France Télévisions and Paramount+ are getting ready to launch hostilities. On September 6, first on the shelves of the American platform, the legendary masked vigilante will return to service in the guise of Jean Dujardin. But before exploring Los Angeles from the 1820sthe series offers itself a final trailer. If the first extracts were mainly aimed at supporting the comic side, even parodic of this creation, these new sequences also give pride of place to action. A series Zorro would be nothing without its sword fights and its great rides in the dark, there is no way this umpteenth rereading will escape them.
The narration is also intended to be more political since it will tell how Don Diego de la Vega navigates between his nocturnal vigilante activities and his new responsibilities as Mayor of Los Angeles. Whether through discussion or through the sword, Zorro wants to help the most deprived. It will also be about telling the private life of Don Diego and particularly the difficulty of seeing his wife fall in love with his alter ego.
The back-to-school series?
Bringing Zorro back to life on the small screen is a risky bet. The character imagined in 1919 by Johnson McCulley has had many appearances on the small and big screen, he is among the most adapted protagonists in the same way as are The three Musketeers or Monte Cristo to name only the recent revivals of the classic cape and sword series. Paramount+ and France Télévisions have a different approach since it will be less about making a big show than a comedy. We have already praised the work on the costumes and sets, the series of Noah Debré and Benjamin Charbit did not do things by halves. We can also hope that the fight choreographies live up to the promise and do not come to hold their own against the best adaptations like The Mask of the Fox with Antonio Banderas.
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Moreover, the series also seems to be looking towards theOSS 117 et Brice from Nice by putting Jean Dujardin’s comic talent to work. The exercise is perilous, but after all, it was this optimism and humor that made the series carried by Guy Williams move forward. So, see you from September 6th on Paramount+ to see if the first episodes are as effective as Don Diego de la Vega’s sword strokes. Jean Dujardin will give a reply to Audrey Dana, Salvatore Ficarra and André Dussollier. Eric Elmosnino and Grégory Gadebois are also on the trip, the first plays the antagonist while the second takes on the role of the famous Sergeant Garcia. Eight episodes are on the program for this first season on Paramount+. For non-subscribers, the series will be broadcast later on the channels of the France Télévisions group.
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