At the European Film Market during the Berlin International Film Festival, which opened Friday, they are now showing off this promotional poster (click to comingsoon.net for the hi-res version), to win backers for the film, which is produced by Alexander Rodnyansky’s AR Films U.S., a partnership between AR Films and Aldamisa Entertainment. Deadline quotes Robert saying “The fan response to the Machete character has been fanatical since his first appearance. Machete is truly a super hero and Machete Kills will be bigger and more ambitious than the first time.” If all goes right, and Trejo is on board, the movie is slated to start shooting this April as a Quick Draw Production, produced by Rodriguez himself, Rodnyansky (of said AR Films, the main investor), and Quick Draw’s Aaron Kaufman and Iliana Nikolic, as well as Sergei Bespalov (of Aldamisa) and Rick Schwartz. Apparently a script continuing the legend of Machete is already on the table, written by Kyle Ward, and developed by Rodriguez and Marcel Rodriguez.

Deadline‘s report quotes the plot summary as follows: “The new film finds Machete recruited by the U.S. Government for a mission which would be impossible for any mortal man. Machete must battle his way through Mexico to take down a madman cartel leader and an eccentric billionaire arms dealer who has hatched a plan to spread war across the planet with a weapon in space. Machete takes on an army in an effort to dismantle a plan for global anarchy.”

Sources: Coming Soon | Deadline Hollywood.

Thanks to Rama’s Screen for the heads up.

This website gives it 3.5/5 for all the goodies you could possibly imagine: hacked off limbs, ripped out guts, boobs, shotguns, Steven Seagal, nude Jessica Alba, nude Lindsay Lohan, other nude chicks, Robert deNiro, crazy explosions, cool lines, an explosive controversial story, and more!

And the moment you’ve been waiting for is here, Grindhouse is finally available on BluRay (and in Canada only on DVD). Click here to read the full news over at The Quentin Tarantino Archives. Don’t forget to LIKE Pistolero on Facebook (click here). And please comment below to post your reviews of Machete and/or the Grindhouse release.

IGN has the exclusive video up on their site, along with a few other things

Also check out the various posters, pictures and lobby cards that we posted on the official Pistolero Facebook Page

And now for today’s real news: Robert Rodriguez has officially optioned the rights to Fire and Ice, which is an animated movie from 1983 by Ralph Bakshi and Frank Frazetta, which is available from Blue Underground on DVD and on BluRay. Click here to read what Robert has to say on AICN and click here for a related story at our friends from The Playlist.

1. Today is Cinco de Mayo, and they have released a special cinco de mayo Machete trailer to the public, that’s just a riot. Head over HERE to AICN to watch it. Don’t fuck with this Mexican, Arizona!

2. They have released a bunch of Predators character featurettes. Watch them here: Noland, Isabelle, Edwin, Royce, and Cuchillo and there’s another Behind The Scenes clip

3. Robert Rodriguez has shot a music video for a local Austin musician Kat Dennings, read about it here: at Slashfilm

We couldn’t wait to see this. And now it is here and it is pretty awesome. This might truly reignite the predator fever among the fan crowd. The Predators trailer is up online at IGN in decent glory and you should absolutely check it out (in high quality if you can). It showcases the characters only a little but lays the groundwork nicely for the setting of the movie, and show little of the evil titular creatures, which is good. We were hoping to see more of the lovely Ms Braga, but maybe they reserved some close-ups for publicity shots Anyways, click below to check out the Predators trailer:

This scene isn’t a creature scene. It is a character reveal. I’m not going to reveal who it is, but this character has been living on this planet for a while. He is wearing various ‘gear’ that is of alien origin. When the fx are finished, the character will decloak in front of Adrian Brody. He’ll remove his helmet and will simply reveal his badassness to them. He’ll tell them that they smell wrong, that they’re too loud. He’ll tell them that “THEY” will find them fast. And I wish I’d seen it a couple of times so I could have a better grasp of the dialogue. But this character’s dialogue will incite cheers. (source)

Harry also says the footage will hit the net shortly after, and he names possible addresses, but we really think it might be www.predators-movie.com, so stay tuned, we’ll update this post.

UPDATE: We were right and the sneak footage, a synopsis and some pictures are now up at www.predators-movie.com, and a trailer will follow next week, click the image below:

Update 2: There’s also a teaser, check the two links at Shock till you drop. One and Two.

MTV News: Such a great cast. We’re looking forward to seeing Adrien Brody in an action role, which people were a little skeptical about. What was he like on set in embodying that action hero?

Braga: He was amazing. When we arrived in Hawaii where we first started shooting the film, it was really interesting that he was willing to really get stronger because his body is naturally thin. All of us, we bonded together as a team. We were working out together. He really changed his body, which is great because he challenged himself to do something he hasn’t been doing. I think he’s done it for some films, but never as an action hero. I think he did a great job. I think people are going to be really impressed with his work. He’s a phenomenal actor and really a great person. And a great friend.

Click for the full interview and video clip: MTV.com

This months edition of Empire features an awesome 6 page glance inside the inner workings of Troublemaker Studios and the hectic day to day life of Rodriguez. Including interviews in which he talks about Machete, Predators and upcoming Sky Kids 4, Sin City 2 and “futuristic thriller” Nerveracker, and some awesome pictures, the article is definitely not one to miss! Which is why, rather than inadequately sum up the content myself, I thought I’d just scan it in and let you read it! So here you go:

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