{ "id": "epvaxzw9dr", "slug": "zorro-2024-spanish-tv-series", "title": "Zorro (2024 Spanish TV series)", "updated": "2026-11-01", "topic_path": [ { "id": "culture", "label": "Arts and culture", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture" }, { "id": "culture.performance", "label": "Screen and stage", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen", "label": "Film and television", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series", "label": "Series and fictional screen worlds", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_international_serials", "label": "International serial drama and telenovelas", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series.series_international_serials" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_latam", "label": "Telenovelas and Latin American/Iberian serials", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_latam" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_latam.spain", "label": "Spanish serial dramas", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_latam.spain" } ], "geo": [ { "id": "geo.weu.t2021.culture.performance.screen.series", "label": "Western Europe · 2021 and later: Series and fictional screen worlds", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu.t2021.culture.performance.screen.series", "path": [ { "id": "geo.weu", "label": "Western Europe", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu" }, { "id": "geo.weu.t2021", "label": "Western Europe · 2021 and later", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu.t2021" }, { "id": "geo.weu.t2021.culture", "label": "Arts and culture", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu.t2021.culture" }, { "id": "geo.weu.t2021.culture.performance", "label": "Screen and stage", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu.t2021.culture.performance" }, { "id": "geo.weu.t2021.culture.performance.screen", "label": "Film and television", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu.t2021.culture.performance.screen" }, { "id": "geo.weu.t2021.culture.performance.screen.series", "label": "Series and fictional screen worlds", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu.t2021.culture.performance.screen.series" } ] } ], "excerpt": "Zorro (2024 Spanish TV series), also simply Zorro, is a Secuoya Studios action-adventure show on Prime Video starring Miguel Bernardeau as Diego de la Vega, premiering January 19, 2024; distinct from the French Jean Dujardin Paramount+ series of the same year.", "snippet": "Zorro (2024 Spanish TV series), also simply Zorro, is a Secuoya Studios action-adventure show on Prime Video starring Miguel Bernardeau as Diego de la Vega, premiering January 19, 2024; distinct from the French Jean Dujardin Paramount+ series of the same year.", "node": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_latam.spain", "markdown": "# Zorro (2024 Spanish TV series)\n\n*Zorro* is a Spanish-language action-adventure television series produced by Secuoya Studios for Prime Video, created by Carlos Portela and starring Miguel Bernardeau as a new version of the masked hero Diego de la Vega.[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/zorro_2024) • [2](https://secuoyastudios.com/en/news/secuoya-studios-y-prime-video-anuncian-la-primera-imagen-y-la-fecha-de-estreno-de-zorro) It premiered on January 19, 2024 in the United States and Latin America, with release in Spain following later in the month.[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/zorro_2024) • [3](https://www.formulatv.com/series/zorro/) It is distinct from a separate 2024 French-language *Zorro* series starring [Jean Dujardin](https://www.edgepedia.org/jean-dujardin) that premiered on [Paramount+](https://www.edgepedia.org/paramount) in September 2024.[4](https://www.lemonde.fr/en/culture/article/2024/09/09/zorro-jean-dujardin-is-the-man-behind-the-mask-on-paramount_6725391_30.html)\n\n| Key fact | Detail |\n|---|---|\n| Premiere | January 19, 2024 on Prime Video (United States and Latin America); Spain from January 25[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/zorro_2024) • [3](https://www.formulatv.com/series/zorro/) |\n| Format | One season of 10 episodes; rated 16+ in Spain[3](https://www.formulatv.com/series/zorro/) |\n| Creator and studio | Created by Carlos Portela; produced by Secuoya Studios[2](https://secuoyastudios.com/en/news/secuoya-studios-y-prime-video-anuncian-la-primera-imagen-y-la-fecha-de-estreno-de-zorro) • [3](https://www.formulatv.com/series/zorro/) |\n| Directors | Javier Quintas, Jorge Saavedra, and José Luis Alegría[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/zorro_2024) |\n| Setting | Los Angeles, 1834, in a California where different peoples try to live together[5](https://www.mipcom.com/content/dam/sitebuilder/rm/mipcom/2023/pdf/mipcom-2023-press-release-zorro-mediawan.pdf) |\n| Lead cast | Miguel Bernardeau (Diego de la Vega), Renata Notni (Lolita Marquez), Dalia Xiuhcoatl, Paco Tous, Emiliano Zurita, Joel Bosqued[5](https://www.mipcom.com/content/dam/sitebuilder/rm/mipcom/2023/pdf/mipcom-2023-press-release-zorro-mediawan.pdf) |\n| Reception | 80% average Tomatometer from 5 reviews; 76% Popcornmeter from more than 100 ratings on Rotten Tomatoes[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/zorro_2024) |\n\n## Spoilers\n\n### Premise\n\nThe series is set in California in the first half of the 19th century. Its Diego de la Vega is a mestizo, described by the producer as embodying an emerging world in which all cultures and peoples coexist. He does not choose to become Zorro; the masked hero's force of nature chooses him, and the pursuit of truth and justice drives him to defend the most oppressed.