Robert Rodriguez has cast Jessica Alba (Sin City), Robert De Niro, Michelle Rodriguez (Fast & Furious), Lindsay Lohan ("Mean Girls), Cheech Marin ("Once Upon a Time in Mexico), Jeff Fahey (Lost), Don Johnson and Steven Seagal (Under Siege) alongside Danny Trejo in the highly anticipated spin-off action flick, Machete. The film is based on the "fake" trailer in Rodriguez’s 2007 GRINDHOUSE, featuring Trejo and Fahey reprising their original roles. MACHETE is being produced by Rodriguez who is the co-director with Ethan Maniquis, his long time editor. Rodriguez and Overnight Productions announced today that shooting is gearing up out of Troublemaker Studios in Austin, Texas.
MACHETE was originally a hard-edged trailer featured in GRINDHOUSE that became fanboy fodder since its first showing at the 2006 Comic-Con. "Machete had become my most requested movie and I never actually made it, so when the opportunity arose to answer the call with such an amazing cast, I jumped." said Rodriguez.
The feature version of the trailer finds Machete (Trejo) a renegade former Mexican Federale, roaming the streets of Texas after a shakedown from drug lord Torrez (Seagal). Reluctantly, Machete takes an offer from spin doctor Benz (Fahey) to assassinate McLaughlin (De Niro) a corrupt Senator. Double crossed and on the run Machete braves the odds with the help of Luz (Rodriguez), a saucy taco slinger, Padre (Marin) his “holy” brother, and April (Lohan) a socialite with a penchant for guns. All while being tracked by Sartana (Alba), a sexy ICE agent with a special interest in the blade slinger.
Rodriguez who also penned the script will serve triple duty as Producer with Elizabeth Avellán of Troublemaker Studios, and Rick Schwartz, Aaron Kaufman, and Iliana Nikolic of Overnight Productions, who will also provide the film's financing.
This sounds fucking AWESOME! SO excited now! Who would've thought a faux trailer could be turned into a movie with such a violent and campy plot? Sounds like a great time to me :)
The best part of all this? The revenge of GRINDHOUSE, which deserved to be a hit but was ignored by the mainstream, MARLEY & ME-loving masses. Since MACHETE figures to cost less than half what GRINDHOUSE did to make (even with a few A-listers in the cast), it's almost guaranteed to turn a profit. Now if Eli Roth will just lives up to his word and make an ultra-low-budget THANKSGIVING...
See, Jeff Fahey and Cheech Marin are in it. Jonah Hill is NOT in it. I had a feeling everyone was getting a little too worked up about the casting. And anynone who can't appreciate the inspired casting of Lohan, likely fails to grasp the very concept of this film to begin with. RR is winking at us all, with a shit eating grin. And I, for one, like the cut of his jibb.
Let's hope that Lohan gets killed early on into the film. Has anyone seen "I know who killed me"? I watched the first ten minutes and felt like I was watching a shit taking place, There's a reason she hasn't been raved about as an actress.
Slasherfan09 you obviously have no idea of what a true grindhouse film is supposed to be. Lohan is perfect for this film. Thomasjarvis you are right on the money.
yaaa...all good except Lohan. Fuckin should of not let that bitch in the movie. She is a spoiled brat on sets (from numerous numerous numerous stories I've read) and she can't act and looks like ugly now-a-days. Don't want.
It would be kickass to see a second Grindhouse feature with Machete and Thanksgiving as the headliners, but I fear people would bitch about the length of the film, and contribute to another Bay/Apatow inspired flick.
LOL!!!, Everytime I read or hear New news about 'Machete'' I get a big grin on my face, can't help it. I never thought I'd see Lohan, Rodriguez & Alba together kickin' ass, I'm not sure if they've ever shared a film but it ALL so far sounds like a Major Mexican Can Of Whoop-Ass.
After his shitty movie Shorts, Robert Rodriguez is back with a "burrito western over the top action badass characters mariachi style" movie! a real RR business!
Best news ever, loved Planet Terror and can't wait for Machete to slice and dice the big screen!!
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