Django Meets Zorro? Sure, Why Not

In 2012 Quentin Tarantino released Django Unchained, a film about a badass Black vigilante in the slave-era South. Jamie Foxx played the title character while Leo DiCaprio smarmed it up as the villain. Despite talks and rumors, there has never been a sequel to Django, leaving that task to the comics. He’s had some adventures on the printed page, most notably a team-up with Zorro.

Crossovers and inter-property team-ups are common in the comics business, less so elsewhere. So the fact that they’re now discussing an actual sequel to Django Unchained AND thinking of basing it on his Zorro encounter is rather surprising. If you didn’t know, Tarantino did write that comic (along with seasoned comics writer Matt Wagner), but reports suggest he would not be the one directing the movie version.

Instead, Deadline reports Brian Helgeland is being considered, who’s been in the business almost as long as Mr. Foot Fetish himself — he wrote Mystic River, L.A. Confidential, and A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master, and wrote and directed A Knight’s Tale. 

This story involves Django encountering an older Zorro who is past his prime. Reports suggest the movie adaption might change that with a younger Zorro, but there is no word on how old Django will be. That depends on if Foxx is reprising the role or not.