20th Century Fox has set a September 3 release date for Robert Rodriguez and Ethan Maniquis’ Machete, starring Danny Trejo, Jessica Alba, Robert De Niro, Michelle Rodriguez, Lindsay Lohan, Cheech Marin, Jeff Fahey, Don Johnson and Steven Seagal. Labor Day falls on Monday, Sept. 6, which gives the movie a four-day opening weekend.
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.
The cast to date includes; Adrien Brody, Laurence Fishburne (THE MATRIX Trilogy), Topher Grace, Alice Braga (I AM LEGEND), Mahershalalhashbaz Ali (THE 4400), Walt Goggins (THE SHIELD), Danny Trejo (HALLOWEEN, FROM DUSK TILL DAWN, HEAT) and UFC fighter Oleg Taktarov.
The basic premise is that a batch of human “predators” (in their own right) are yanked from Earth and dropped on the Predator planet to provide some predator challenge.
Source: ComingSoon.net THRALL WORLD could not think of a better weekend to roll out the the little trailer that could as it graduates from the “Wouldn’t it be cool..” list to the big screen..
20th Century Fox has set a September 3 release date for Robert Rodriguez and Ethan Maniquis’ Machete, starring Danny Trejo, Jessica Alba, Robert De Niro, Michelle Rodriguez, Lindsay Lohan, Cheech Marin, Jeff Fahey, Don Johnson and Steven Seagal. Labor Day falls on Monday, Sept. 6, which gives the movie a four-day opening weekend.
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.
Source: IGN.com
The cast to date includes; Adrien Brody, Laurence Fishburne (THE MATRIX Trilogy), Topher Grace, Alice Braga (I AM LEGEND), Mahershalalhashbaz Ali (THE 4400), Walt Goggins (THE SHIELD), Danny Trejo (HALLOWEEN, FROM DUSK TILL DAWN, HEAT) and UFC fighter Oleg Taktarov.
The basic premise is that a batch of human “predators” (in their own right) are yanked from Earth and dropped on the Predator planet to provide some predator challenge.
Release date: July, 7th 2010.
ROBERT RODRIGUEZ posing with friends on the set of 'PREDATORS' due in theaters 07.07.10
ADRIEN BRODY (left) stars in 'PREDATORS' due in theaters on 07.07.10
Source: ComingSoon.net
Cool interview with ROBERT RODRIGUEZ in which they touch base on the status of SIN CITY 2:
“We still talk about doing that as early as later next year. I haven’t gotten to that yet.”
On the chances of it actually happening and if there is a script from FRANK MILLER?
“I can’t say no, because I don’t know it’s no. I know Frank wants to do it. I know I want to do it. It’s always sort of a ‘time permitting’ kind of thing. But it’s not like I can tell you definitely we’re starting . It’s not my next picture, I know that. It doesn’t mean that it’s not the picture right after ’cause that’s still a possibility. There has been a script since 2007.”
Laurence Fishburne [THE MATRIX Trilogy] has joined the cast of Predators, now lensing in Texas under the direction of Nimrod Antal. Robert Rodriguez is producing.
The cast to date includes; Adrien Brody, Topher Grace, Alice Braga (I AM LEGEND), Mahershalalhashbaz Ali (THE 4400), Walt Goggins (THE SHIELD), Danny Trejo (HALLOWEEN, FROM DUSK TILL DAWN, HEAT) and UFC fighter Oleg Taktarov.
The basic premise is that a batch of human “predators” (in their own right) are yanked from Earth and dropped on the Predator planet to provide some predator challenge.
Want more? Check out a review of a working script HERE but heads up – MAJOR spoilers are revealed. They don’t give away the ending or who survives etc. – but they do touch on a some details that you might prefer to be suprised by while watching when the movie opens on July, 7th 2010.
Adrien Brody is boarding to star in “Robert Rodriguez’s Predators,” Fox’s reboot of the sci-fi franchise being directed by Nimrod Antal. Rodriguez is producing with Elizabeth Avellan.
Topher Grace is in negotiations to join the action-adventure movie, to which Alice Braga (“I Am Legend”), Mahershalalhashbaz Ali (“The 4400″), Walt Goggins (“The Shield”), Rodriguez mainstay Danny Trejo and UFC fighter Oleg Taktarov have also been cast.
