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Steven Spielberg teams up with Javier Bardem for new Amazon miniseries

Indo Asian News Service | By, Los Angeles
Mar 27, 2018 02:09 PM IST

Actor Javier Bardem will star as Spanish explorer Hernan Cortes in an Amazon miniseries from writer Steven Zaillian and filmmaker Steven Spielberg’s company, Amblin Television.

Actor Javier Bardem will star as Spanish explorer Hernan Cortes in an Amazon miniseries from writer Steven Zaillian and filmmaker Steven Spielberg’s company, Amblin Television.

This cover image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows director Steven Spielberg on the set of Ready Player One.(AP)
This cover image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows director Steven Spielberg on the set of Ready Player One.(AP)

Amazon Studios has given a four-episode order to the untitled miniseries, created for television by Schindler’s List writer Zaillian and adapted from a screenplay by the late Hollywood screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, reports variety.com.

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Zaillian, Bardem, and Spielberg will serve as executive producers alongside Amblin Television’s Darryl Frank and Justin Falvey.

“Cortes’ epic discoveries shaped the world as we know it today, and through the minds of Amblin, Steven Spielberg, Steve Zaillian and Javier Bardem, we will bring Prime Video members on an exhilarating journey,” said Sharon Yguado, head of scripted series, Amazon Studios.

Actors Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem pose during a photocall for the movie Loving Pablo in Madrid, Spain. (REUTERS)
Actors Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem pose during a photocall for the movie Loving Pablo in Madrid, Spain. (REUTERS)

“There are few moments in history that shape an entire culture such as Cortes’ story, and this series will be one filled with drama and adventure.”

A 16th century explorer, Cortes defied Spanish authorities to lead an expedition to what is now Mexico that led to the fall of the Aztec Empire.

“It is a privilege to tell this epic story - one that is full of drama and conflict within this huge, historical spectacle where two distant civilizations clash at the height of their reign,” said Bardem.

“The best and worst of human nature came to life in all its light and darkness. As an actor, there is no better challenge than to serve such a unique project that I have been passionate about for years, and I am thrilled to be working with this dream team of Steven Spielberg, Steven Zaillian and Amazon.”

Trumbo wrote the screenplay for a film about the meeting of Cortes and the Aztecs, originally titled “Montezuma”, in the 1960s. But the feature was never made.

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