It started as a joke, but one of the fake trailers from 2008's "Grindhouse" is becoming a real movie. Robert Rodriguez, the director of "Desperado," "Sin City" and the "Spy Kids" trilogy, has begun work on "Machete," which began as a preview that ran before his "Planet Terror" segment of the double-feature he made with Quentin Tarantino. For the full-length movie, Rodriguez has assembled one of the most eclectic casts ever: Robert De Niro, Jessica Alba, Steven Seagal, Michelle Rodriguez, Don Johnson and Lindsay Lohan. They will join the stars of the original trailer: Danny Trejo, Jeff Fahey and Cheech Marin. In the movie, Machete (Trejo), a former Mexican Federales, is hired to assassinate a corrupt senator (De Niro). But then he is double-crossed and pursued by a government agent (Alba). Lohan plays a gun-wielding socialite who comes to Machete's aid, and Seagal plays a drug lord from his past. Filming has already begun in Austin, TX, and it will most likely hit theaters next year. http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/take5.html
Nice! Now if we can just a real version of Simple Jack from Tropic Thunder made I will be a happy man.
Just saw Tropic Thunder last night again, love the way he got beat up on stage when re-enacting the film. lol
I just watched it again on HBO last night, too. One of the funniest movies in a long time. "It smells like baloney for some reason." As far as Machete, if it's half as good as Grindhouse, it's going to be AWESOME.
This already sounds very familiar to Once Upon A Time In Mexico. And why the hell was Danny Trejo in that movie anyways? It was a sequel to Desperado, the movie he just died in. I think De Niro made a mistake on this one.
best part is when they find out booty sweat is gay hands down. Oh and when the director gets blown up. And robert downey jr yells at him Kirk Lazarus: Yo *******! This motha' ****a's dead. Ain't no Chris Angel Mindfreak, David Blane trapdoor horse **** jumpin' off here!
