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Charlie Sheen Cast As The U.S. President In ‘Machete Kills’!!!

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Posted by EvanDickson on June 21, 2012 @ 7:51pm
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Wow. Half of me feels like this is a crass, TMZ style approach to casting – and the other half of me can’t wait to see this movie (even though I didn’t like the first one). Charlie Sheen (Wall Street, Platoon “Two And A Half Men”) has been cast as the U.S. President in Machete Kills, the sequel to Robert Rodriguez’ Machete. Earlier today he admitted that his meltdown last year was brought on by a psychotic break, so you have to wonder if him diving into this role along with his new series “Anger Management” is a good idea for him personally. Either way, between him and Mel Gibson Machete Kills is certainly making some brave casting choices.

Rodriguez took to his Twitter account just moments ago saying, “I just cast Charlie Sheen in ‪#machetekills‬ as the President of the United States! Who better? More soon…”

He will star alongsode Danny Trejo, Michelle Rodriguez, Mel Gibson, Edward James Olmos, Jessica Alba, Demian Bichir, Amber Heard, Sofia Vergara and Zoe Saldana in the flick spawned from a faix trailer included in Tarantino and Rodriguez’ 2007 Grindhouse.

“The sequel finds the titular ex-federale (Trejo) recruited by the U.S. government to stop a terrorist named Mendez the Madman, who happens to be Mexico’s leading cartel dealer. Mel Gibson is set to co-star as Luther Voz, a cunning arms dealer and death merchant who aims to spread war across the planet by launching a nuclear missile.”

Head inside for a photo of Sheen and Rodriguez. READ MORE

Behind The Scenes Pics From ‘Machete Kills’ Give You Jessica Alba, A Mariachi Band

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Posted by EvanDickson on June 21, 2012 @ 11:45am
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Some cool pics from the set of Machete Kills, the sequel to Robert Rodriguez’ Machete, have emerged. Jessica Alba posted a few images to her Facebook last night and they include her holding a 1950′s looking sci-fi laser pistol, a shirtless Danny Trejo amongst a red-clad mariachi band amongst other minutiae that will be of interest if you’re a fan.

Alba stars along with (obviously) Danny Trejo, Michelle Rodriguez, Mel Gibson, Edward James Olmos, Demian Bichir, Amber Heard, Sofia Vergara and Zoe Saldana in the flick spawned from a faix trailer included in Tarantino and Rodriguez’ 2007 Grindhouse.

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‘Sin City: A Dame To Kill For’ To Be Released October 4th, 2013

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Posted by EvanDickson on May 17, 2012 @ 4:56pm
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Dimension announced today that they will open Sin City: A Dame To Kill For nationwide on October 4th, 2013. The sequel once again comes from Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez. Academy Award winner William Monahan (The Departed) also had a hand in the script.

Mickey Rourke and Jessica Alba are confirmed to return. Rumored to return are Michael Clarke Duncan, Rosario Dawson and Michael Madsen. “The film is about Dwight McCarthy planing to have his vengeance against the woman who betrayed him, Ava Lord, while Nancy is trying to cope with Hartigan’s death.

The film will begin production this summer. Most likely at Robert Rodriguez’s Troublemaker Studios in Austin, Texas. The place that made Predators look like it was shot in your back yard. I actually remember liking Sin City though, so I’m interested to see how this pans out.

More Mexican Blood Spilled In ‘Machete Kills’

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Posted by MrDisgusting on May 02, 2012 @ 5:13pm
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Hot off his first Oscar nomination for his perf in A Better Life, Mexican thesp Demian Bichir (pictured inside; “Weeds”) is in negotiations to join Robert Rodriguez’s Machete Kills, which Rodriguez hopes to direct solo this coming June, says Variety.

“The sequel finds the titular ex-federale (Danny Trejo) recruited by the U.S. government to stop a terrorist named Mendez the Madman, who happens to be Mexico’s leading cartel dealer.”

Mel Gibson is set to co-star as Luther Voz, a cunning arms dealer and death merchant who aims to spread war across the planet by launching a missile. Michelle Rodriguez and Jessica Alba are also in talks to star.

Twentieth Century Fox will release the sequel. READ MORE

Jessica Alba And Michelle Rodriguez In Talks For ‘Machete Kills’

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Posted by EvanDickson on April 17, 2012 @ 8:02am
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Now that director Robert Rodriguez (Sin City, Predators) and producer Alexander Rodnyansky are in full pre-production swing on Machete Kills a bit of significant casting news is beginning to trickle in. Word has it that Jessica Alba (Idle Hands, Fantastic Four; pictured inside), and Michelle Rodriguez (The Fast And The Furious, Resident Evil: Retribution; pictured inside) are in talks to appear in the sequel. One would presume this means they’re reprising their respective roles as Sartana and Luz, but you never know in the topsy turvy creative universe of Robert Rodriguez.

