EXCLUSIVE: Production and sales outfit WTFilms is joining forces with Joe Begos , known for cult horror hits such as Bliss and Christmas Bloody Christmas , on They Call Him Zorro . The partners say the picture will draw on the original writings of Johnston McCulley, who first introduced Zorro in his 1919 novel The Curse of Capistrano , but through a horror lens. “This is not your parents’ Zorro. In our iteration, the masked folk hero has more to do with dark and violent characters such as The Punisher or The Crow ,” said WTFilms co-head and producer Gregory Chambet. “What if instead of being a coward by day, sword-yielding funny scoundrel by night, Diego Vega came back for vengeance in the form of a scary, brutal vigilante.” Watch on Deadline Per the official synopsis: “When Diego Vega is framed by a group of dirty city officials for a crime he didn’t commit, he escapes from prison and starts a relentless no-holds barred vengeance on corruption and crime in present day Los Angeles.…