Antonio Banderas has spoken out recently on the "Mask of Zorro" sequel at this past weekend's "Shrek 2" press junket - "Last night I had dinner with Martin [Campbell, Director] and they're putting together the whole thing now. But it's green lit, we are going, and on the 26th of July, principal photography starts". Comparing the sequel to its predecessor Banderas says the new film “is a little bit more mature. It still keeps the adventure feeling and it keeps us with a hero, which I think is fundamental for Zorro. But this one is more based on jealousy and concepts that are more for us than for kids.”
Banderas is keeping busy with other work as well - "Since October, I rejected a bunch of movies and I've been basically writing and preparing things that I would like to do in the future...I bought the rights of a novel in Spain and am right now in the process of putting it together”. Banderas also plans to return to his roots in Spain - “Its just enough time for me to be out of the country and there are the possibilities of going back as a director and also Pedro Almodóvar and I have been in discussions for a year and a half now, of doing a movie that’s an adaptation of a French novel"
Expect more from the man himself in an interview with the next update.
Thanks to 'PF'
