
Futuristic ‘Zorro Reborn’ Screen-Testing ‘The Raven’ Short Director Ricardo de Montreuil
Posted on Thursday, March 8th, 2012 by Russ Fischer
Typically, we hear about screen tests being done for actors. But in the case of Zorro Reborn, which is tentatively set to star Gael Garcia Bernal in a futuristic revamp of the classic character, it is the director that is the object of the test.
The guy in question is Ricardo de Montreuil, who gained a lot of studio attention with his short film The Raven. (No relation to the John Cusack-starring film derived from Edgar Allen Poe.) The short was pretty quickly set up for a feature revamp at Universal, with Montreuil set to direct Mark Wahlberg.
In the meantime, however, he’s going to direct this screen test starring Bernal, which could land him the Zorro Reborn directing gig. Read More »