Could Antonio Banderas and Jamie Foxx Reunite as Django and Zorro in New Film?

One of the most memorable scenes in Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained (2012) features the title character, Django, striding across a plantation to confront Big John Brittle, a member of the notorious Brittle Brothers. In a tense shot-reverse-shot sequence, Django draws his pistol and fires, killing Big John with the line, “I like the way you die, boy.” Django survives the encounter, but his character had largely remained confined to the comic book page since the film’s release.

In 2013, DC Comics adapted Django Unchained into a comic book, followed by a 2015 series from Dynamite Comics where Django teamed up with Zorro, his pulp hero predecessor. Now, this comic crossover is inspiring a potential new movie that could see Jamie Foxx and Antonio Banderas reprise their iconic roles.

Foxx has only played Django once—in Tarantino’s 2012 film—after taking over the role originally offered to Will Smith. Like Inglourious Basterds and Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood, Django Unchained reimagines history through cinematic tropes, blending Spaghetti Western aesthetics with Django’s quest for revenge against his enslaver. The film is quintessential Tarantino: visually striking (despite grindhouse plots), occasionally flawed (including his own cringe-worthy performance as a dim-witted Australian), and unsettling (notably for its excessive racial slurs). Yet amid standout performances from Samuel L. Jackson, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Christoph Waltz—who won his second Best Supporting Actor Oscar—Foxx commands the screen as the fierce yet charismatic Django.

Banderas, meanwhile, has worn the Zorro costume twice: first in the 1998 action film The Mask of Zorro, and again in its 2005 sequel The Legend of Zorro, both directed by Martin Campbell. The films follow a legacy narrative, with Anthony Hopkins as Don Diego de la Vega, the original Zorro, and Banderas as Alejandro Murrieta. After escaping 20 years of imprisonment, Don Diego discovers his daughter Elena (Catherine Zeta-Jones) is alive and trains Alejandro to become his successor. As Zorro, Alejandro wins Elena’s heart and battles his foes, delivering justice before Don Diego’s death. While The Legend of Zorro underperformed, The Mask of Zorro remains beloved, particularly for the chemistry between Banderas and Zeta-Jones.

With the upcoming return of Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz in The Mummy revival, fans are hopeful for more late ’90s genre favorites to return to the screen. A Django/Zorro crossover could provide the perfect opportunity for Banderas and Foxx to reunite. The comic, co-written by Tarantino and Matt Wagner (who wrote the Zorro comic for Dynamite) and illustrated by Esteve Polls, is set shortly after Django Unchained. It follows Django, now a bounty hunter, teaming up with Zorro, who hires him as a bodyguard for his alter ego.