- MACHETE KILLS
Things are moving steadily forward on Robert Rodriguez's
Machete Kills as Deadline reports that Mel Gibson is close to joining the cast
and The Hollywood Reporter brings word that Rodriguez hopes to fully direct the
sequel to the 2010 film (which he co-directed with Ethan Maniquis).
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| Mel Gibson |
Gibson's potential role is currently undisclosed but his
name has been rumored for some time.
Rodriguez, meanwhile, says that the current plan is to shoot
the totality of the sequel himself but that, depending on scheduling with Sin
City: A Dame to Kill For, he may turn to another director for help.
"There’s so much of it that I want to direct I’ll
probably end up directing the whole thing,” Rodriguez said, “But if I have to
step off, I’m going to try and shoot all of the actors and all of the main
sequences. But it’s such a fun movie, and it just came out even more fun than I
could have imagined.”
Rodriguez had announced last summer that Machete Kills will
include a Grindhouse style trailer for the third (at the moment fictional)
entry in the franchise, Machete Kills Again... In Space!.
The new film is said to have Machete (Danny Trejo) teaming
with the U.S. Government to take on a Mexican drug cartel and a James
Bond-style villain who seeks world domination with a satellite weapon.
The original Machete also starred Robert De Niro, Jessica
Alba, Steven Seagal and Michelle Rodriguez. At the moment, there is no
confirmation of who else beyond Trejo might be returning.
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