{"id":9195,"date":"2018-03-27T09:32:27","date_gmt":"2018-03-27T13:32:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/amazon-studios-greenlights-hernan-cortes-miniseries\/"},"modified":"2018-03-27T11:28:07","modified_gmt":"2018-03-27T15:28:07","slug":"amazon-studios-greenlights-hernan-cortes-miniseries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/amazon-studios-greenlights-hernan-cortes-miniseries\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon Studios Greenlights Hernan Cortes Miniseries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Amazon Studios has given a straight-to-series order to a four-hour miniseries based on the epic saga of Hernan Cortes, with Academy Award winner\u00a0Javier Bardem\u00a0(<em>No Country for Old Men<\/em>) set to star and executive produce.<\/p>\n<p>The series comes from three-time Academy Award winner\u00a0Steven Spielberg\u00a0(<em>Saving Private Ryan<\/em>) and Amblin Television. It is created for television and written by Academy Award winner\u00a0Steven Zaillian\u00a0(<em>Schindler\u2019s List<\/em>)\u00a0and based on the screenplay by\u00a0Dalton Trumbo\u00a0(<em>Roman Holiday<\/em>).\u00a0Zaillian, Darryl Frank\u00a0(<em>The Americans<\/em>) and\u00a0Justin Falvey\u00a0(<em>The Americans<\/em>) are set to executive produce.<\/p>\n<p><em>Cortes<\/em>\u00a0charts the story of the legendary conqueror Hernan Cortes, who led a rebellious expedition to the heart of King Montezuma II\u2019s Aztec empire, connecting two civilizations for the first time and changing the course of history.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCortes\u2019 epic discoveries shaped the world as we know it today, and through the minds of Amblin, Steven Spielberg, Steve Zaillian and Javier Bardem, we will bring Prime Video members on an exhilarating journey,\u201d said Sharon Yguado, the head of scripted series at Amazon Studios. \u201cThere are few moments in history that shape an entire culture such as Cortes\u2019 story, and this series will be one filled with drama and adventure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Frank and Falvey, co-heads of Amblin Television, said: \u201cWe are so pleased that Amazon has given us the opportunity to bring this exciting 500-year-old story to Prime Video members worldwide. It is a part of history that had such a significant impact and largely influenced modern day civilizations. With Javier as\u00a0Cortes, we have the perfect star for this role, and we can\u2019t wait to get started.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a privilege to tell this epic story\u2014one that is full of drama and conflict within this huge, historical spectacle where two distant civilizations clash at the height of their reign,\u201d said Bardem. \u201cThe best and worst of human nature came to life in all its light and darkness. As an actor, there is no better challenge than to serve such a unique project that I have been passionate about for years, and I am thrilled to be working with this dream team of Steven Spielberg, Steven Zaillian and Amazon.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amazon Studios has given a straight-to-series order to a four-hour miniseries based on the epic saga of Hernan Cortes, with Academy Award winner\u00a0Javier Bardem\u00a0(No Country for Old Men) set to star and executive produce.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[1632],"class_list":["post-9195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories","tag-amazon-studios","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Amazon Studios Greenlights Hernan Cortes Miniseries - 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