
Amazon Studios has given the greenlight to a four-hour miniseries titled Cortes, which tells the story of Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes.
The miniseries has a ton of talent behind it. It’s based on a screenplay penned by the late great Dalton Trumbo, who wrote movies like Roman Holiday and Spartacus and won two Academy Awards for his work. It’s produced by three-time Oscar winner Steven Spielberg through his Amblin Television. It’s created for TV and written by Steven Zaillian, who won an Oscar for writing the screenplay for Spielberg’s Schindler’s List. And Oscar winner Javier Bardem is set to star in the title role and produce.
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