"Game of Thrones" alum Bryan Cogman has been tapped to serve as writer, showrunner, and executive producer on the new “Zorro” series starring Wilmer Valderrama at Disney+.
The project is a reimagining of the 1950 Disney-ABC series of the same name. It starred Guy Williams, Gene Sheldon, George J. Lewis, and Henry Calvin. It contained 78 episodes and ran between 1957 and 1959, with four hour-long episodes airing in the early 1960s.
The new “Zorro” series was in development at the streamer in December 2021. It follows privileged caballero Diego de la Vega (Valderrama) returning to his hometown of El Pueblo de Los Angeles after tragedy strikes his family and discovers a culture of corruption and injustice that will lead him to take on the mantle of the masked vigilante Zorro — America’s first true superhero.
Executive producers also include Gary Marsh, Valderrama, and John Gertz. Disney Branded Television will produce.
Cogman is best known for his long tenure on the megahit HBO series “Game of Thrones”, in which he ultimately served as a writer and co-executive producer. He ultimately penned 11 episodes of the series, including the Season 8 episode “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms”. He also won four Emmys during his time on the show.
He most recently worked as a consulting producer on Season 1 of the Amazon epic “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.”
He is also not a stranger to working with Disney, as he is also writing a feature remake of “The Sword in the Stone” for the studio.
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