Machete sequel greenlit: Machete Kills

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Earlier this week it was reported that Robert Rodriguez managed to get a green light for a sequel to the grindhouse maverick feature Machete starring Danny Trejo. It should come as no surprise, since from the very beginning there was talk of turning it into a trilogy if it was successful. Upon release of Machete, they joked that there would be a Machete Kills, and a Machete Kills Read the article

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Machete reviews & Grindhouse out on BluRay!

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This is a great week, my friends. Not only can you watch MACHETE in selected theaters, and it is coming out around the world in some very soon, but also we have some reviews for it, and most of them are quite positive! Click here to watch an HD video review of Machete at Zoopy.com

This website gives it 3.5/5 for all the goodies you could possibly imagine: hacked off … Read the article

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The Official Machete Trailer is here

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The official Machete trailer is here. It will also be attached to theatrical screenings of Predators later this week. Unlike the Cinco de Mayo trailer that was put up by Robert Rodriguez more as a joke, this one is real and for the first time reveals the new characters and story lines. We see Michelle Rodriguez, Jessica Alba, Robert deNiro, Cheech Marin and Don Johnson as well as Steven Seagal. … Read the article

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Fire and Ice remake by Robert Rodriguez?

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It’s been a bit quiet recently, but that’s only fake silence. There have been some new posters for Predators, which look like nothing special, but it’s nevertheless cool to see some different spins on poster design (click here). The really weird part was when the whole internet started to rumble about race wars and uprisings connected to the fake Machete trailer that Robert Rodriguez released on Cinco de Mayo. … Read the article

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Machete trailer, Rodriguz music video and Predators character featurettes

Oh man have we been lazy. Yes we’re struggling a bit to keep this website updated, but we’re trying, and make sure to follow us on Twitter and Facebook, because we usually post stuff there more regularly. So what’s been going on? Basically a bunch of cool shit:

1. Today is Cinco de Mayo, and they have released a special cinco de mayo Machete trailer to the public, that’s just … Read the article

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2 Days at the World’s Coolest Studio

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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 … Read the article

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A Trailer by Quentin Tarantino in Machete?

While all the buzz is around how many Oscars Quentin Tarantino‘s Inglourious Basterds will take home tonight, something completely different reached us last night. There are rumors floating around that Quentin Tarantino will actually make a fake trailer to be shown in Machete, and that director Ethan Maniquis will contribute the (fake) trailer to Machete-sequel “Die, Machete, Die!” starring Danny Trejo and Til Schweiger, thus making … Read the article

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Machete goes to Fox

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

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Machete “surpassed the trailer”

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 … Read the article

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Trejo the Machete Man

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

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