Machete Kills (as teased in the closing credits of the first Machete), the film is the second in a planned trilogy. Danny Trejo returns as the title character. The first film starred Trejo as Machete as a Mexican, an ex-Federale with a gift for wielding a blade, who hides out as a day laborer, and is double-crossed by a corrupt state senator. The sequel will be the first U.S. picture to be produced and financed by Alexander Rodnyansky, whose Hollywood expansion plans include a $120 million film fund with Media Talent Group’s Geyer Kosinski. AR Films U.S. is a new partnership between AR Films and Aldamisa Entertainment, whose Sergei Bespalov will manage worldwide sales of Machete Kills in Berlin.

Rodriguez has hinted that the third film in the trilogy will take place in space. We’ll see on that one. Machete Kills starts filming soon, with Rodriguez set to take the reigns on Sin City 2: A Dame To Kill For immediately afterward. READ MORE

Rejoice! ‘Sin City: A Dame To Kill For’ Officially Announced!!

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Posted by MrDisgusting on April 12, 2012 @ 5:08pm
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Filmmakers Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller, along with producer Alexander Rodnyansky, have announced that production will commence on the highly anticipated sequel to 2005′s Sin City, entitled Sin City: A Dame To Kill For. The film will be produced by AR Films and Quick Draw Productions, financed through AR Films U.S and released domestically by Dimension Films.

The script and details of the film’s story have been kept tightly under wraps. Casting will begin next week, with Mickey Rourke, Michael Clarke Duncan, Angelina Jolie, Rosario Dawson and Michael Madsen all strongly been rumored to return.

“Sin City: A Dame to Kill” For was developed by Frank Miller based upon his graphic novel, with a screenplay by Frank Miller and Academy Award winner William Monahan (The Departed). The book is about Dwight McCarthy (Clive Owen) planing to have his vengeance against the woman who betrayed him, Ava Lord, while Nancy (Jessica Alba) is trying to cope with Hartigan’s death.

The film is expected to begin production this summer at Rodriguez’s Troublemaker Studios in Austin, Texas.

The original Sin City was brought to the screen by Rodriguez and Miller and released by Dimension in 2005, and proved to be a landmark step forward in filmmaking, breaking ground with immersive green screen to create its iconic stylish look. The first film, released on April 1, 2005, grossed over $160 million (US) worldwide and is a consistently strong home video and television performer. READ MORE

Seven Years Later, Rodriguez Finally Returns To ‘Sin City’?

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Posted by MrDisgusting on March 15, 2012 @ 3:56am
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Seven Years Later, Rodriguez Finally Returns To Sin City?

Those of you clamoring for a sequel to Sin City just may finally get it.

Robert Rodriguez took to the ACL Live stage at the Moody Theater at the SXSW Film Festival to announce several new Quickdraw Productions, one of which is the sequel to the 2005 (has it really been 7 years already?!) adaptation of Frank Miller’s popular comic series.

Alongside Machete 2, which begins shooting in April, Rodriguez states that Sin City 2, after several fits and starts, is likely to begin production over the summer. THR states that he’s thus far mum on casting, though he was willing to indicate that discussions with potential stars of both projects will be of the same caliber and eclecticism as the first films, which featured Mickey Rourke, Bruce Willis, Jessica Alba, Robert De Niro, Lindsay Lohan, Josh Hartnett, Don Johnson and Steven Seagal. Co-directed by Miller and long-time collaborator Quentin Tarantino, the film was set in Sin City, the film interconnects storylines that involve the unsavory inhabitants of the town.

Danny Trejo returns for Machete Kills, the sequel to the film adaptation of Rodriguez’s faux trailer from Grindhouse in which Trejo starred as Machete, a Mexican, an ex-Federale with a gift for wielding a blade, who hides out as a day laborer, and is double-crossed by a corrupt state senator. READ MORE

Robert Rodriguez, Danny Trejo Return For ‘Machete Kills’!

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Posted by MrDisgusting on February 07, 2012 @ 3:03am
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Robert Rodriguez, Danny Trejo Return For Machete Kills!

“This time, they fucked with the wrong Mexican!” (Again!)

With Berlin just kicking off, it was announced that Robert Rodriguez is teaming with producer Alexander Rodnyansky to hatch a sequel to the 2010 action film Machete, reports Deadline.

Titled Machete Kills (as teased in the closing credits of the first Machete), the film is the second in a planned trilogy. Danny Trejo returns as the title character. Ethan Maniquis co-directed the first film that starred Trejo as Machete is a Mexican, an ex-Federale with a gift for wielding a blade, who hides out as a day laborer, and is double-crossed by a corrupt state senator.

