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Zorro (2024 Spanish TV series)

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^•² It premiered on January 19, 2024 in the United States and Latin America, with release in Spain following later in the month.¹^•³ It is distinct from a separate 2024 French-language Zorro series starring Jean Dujardin that premiered on Paramount+ in September 2024.⁴

Key fact	Detail
Premiere	January 19, 2024 on Prime Video (United States and Latin America); Spain from January 25¹^•³
Format	One season of 10 episodes; rated 16+ in Spain³
Creator and studio	Created by Carlos Portela; produced by Secuoya Studios²^•³
Directors	Javier Quintas, Jorge Saavedra, and José Luis Alegría¹
Setting	Los Angeles, 1834, in a California where different peoples try to live together⁵
Lead cast	Miguel Bernardeau (Diego de la Vega), Renata Notni (Lolita Marquez), Dalia Xiuhcoatl, Paco Tous, Emiliano Zurita, Joel Bosqued⁵
Reception	80% average Tomatometer from 5 reviews; 76% Popcornmeter from more than 100 ratings on Rotten Tomatoes¹

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Premise

The 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

Diego 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 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's Lolita Marquez, the love of his youth.⁵ Common Sense Media describes the show as a Spanish origin story of the adventurer Zorro.⁷

Production

Secuoya 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 Filming took place in Gran Canaria, Spain, over eight months, with a screenplay by Carlos Portela and direction by Javier Quintas, Jorge Saavedra, and Jose Luis Alegria.²

John Gertz, who founded Zorro Productions Inc. and produced the films The Mask of Zorro and 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 The cast also includes Luis Tosar, Rodolfo Sancho, Cecilia Suárez, Fele Martínez, and Peter Vives, among others.⁶

Release and broadcast

The 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 Prime Video carried it in Latin America, the United States, Spain, Andorra, and Portugal.² Secuoya's first-half 2024 results described Zorro on TVE and Amazon as an audience leader.⁸

Reception and status

On 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 The episode guide epguides lists the Spanish series as canceled/ended after one season.⁹

The other 2024 Zorro series

A 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^•¹⁰ It runs 8 episodes of about 40 minutes, is spoken in French, and was shot in Andalusia.¹¹^•⁴

References

Initially written Oct 3, 2026 · Reviewed: Oct 3, 2026; Oct 25, 2026 · Edited: Oct 3, 2026; Oct 25, 2026; Nov 1, 2026