series. To top it off, it will be a crossover with the masked outlaw, Zorro!
Dynamite Entertainment, who publish comics such as THE BIONIC WOMAN and BUCK ROGERS, will be celebrating its 10th anniversary this year by releasing the first non-film sequel to DJANGO UNCHAINED. Django will be teamed up with Dynamite’s long running character Zorro who is the secret identity of Don Diego de la Vega. Tarantino fans will notice that Zorro’s last name is shared with the Vega brothers, Vincent (PULP FICTION) and Mr. Blonde (RESERVOIR DOGS), which could mean in the director’s ‘Realer Than Real World’ universe, Zorro is a distant relative of the brothers!
Important figures from Dynamite Entertainment and Tarantino himself gathered at Comic-Con in San Diego to discuss and reveal the artwork for the crossover. They told the audience that the idea for the project came about before DJANGO UNCHAINED was released in theaters, when Dynamite CEO and publisher Nick Barruci approached the film’s producer over the phone. Tarantino loved the idea and had already been an avid reader of Zorro comics as a child. I guess when you name your characters and even have someone dressed up as him in the PULP FICTION restaurant scene, of course he wouldn’t turn down a project like this!
The director commented:
“I loved this idea, not only because I like Western comics in general, but I also loved Zorro in all his iterations whether it was the Disney series or the William Witney films. I thought it was a great idea of taking the most famous, fictional Mexican western hero and putting him together with the newer, famous black western hero”.
Will there be a film afterwards based on this comic? Jamie Foxx was said to be so excited by the idea he asked Tarantino if THE MASK OF ZORRO’s Antonio Banderas would be willing to come on board but Tarantino laughed. He didn’t say no at least…
Source: The Guardian
