- Machete (film)
Infobox Film
name = Machete
caption = Poster for "Machete" which appeared on the "Grindhouse" standee.
director =Robert Rodriguez
producer =Robert Rodriguez
writer =Robert Rodriguez
starring =Danny Trejo Jeff Fahey Cheech Marin Tito Larriva Rose McGowan
music =Robert Rodriguez
cinematography =Robert Rodriguez
editing =Robert Rodriguez
distributor =Dimension Films
released = 2008
runtime =
country = flagicon|USAUnited States
language = English
Spanish
budget =
gross =
website =
amg_id = 1:397333
imdb_id = 0985694"Machete" is an upcoming feature by
Robert Rodriguez . It is an expansion of a fake trailer Rodriguez directed for the 2007 film "Grindhouse". It will starDanny Trejo as the title character. Although originally announced to be released direct-to-DVD as an extra on the "Planet Terror " DVD, the film is now being produced as a theatrical release. [cite web |url=http://www.moviehole.net/news/20070514_machete_movie_greenlit.html |title=Machete movie greenlit! |accessdate=2007-11-17 |last=Morris |first=Clint |coauthors= |date=May 14 ,2007 |work= |publisher=Moviehole]Production
At
South by Southwest , Rodriguez announced that he would be expanding his trailer for "Machete" into a feature-length movie.cite news |last=Sciretta |first=Peter |coauthors= |title="Grindhouse": Rodriguez to turn "They Call Him Machete" into Feature Length Movie |work= |pages= |language= |publisher=/film |date=March 12, 2007 |url=http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/03/12/grindhouse-rodriguez-to-turn-they-call-him-machete-into-feature-length-movie/ |accessdate=2007-03-27]According to Rodriguez, the origins of the film go back to "Desperado". He says, "When I met Danny, I said, 'This guy should be like the Mexican
Jean-Claude Van Damme orCharles Bronson , putting out a movie every year and his name should be Machete.' So I decided to do that way back when, never got around to it until finally now. So now, of course, I want to keep going and do a feature." [cite news |last=Moro |first=Eric |coauthors= |title=SXSW 07: Machete Movie Coming |work= |pages= |language= |publisher=IGN Film Force |date=March 11 ,2007 |url=http://movies.ign.com/articles/772/772081p1.html | accessdate=2007-03-27] In an interview with "Rolling Stone " magazine, Rodriguez said that he wrote the screenplay back in 1993 when he cast Trejo in "Desperado". "So I wrote him this idea of afederale from Mexico who gets hired to do hatchet jobs in the U.S. I had heard sometimes FBI or DEA have a really tough job that they don't want to get their own agents killed on, they'll hire an agent from Mexico to come do the job for $25,000. I thought, "That's "Machete". He would come and do a really dangerous job for a lot of money to him but for everyone else over here it's peanuts." But I never got around to making it." [cite news |last=Edwards |first=Gavin |coauthors= |title=Horror Film Directors Dish About "Grindhouse" Trailers |work= |pages= |language= |publisher=Rolling Stone |date=April 2007 |url=http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/14022408/online_exclusive_horror_film_directors_dish_about_grindhouse_trailers/1 |accessdate=2007-04-04]Rodriguez hopes to film "Machete" at the same time as "
Sin City 2 ". [cite news |last=Sciretta |first=Peter |coauthors= |title=Rodriguez to film Machete Movie during Sin City 2|work= |pages= |language= |publisher=/film |date=March 26, 2007 |url=http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/03/26/rodriguez-to-film-machete-movie-during-sin-city-2 |accessdate=2008-05-09] Additionally, during Comic-Con International 2008, he took the time to speak about Machete, including such topics as: status, possible sequels after the release of Machete, and production priorities. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrS5XRfeLtU] It was also revealed that he has regularly pulled sequences from it for his other productions includingOnce Upon a Time in Mexico .Releases
Rodriguez also shared at Comic-Con that Machete will be a trilogy, the films are as follows:
* "Machete"
* "Machete Kills!"
* "Machete Kills Again!"Other Appearances
As the film was initially scrapped, Rodriguez later recycled the character of 'Machete' in the children's film "
Spy Kids ", in which the character is reformatted as the titular children's estranged uncle, an eccentric and reclusive inventor who uses his codename, Machete, as an official brand for his inventions. Cheech Marin - who starred in the Grindhouse trailer for "Machete" - also appeared as the children's fake Uncle, Felix, appointed by the OSS to replace Machete. The characters were later to appear in the film's sequels.References
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