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.
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Nice! Now if we can just a real version of Simple Jack from Tropic Thunder made I will be a happy man.
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I don't know what to say about that.
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Just saw Tropic Thunder last night again, love the way he got beat up on stage when re-enacting the film. lol
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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. -
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!