Machete went from fake trailer to real independent movie, it grew to an all-star cast and now it sits comfortably at 20th Century Fox, who are also distributing Predators (both the Alien and the Predator franchise are with Fox). Nikki Finke reports that after some serious back-door haggling between Rodriguez’ agent and the sudios, who got to see some preview footage, they made a deal with Fox. Machete is … Read the article

Just when you thought you could safely turn off the damn computer, this one hits. AVPgalaxy.net has – and don’t freak out- leaked what might be the first batch of pictures from the set of Predators, which is produced by Robert Rodriguez based on his pre-Mariachi treatment, and directed by Nimrod Antal, who directed Vacancy (which I saw over christmas and I quite liked). Click here to … Read the article

In conversation with Brit film mag Empire Robert revealed more information about the both Predators and Machete. Plot wise, the film is said to exist outside the word of the previous AVP films, as Rodriguez says he “wrote the original script in ’94 before those movies existed.” In addition to shooting on location in Hawaii he also commented on the level of freedom Fox have given him, with the rest of … Read the article

Adding to the recent interviews with Robert and Danny, Total Film has a few extra blurbs from the set of Nimrod Antal’s Predators, with Danny Trejo explaining a bit more about the origins of Machete, which is currently in post-production.

Trejo: “Everybody thinks that Machete came out of a trailer, but it didn’t. Robert told me that he wanted to do this movie called Machete when we were … Read the article