The acclaimed filmmaker Quentin Tarantino comes to
Dynamite for the first time with a sequel to his film Django Unchained, as Django
meets the legendary Zorro! Known for his
incredible films that are uniquely "Quentin", such as Pulp Fiction
and Kill Bill, Django/Zorro will stand-out from every comic book coming out
this year. Django/Zorro is co-plotted by
Quentin Tarantino and will be co-plotted and written by comic book legend by
Matt Wagner (Mage, Grendel, The Shadow, Zorro).
Reginald Hudlin, writer of the Eisner Award nominated Django Unchained
screenplay adaptation and a producer of the Django Unchained film, will be
working closely with Quentin and Matt as the editor of Django/Zorro! Stay tuned
for information on Django/Zorro, set for release later this year from Dynamite
Entertainment and DC Entertainment!
"I'm very very excited about both this story and the
opportunity to work with Matt. It was
reading his Zorro stories that convinced me what a good idea it was to join
these two icons together. And the story
idea we came up with is thrilling, and I think will be an exciting new chapter
for both characters." - Quentin Tarantino
"This project is an absolute thrill," adds
writer Matt Wagner! "When Quentin
and I first met, it felt like we'd known each other for years. The give-and-take energy of our initial story
sessions was just incredible! It's a
particular buzz to be writing Zorro once again…and especially to team him up
with the magnetic lead character from Quentin's most straight-up heroic movie,
Django Unchained! The Wild West is never
gonna be the same once these two come to town!"
"This series is the first time Quentin Tarantino
explored the continuing adventures of one of the characters from his
films," states Django Producer Reggie Hudlin. "That he would do it in a comic book
demonstrates his love and appreciation of the medium. Quentin is not just a comic collector - he's
got a spinner rack in his house!"
"First and foremost, this is a dream project to have
both Quentin and Matt, both master storytellers, collaborate for the first time
by bringing the scope of cinema to the comics medium," says Dynamite
CEO/Publisher Nick Barrucci. "I
can't express how happy I am to co-publish this series with DC Entertainment,
and release what is sure to be THE Cross-Over event of the year."
"We are excited to see that our Eisner-nominated
Django Unchained movie adaptation has inspired Django's appearance with Zorro
and are pleased to be part of what is sure to be a highly-anticipated crossover
event," stated Hank Kanalz, Senior Vice President of Vertigo and
Integrated Publishing, DC Entertainment.
"In previous adventures, Zorro's rich history has
teamed him up with the Shadow and with the Lone Ranger, as well as many other
iconic characters," said John Gertz, CEO of Zorro Productions, Inc.,
"But this will be his greatest meeting yet! Django and Zorro are the perfect team, and so
are Quentin Tarantino and Matt Wagner.
It is an honor for us to work with these two masters of their
craft."
"Matt has worked hand-in-hand with Quentin to put
together a meeting the likes of which comics have never seen." - Joseph
Rybandt, Dynamite Senior Editor
"Django Unchained captures the same spirit as Zorro
-- namely, that the bad guys get what's coming to them," says Keith
Davidsen, Marketing Manager of Dynamite Entertainment. "We're a culture that has thrilled to,
and thrived on, the swift and brutal justice of the vigilante. In the deft hands of mind-blowing filmmaker
Quentin Tarantino and master storyteller Matt Wagner, the explosive comic book
pairing of these two Western icons will surely satisfy that most guilty
pleasure."