The film will be the first U.S. picture to be produced and financed by Alexander Rodnyansky, whose Hollywood expansion plans include a $120 million film fund with Media Talent Group’s Geyer Kosinski. AR Films U.S. is a new partnership between AR Films and Aldamisa Entertainment, whose Sergei Bespalov will manage worldwide sales of Machete Kills in Berlin. READ MORE

Robert Rodriguez Forgot All About ‘Predators’ Already

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Posted by MrDisgusting on December 01, 2011 @ 3:42pm
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Robert Rodriguez Forgot All About Predators Already

In talking with Playlist, writer director Robert Rodriguez chatted up all of his upcoming projects, while also making the realization that he originally wanted to produce a sequel to Predators, the quasi-reboot of the classic 1987 sci-fi horror Predator.

“I haven’t talked to them [20th Century Fox] in a while. I know they liked the idea of doing another one,” Rodriguez explained. “I should probably call and check in. I’ve just been busy doing these other things.”

For a guy who constantly pushed how passionate he was about the original, to completely “forget” about it makes me question is credibility. Nimrod Antal directed the R-rated reboot/sequel that referenced characters from the original, while following a new group of toughies to battle the race of alien Predator. READ MORE

Blu-Ray Review: ‘Machete’

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Posted by David Harley on January 03, 2011 @ 10:15pm
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When Grindhouse first entranced us in 2007, the faux trailers seemed to be the real talk of the exploitation opus, especially since almost everyone immediately expressed interest in making a feature-length version of their short. The initial skepticism surrounding the idea was entirely sound: these trailers were nothing more than a bunch of money shots strung together. In order to make them into a theatrical film, they would have to construct an actual narrative around the most interest arousing scene, have an actual plot, and be open to possible drastic changes, considering the format of each medium. For me personally, although I do like Rob Zombie’s Werewolf Women of the S.S. the least out of the batch, I always felt Robert Rodriguez’s Machete played it a little too safe when compared to the gonzo antics of Euro-horror, vaginal stabbings, and Nicolas Cage as Fu Manchu. However, after seeing Rodriguez and Ethan Maniquis’ big screen tale of immigration, babes, and blood, I now know why Rodriguez was so excited about the character and his story of revenge and liberation: it’s plain ol’ FUN.
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NECA Reveals Trio of ‘Predators’ Action Figures

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Posted by MrDisgusting on December 23, 2010 @ 1:40am
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Figures.com got the jump on NECA’s third series of Predators action figures that actually features something pretty awesome: a toy based on the “Predator Hound” that features over 20 points of articulation. Arriving in stores Spring 2011, the assortment also includes the “Masked Classic Predator” from the 1987 film, along with an “Elder Predator” from the sequel, Predator 2. They all look pretty sweet.
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Jessica Alba’s Recent ‘Sin City’ Sequel Talks

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Posted by MrDisgusting on December 21, 2010 @ 7:20pm
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Just today I saw a guy at the gym rocking a Little Fockers shirt. He was so proud of it, puffing out his chest, and dusting off the gym snot every few seconds. Joining the mayhem this time around is Jessica Alba, who is making press rounds to talk about the third film, guaranteed to make me gag on my egg nog. Still, a small piece of news came out of it, and I’m thankful for that (man, it’s been so slow!). Alba reignites the Sin City sequel fumes: “We [Robert Rodriguez and Alba] were just talking about that actually in Austin, so we’ll see,” Alba told IndieWire. “We kind of talk about `Sin City’ every now and again, it comes up. We both love doing it, and we’d like to do it again it’s just kind of, you know, a matter of time I think.” Dimension Films has been on a roll as of late, maybe it’s time to revisit the black and white land of Frank Miller?
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‘Machete’ Blu-Ray Cover Art And Release Date

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Posted by David Harley on November 04, 2010 @ 12:09am
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Originally a fake trailer attached to the Robert Rodriguez/Quentin Tarantino double feature extravaganza Grindhouse, Ethan Manquis and Rodriguez’s full-length adaptation of Machete is making its way to Blu-Ray and DVD on January 4, 2011. Featuring an all-star cast including Danny Trejo, Robert De Niro and Jessica Alba, the balls-to-the-wall action flick tells the story of Machete, an ass-kicking ex-Federale who lays waste to anything that gets in his path. Double crossed and left for dead, he takes on hit men, vigilantes and a ruthless drug cartel as he makes his way towards the truth. Available as a 2-Disc Blu-ray with Digital Copy or a 1-Disc DVD, no specs have been released as of yet, other than the promise of “exclusive deleted scenes that reveal never-before-seen characters, twisting plot lines, and more bloody good action!” The cover art below is different front the previously released one, though this could just be the slipcase. Check back here for final release specs.
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Blu-ray Review: ‘Predators’

