Ngokwengxelo ye-Hollywood, i-Amazon yagqiba kwelokuba ishiye imveliso yebhotile encinci ebizwa ngokuba yi-cortes nge-javier bardem kwindima yesihloko. Ifilimu yayikufanele ukuba ithethe ngobomi beNavigator edumileyo neConmestador ernan cortez. Abadali banyanzelwa ukuba bayeke ukuphunyezwa kweprojekthi ngenxa yokuba kwiimeko zemeko ye-coronavirus ye-Coronavirus, akukho ndlela yokuhambisa ngokugqwesa. Ingxelo esemthethweni yaseAmazon ifundeka:
"Ngenxa yokungenelela kwemveliso ezibangelwa yiCedaminic Covid-19, i-Amazon Studios kunye namahlakani e-Ammeli ayinakho ukuqhubeka nokusebenza kwi-" Cortes ". Kwiimeko zanamhlanje ,thi, ngelishwa, akukho nto inokuqhubeka nemveliso kungekudala kwaye ibonelele ukuba olu luhlu lufanele. "
I-cortes yabhengezwa emva ngo-2018. Umgcini weso sititisi seprojekthi yayikukuba nguStephen Zalarian, owayesele esebenza noStephen Spielberg ngaphezulu kwedrama yasemkhosini "ye-schindeler". UHernan Cortez, oyena mlinganiswa ophambili weyona nto yayekeleyo, waduma ngenxa yokuba ngonyaka we-1519-1521 wakhwela uhambo oluya eConico, ngenxa yoko iSpayini itshabalalise i-Aztec State.