Quentin Tarantino’s Django to Team Up with Zorro in Movie Adaptation of Comic Book

While Quentin Tarantino continues to stall on whatever will be his 10th movie as a director, that isn’t keeping his past cinematic creations from finding their way to the screen. Deadline reports that Django/Zorro, a 2014 comic book co-written by Tarantino and featuring the titular character from Django Unchained, is being adapted as a new movie by Sony Pictures.

In lieu of Tarantino, Brian Helgeland (who won an Oscar for his adaptation of L.A. Confidential, and also directed the very fun A Knight’s Tale) will be writing the adaptation of the seven-issue Dynamite Entertainment comic book series, which Tarantino wrote with Matt Wagner. In the comics, set several years after the events of the film, Django (originally played by Jamie Foxx) became pals with Don Diego de la Vega, otherwise known as the famed vigilante Zorro.

Tarantino will not be directing Django/Zorro, but according to Deadline has given his blessing for the project to find a different director. He’s also not directing the upcoming sequel to Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood, as David Fincher is behind the camera of the hotly anticipated The Adventures of Cliff Booth, expected to be released later this year. Instead, Tarantino’s focus is currently on the stage, with his first play, The Popinjay Cavalier, set for a West End debut in early 2027. For more, here are some thoughts on why Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair definitely needed an intermission. You can also get a sneak peek at Django/Zorro by checking out the comics via Amazon.