Read more on their individual roles in the movie HERE.
The basic premise is that a batch of human “predators” (in their own right) are yanked from Earth and dropped on the Predator planet to provide some predator challenge.
Want more? Check out a review of a working script HERE but heads up – MAJOR spoilers are revealed. They don’t give away the ending or who survives etc. – but they do touch on a some details that you might prefer to be suprised by while watching when the movie opens on July, 7th 2010.
Source: ComingSoon.net
Walt Goggins stole the final season of THE SHIELD in his Emmy deserving role as Detective Shane Vendrell. Good to see him back in action. Not much info on the role yet other than he’s in.
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.
Source: Variety
As mentioned in a previous THRALL WORLD Rumor Of The Week posting, ROBERT DE NIRO was rumored to have joined the cast of ‘MACHETE’ – the now in production movie based on the fake GRINDHOUSE trailer. Here’s the confirmation along with a few other casting reveals:
Production [began] this week on `Machete,’ the film that Robert Rodriguez is co-directing with protege Ethan Maniquis. Danny Trejo is playing the title character and Robert De Niro, Jessica Alba, Michelle Rodriguez, Steven Seagal, Lindsay Lohan, Cheech Marin, Don Johnson and Jeff Fahey play supporting roles.
Source: BloodyDisgusting.com
Other than the information regarding Danny Trejo and Rodriguez himself which has already been confrimed HERE, the following should be taken as RUMOR and not as a confirmed announcement – and very interesting:
Robert Rodriguez and Ethan Maniquis are teaming up to begin filming Machete on July 29th. They are co-directors.
-DANNY TREJO is returning (obviously) as “Machete”, the madman bent on revenge.
-MICHELLE RODRIGUEZ (“Lost”, Fast & Furious, Avatar) is said to be playing “Luz”.
-JONAH HILL, the comedian who has starred in such films as Superbad and the forthcoming Adam Sandler comedy Funny People, will play “Julio”.
-Lastly, a legend of our time, ROBERT DE NIRO, will take on the role of “Senator McLaughlin”.
Machete (Trejo) is a Mexican ex-Federale with a gift for wielding a blade, who hides out as a day laborer, who is double-crossed by a corrupt state senator (De Niro). The film was teased as a faux trailer that was directed by Robert Rodriguez in Dimension Films’ Grindhouse, which featured a full-length film from both Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino.
The recently confirmed ‘PREDATORS’ reboot is scheduled for a July 7, 2010 release.
Rodriguez himself also confirmed his involvement with ‘SIN CITY 2′, a sci-fi action film called ‘NERVEWRACKERS’, and ‘MACHETE’ (from the “fake” trailer in GRINDHOUSE), the trailer of which you can view below:
Fox announced today that Robert Rodriguez is taking on the next incarnation of the Predator franchise, set to drop July 7, 2010. “Predators” promises to be “a bold new chapter in the Predator universe.”
Source: IESB.net
In the ages old cosmic spanning battle between the ALIENS and the PREDATORS it appears that one of two tireless combatants has acquired a tactical advantage over the other. In THRALL WORLD terminology that stands for a franchise reboot. Fans of the other-worldly safari hunters will be happy to know that the PREDATORS will be returning to the big screen and this time back on their own.
Director Robert Rodriguez has taken on the 20th Century Fox PREDATOR franchise and creating a newly rebooted “PREDATORS.”
According to the soon to be very busy Mr. Rodriguez:
“I’m going to be able to shoot my upcoming Machete here, a sci-fi action film called Nervewrackers, a re-boot of the Predator series called Predators, and a couple of smaller movies called Sin City 2 and The Jetsons.”
So I guess that settles the question of any new ALIENS VS. PREDATORS sequels.
I had no idea A MACHETE movie was seriously being considered. Unless I hear otherwise I’ll go ahead and assume that the MACHETE movie in question is from the “fake” trailer in GRINDHOUSE.
And ‘SIN CITY 2…’ Last we heard on THRALL WORLD, ANGELINA JOLIE was in talks to take on the lead or at the least a key role. Read more on that HERE. I also heard there are some studio issues being ironed out. As soon as something is confirmed we will post it.