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Posted by David Harley on November 02, 2010 @ 7:51pm
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Making a sequel to a highly successful film – especially decades after the original – is among the hardest things a director and creative crew can be tasked with. Not only does the follow-up have to capture the tone and attitude of its predecessor, but it also has to successfully introduce a slew of new ideas that expands the mythology of the series without creating anything that contradicts what came before it (Highlander 2, I’m looking at you). The most noticeable exception to this rule is James Cameron, who has successfully taken horror films like Alien and The Terminator – I know some people will disagree, but I always considered the Arnie classic to be a slasher/thriller – and successfully turned their sequels into epic sci-fi/action hybrids. Predators attempts the same formula of changing genres, and it does indeed introduce new mythology and ideas, but it oversaturates itself with them, and because of that and the various tweaks made to Robert Rodriguez’s original spec script over the years, the sum is not as great as its parts.
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Machete

Posted by Bloody Disgusting Staff on September 03, 2010 @ 12:00am
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Machete 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.

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.

IDW Publishing Takes A Hack At ‘Machete’ With Robert Rodriguez This September!

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Posted by THEoDEAD on August 04, 2010 @ 1:13am
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With Robert Rodriguez’s upcoming “GRINDHOUSE” spin-off “MACHETE” set to release in September, publisher IDW will be teaming up with the director turned comic writer to release a 6 issue series based upon the film starring Danny Trejo. Aptly titled “MACHETE” the first issue will arrive in stores in September with the first of another 5 issues slated to drop in December. Inside you can get all the details on the series. Read on for the skinny.

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Posted by THEoDEAD on June 11, 2010 @ 1:36am
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The July 9th release date for Robert Rodriguez’s upcoming “PREDATORS” reboot is getting closer and closer, but in order to keep your palets wet until then Dark Horse Comics is doing fans a favor and releasing a new issue of their 4 part prequel once a week for the entire month of June. Inside you can read the first 6 pages of the second issue that goes on sale this week! Read on for the skinny.

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Posted by THEoDEAD on June 02, 2010 @ 2:32am
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Next Wednesday begins the 4 issue weekly prequel to the upcoming Robert Rodriguez produced “PREDATORS” reboot from Dark Horse Comics, and if you’re like me you are thinking one thing: please for the love of all things holy do not suck. Yea, I feel you. Well for those of you who are looking for a ray of hope, inside you can read the first 6 pages of the first issue before it goes on sale next Wednesday. Read on for the skinny.

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Posted by THEoDEAD on April 14, 2010 @ 1:24am
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As the anticipation for the Robert Rodriguez (“EL MARIACHI”, “PLANET TERROR”) produced reboot to the ubber popular sci-fi series “PREDATORS” ramps up, publisher Dark Horse Comics have announced yet another title to add to their already impressive slew of books related to the series. This one, titled “PRESERVE THE GAME”, follows up the events after the summer blockbuster ends and will serve as an epilogue to the film. Inside you can read all the details and get a look at the cover art. Read on for the skinny.

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Posted by THEoDEAD on April 04, 2010 @ 1:20am
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Last month Dark Horse Comics revealed plans to publish a 4 issue tie-in mini-series for the Robert Rodriguez (“GRINDHOUSE”, “EL MARIACHI”) produced “PREDATORS” reboot coming this July. So in case you missed that news you can catch up here and then check out some interior artwork hot off the presses from WonderCon! Read on for the skinny! “A team of Navy Seals is in the midst of a firefight when it suddenly goes dark. They awake to find themselves in a new and more deadly environment, stalked by a strange enemy.”

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Posted by THEoDEAD on March 17, 2010 @ 3:08am
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Let the marketing campaign begin! Just in time for the July 7th release date of his upcoming reboot of the ‘PREDATORS’ franchise being helmed by Nimrod Antal (“VACANCY”, “ARMORED”), it was announced that Robert Rodriguez will be teaming with Dark Horse Publishing to release a 4 part weekly prequel to the film! Inside you can find all the details on the series including the covers for all 4 issues! “Starring Adrian Brody (“THE PIANIST”, “THE JACKET”) and Topher Grace (“THAT 70s SHOW”, “SPIDERMAN 3″) “PREDATORS” follows nine humans,”Predators” of sorts, who are kidnapped and taken to an alien world which is used by the Predators as a game reserve. Now they must all fight to survive while they are hunted by a new breed of alien hunters known as Predators.”

Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX (V)

Posted by Tex Massacre on January 27, 2009 @ 12:00am
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The doc takes an inside look at the creation and execution of some of today’s most spectacular special effects in Hollywood blockbusters, through one of its most prolific FX houses in the industry — KNB EFX. From animatronic critters to prosthetics and character makeup to aliens, monsters and ghouls, the KNB EFX group has been creating innovative state-of-the-art effects for movies for more than 20 years and over 300 films as diverse as Scream to The Chronicles of Narnia.