Javier Bardem

Actor Javier Bardem will star as Spanish explorer Hernan Cortes in an Amazon miniseries from writer Steven Zaillian and filmmaker Steven Spielbergs company Amblin Television. Amazon Studios has given a four-episode order to the untitled miniseries, created for television by "Schindler's List" writer Zaillian and adapted from a screenplay by the late Hollywood screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, reports variety.com.