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Amazon Pulls Plug on ‘Cortes y Moctezuma’ Miniseries Starring Javier Bardem Due to COVID-19
Joe Otterson TV ReporterAmazon is not moving forward on its series about conquistador Hernan Cortes after the show was forced to shut down production due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Variety has confirmed.The Spanish-language series, which starred Javier Bardem as Cortes, was intended to be a big-budget miniseries for the streamer comprised of four episodes. However, production barely got started before the pandemic forced it to stop.Steven Zaillian wrote the series, with Steven Spielberg, Justin Falvey, and Darryl Frank executive producing via Amblin Television.