'Machete': Weirdest Cast Ever?

[Erik]

'Machete': Weirdest Cast Ever?

It started as a joke, but one of the fake trailers from 2008's "Grindhouse" is becoming a real movie. Robert Rodriguez, the director of "Desperado," "Sin City" and the "Spy Kids" trilogy, has begun work on "Machete," which began as a preview that ran before his "Planet Terror" segment of the double-feature he made with Quentin Tarantino.

For the full-length movie, Rodriguez has assembled one of the most eclectic casts ever: Robert De Niro, Jessica Alba, Steven Seagal, Michelle Rodriguez, Don Johnson and Lindsay Lohan. They will join the stars of the original trailer: Danny Trejo, Jeff Fahey and Cheech Marin.

In the movie, Machete (Trejo), a former Mexican Federales, is hired to assassinate a corrupt senator (De Niro). But then he is double-crossed and pursued by a government agent (Alba). Lohan plays a gun-wielding socialite who comes to Machete's aid, and Seagal plays a drug lord from his past. Filming has already begun in Austin, TX, and it will most likely hit theaters next year.

[james]

This is somewhat off-topic for the off-topic, but... the new issue of Videoscope has an interview with a director who worked with Steven Seagal on one film (one of the direct-to-DVD movies Segal's been starring in for the last few years).

What he says about Seagal's behavior (on and off camera) during the shoot is incredible, and pretty hilarious. Maybe Rodriguez is having a better experience working with him...

[Derrick]

It was my understanding that Robert Rodriguez had always intended to turn MACHETE into a full-length movie. I could be wrong about this but I'm pretty sure I heard this on the PLANET TERROR commentary.

Either way, a new Robert Rodriguez movie starring the always awesome Danny Trejo is welcome news indeed!