Zagor

Zagor (2012) is a live-action film directed by Steven Spielberg and is an adaptation of the Italian Comic Book by the same name. It was released on December 14. 2012.

Plot

The story of how Zagor met Chico and how they battled against their enemy, Mortimer.

Production

On April 12. 1997. a company by the name 'Spoils!' was looking for mainstream success, their first job was releasing Italian and Balkan media to the USA and such, they were really successful, although, the CEO of the company didn't want to just distribute media, they wanted to make media. Their first idea was making a Zagor film. Zagor is well known in Italy and in the Balkans, and they thought Zagor had the potential to be turned into a live-action film funded by a big company, since about January 2001, they began pitching the idea of a potential Zagor film to many studios, including Disney, Warner Bros, Sony and such. In June 2004, they pitched the idea of a Zagor film to Studio Canal, Studio Canal showed interest in the film, and while they accepted it, they only allowed for a budget of around $15 million. The film began production, after many failed scripts, on November 1. 2007, a script for the film was accepted and it began filming.

On July 12. 2008 a Zagor film was announced to the public.

On August 3. 2008 a Teaser Poster was officially released, it featured the Zagor logo on a red backround with the release date at the bottom reading 2010.

On December 24. 2008 the release date was pushed to Summer 2011.

On June 11. 2009 the release date was once again pushed to Christmas 2012, along with these news the cast was announced.

On July 30. 2009 the 2008 Zagor film poster was remade, only changing the date from 2010 to 2012.

On July 16. 2010 a couple of casting choises were replaced

On November 7. 2010 the full release date for the film was released which was December 14. 2012.

On June 3. 2011, a second teaser poster was revealed, it featured the designs of Zagor and Chico on a white backround.

On September 28. 2011 a teaser was released.