[6](https://www.secuoyastudios.com/en/series/zorro)\n\nDiego also has a personal motive: discovering who murdered his father. Helped by Bernardo, his father's loyal confidant, he stops at nothing to uncover the truth, and in doing so uncovers family secrets that change his destiny forever.[6](https://www.secuoyastudios.com/en/series/zorro) The MIPCOM press release describes Bernardeau's character as a new version of Diego de la Vega, a landowner who becomes the masked hero of the people, opposite [Renata Notni](https://www.edgepedia.org/renata-notni)'s Lolita Marquez, the love of his youth.[5](https://www.mipcom.com/content/dam/sitebuilder/rm/mipcom/2023/pdf/mipcom-2023-press-release-zorro-mediawan.pdf) Common Sense Media describes the show as a Spanish origin story of the adventurer Zorro.[7](https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/zorro-0)\n\n## Production\n\nSecuoya Studios and Prime Video announced the series with a first image and premiere window in July 2023, billing it as a new, modern, and global adaptation with a diverse cast of Mexican and Spanish talent intended to reach new generations.[2](https://secuoyastudios.com/en/news/secuoya-studios-y-prime-video-anuncian-la-primera-imagen-y-la-fecha-de-estreno-de-zorro) Filming took place in [Gran Canaria](https://www.edgepedia.org/gran-canaria), Spain, over eight months, with a screenplay by Carlos Portela and direction by Javier Quintas, Jorge Saavedra, and Jose Luis Alegria.[2](https://secuoyastudios.com/en/news/secuoya-studios-y-prime-video-anuncian-la-primera-imagen-y-la-fecha-de-estreno-de-zorro)\n\nJohn Gertz, who founded Zorro Productions Inc. and produced the films *[The Mask of Zorro](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-mask-of-zorro)* and *[The Legend of Zorro](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-legend-of-zorro)*, serves as an executive producer, joined by David Martinez, David Cotarelo, Sergio Pizzolante, and Angela Agudo representing Secuoya Studios, Andy Kaplan of KC Global Media, plus Jesús Torres and Glenda Pacanins from NoStatusQuo Studios.[5](https://www.mipcom.com/content/dam/sitebuilder/rm/mipcom/2023/pdf/mipcom-2023-press-release-zorro-mediawan.pdf) The cast also includes Luis Tosar, Rodolfo Sancho, Cecilia Suárez, Fele Martínez, and Peter Vives, among others.[6](https://www.secuoyastudios.com/en/series/zorro)\n\n## Release and broadcast\n\nThe series premiered on Amazon Prime Video on January 19, 2024 in the United States and Latin America, reaching Spain on January 25, 2024, and Spanish public channel La 1 began airing it on January 28.[3](https://www.formulatv.com/series/zorro/) Prime Video carried it in Latin America, the United States, Spain, Andorra, and Portugal.[2](https://secuoyastudios.com/en/news/secuoya-studios-y-prime-video-anuncian-la-primera-imagen-y-la-fecha-de-estreno-de-zorro) Secuoya's first-half 2024 results described *Zorro* on TVE and Amazon as an audience leader.[8](https://inversores.secuoyacontentgroup.com/documents/earnings-presentation-1h2024.pdf)\n\n## Reception and status\n\nOn Rotten Tomatoes the first season holds an 80% average Tomatometer based on 5 reviews and a 76% Popcornmeter based on more than 100 audience ratings.[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/zorro_2024) The episode guide epguides lists the Spanish series as canceled/ended after one season.[9](https://epguides.com/Zorro_2024/)\n\n## The other 2024 Zorro series\n\nA different *Zorro* series also dated 2024 was created by Benjamin Charbit and Noé Debré, stars Jean Dujardin as a middle-aged Don Diego de la Vega who has retired as Zorro and becomes mayor of Los Angeles in 1821, and premiered in France on Paramount+ on September 6, 2024.[4](https://www.lemonde.fr/en/culture/article/2024/09/09/zorro-jean-dujardin-is-the-man-behind-the-mask-on-paramount_6725391_30.html) • [10](https://www.metacritic.com/tv/zorro-2024/) It runs 8 episodes of about 40 minutes, is spoken in French, and was shot in [Andalusia](https://www.edgepedia.org/andalusia).[11](https://www.allocine.fr/series/ficheserie_gen_cserie%3D33024.html) • [4](https://www.lemonde.fr/en/culture/article/2024/09/09/zorro-jean-dujardin-is-the-man-behind-the-mask-on-paramount_6725391_30.html)\n\n## References\n\n1. [Zorro (2024), Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/zorro_2024)\n2. [Secuoya Studios and Prime Video Unveil the First Image and Premiere Date for 'Zorro' (18 July 2023), Secuoya Studios](https://secuoyastudios.com/en/news/secuoya-studios-y-prime-video-anuncian-la-primera-imagen-y-la-fecha-de-estreno-de-zorro)\n3. [Zorro. Serie TV, FormulaTV](https://www.formulatv.com/series/zorro/)\n4. ['Zorro': Jean Dujardin is the man behind the mask on Paramount+, Le Monde (9 September 2024)](https://www.lemonde.fr/en/culture/article/2024/09/09/zorro-jean-dujardin-is-the-man-behind-the-mask-on-paramount_6725391_30.html)\n5. [MIPCOM 2023 press release: Zorro, Mediawan/Secuoya](https://www.mipcom.com/content/dam/sitebuilder/rm/mipcom/2023/pdf/mipcom-2023-press-release-zorro-mediawan.pdf)\n6. [Zorro, Secuoya Studios series page](https://www.secuoyastudios.com/en/series/zorro)\n7. [Zorro, Parents' Guide & TV Review, Common Sense Media](https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/zorro-0)\n8. [Secuoya Content Group earnings presentation 1H 2024](https://inversores.secuoyacontentgroup.com/documents/earnings-presentation-1h2024.pdf)\n9. [Zorro (2024: Spain), epguides](https://epguides.com/Zorro_2024/)\n10. [Zorro (2024) Reviews, Metacritic](https://www.metacritic.com/tv/zorro-2024/)\n11. 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