CORTÉS Y MOCTEZUMA (AMAZON)
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DEVELOPMENT
HISTORY:
3/26/18
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9/3/20
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STATUS: previously in development (2020-2021 season) |
DEVELOPMENT STAGE: script |
ADDITIONAL NOTES: four-episode limited series order rescinded on 9/3/20 |
DESCRIPTION: (from Amazon's press release, January 2020) The Untitled Cortés and Moctezuma Project will be a four-hour epic drama that maps the inexorable march and eventual clash between Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés and Aztec Emperor Moctezuma II, leading to the annihilation of an empire and tragic downfall of a civilization that took centuries to build, but less than two years to destroy. Academy Award-winner Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men) is set to star and also serves as executive producer. From Amazon Studios and Amblin Television, the limited series is created for television and written by Academy Award-winner Steven Zaillian (Schindler's List) and based on the screenplay by Dalton Trumbo (Roman Holiday). Bardem, Bernal and Luna will executive produce alongside Zaillian, Kirk Douglas (Spartacus), Grant Hill (The Tree of Life), and co-Presidents of Amblin Television Darryl Frank (The Americans) and Justin Falvey (The Americans). |
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Javier Bardem as Hernan Cortes · Tenoch Huerta as Moctezuma · Yoshira Escárrega as Marina
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CREW INFORMATION:
· Ciro Guerra as DIR · Cristina Gallego as DIR · Dalton Trumbo as CRTR · Darryl Frank as EP · Diego Luna as EP · Gael García Bernal as EP · Grant Hill as EP · Javier Bardem as EP · Justin Falvey as EP · Kirk Douglas as EP · Steven Zaillian as CRTR/EP
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GENRE(S):
· drama
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STUDIO INFORMATION:
· Amazon Studios · Amblin Television
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