Behold! Gael Garcia Bernal and Jonas Cuaron are bringing Zorro back

PTI | Updated: May 11, 2016, 05:17 PM IST

Producer, director and actor Gael Garcia Bernal speaks at the third Qumra master class during the inaugural edition of Qumra, a new industry event by the Doha Film Institute dedicated to the development of emerging filmmakers on March 9, 2015 in Doha, Qatar.

Bernal will follow Douglas Fairbanks, George Hamilton, and Antonio Banderas by playing the iconic role

Gael Garcia Bernal and filmmaker Jonas Cuaron are coming together for the reboot of Zorro in a film entitled Z.

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Bernal has signed up for a long-brewing reboot of the classic literary series that will put Zorro in a futuristic setting, Deadline reported.

Bernal, 37, will partner with Gravity co-writer Cuaron and producer Mark Amin on this updated incarnation of pulp writer Johnston McCulley's swashbuckling anti-hero.

"Zorro is a hero who is charming, witty and clever. Gael possesses all those characteristic and he's able to deliver them with a modern spin to introduce the Zorro character to a new audience," Amin said.

Bernal is fresh off a Golden Globe for the hit Amazon series Mozart in the Jungle.

Zorro has been played by such stars as Douglas Fairbanks, George Hamilton and Antonio Banderas over the decades.