A novel published in 2006 by Laura Esquivel casts the Nahua, Malinalli, as one of history's pawns who becomes Malinche (the novel's title) a woman "trapped between the Mexican civilization and the invading Spaniards, and unveils a literary view of the legendary love affair".
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The screenplay was optioned by Ron Howard and Imagine Films and is currently under development at Paramount Pictures.
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This was done by Hans Beimler, a native of Mexico City, who together with friend Robert Hewitt Wolfe later wrote a screenplay based on La Malinche called The Serpent and the Eagle.
Rishi played Dona Marina (La Malinche) in BBC2's film "Cortes" which aired in March 2008.
There are dancers who represent the main protagonists including Hernán Cortés, La Malinche and Moctezuma.