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Robert Rodriguez Gets His Gringo, Mel Gibson Joins 'Machete Kills'

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • April 23, 2012 9:20 PM
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We presume Robert Rodriguez didn't keep him waiting around for the script (ZING). Just over a week since it was reported that Rodriguez wanted Mel Gibson for a role in "Machete Kills," it looks like he got him.
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Jessica Alba & Michelle Rodriguez Reportedly In Talks For Return To 'Machete Kills'

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • April 18, 2012 2:32 PM
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While Danny Trejo is the only confirmed actor for "Machete Kills," the sequel to the pulp, exploitation style, grindhouse flick "Machete," we could probaby guess who else might be back even with nothing official. And right up there would be Jessica Alba and Michelle Rodriguez.
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Robert Rodriguez Wants Mel Gibson & Michelle Williams For 'Machete Kills'

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • April 13, 2012 11:18 AM
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The honor for Most Surprising Sequel Announcement Of 2012 was briefly held by "Anchorman 2" until yesterday afternoon when out of nowhere, Robert Rodriguez and company revealed that production on the long developing, forever talked about "Sin City" followup -- now titled "Sin City: A Dame To Kill For" -- was going to go in front of cameras with casting to start next week. And that news nearly made us forget about the other sequel Rodriguez is gearing up, "Machete Kills," and once again, he's hoping to land some big names.
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Not Surprisingly, Sales Poster For 'Machete Kills' Features Danny Trejo & Blood

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • February 9, 2012 12:49 PM
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Sales posters are usually pretty easy to ignore. Leaking to the internet via weak cellphone pics or shoddy scans, they are usually never representative of the final film and look like something slapped together by a graphic designer with two broken hands and a concussion. However, there are exceptions, and "Machete Kills" is one of them.
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'Machete' Sequel 'Machete Kills' Will Start Filming In April; Danny Trejo & Surviving Cast Members Expected To Return

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • February 6, 2012 10:45 PM
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"Where the movie will go next? I have a bunch of ideas for it. It's all in the end titles. We have to make them, of course, 'Machete Kills' and 'Machete Kills Again.' Once you put it out there, just like we did with the trailer, you have to make it," Robert Rodriguez said in the summer of 2010 when doing press rounds for "Machete." And last year at Comic-Con, in the batch of titles Rodriguez announced was on his plate, his promised two sequels to "Machete" was among the batch. So you can't say any of this was a surprise.
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