Machete (film)
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| Machete | |
 Poster for Machete which appeared on the Grindhouse standee. |
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| Directed by | Robert Rodriguez Ethan Maniquis |
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| Produced by | Robert Rodriguez |
| Written by | Robert Rodriguez |
| Starring | Danny Trejo Jeff Fahey Cheech Marin Tito Larriva Rose McGowan Robert DeNiro Jonah Hill Michelle Rodriguez |
| Music by | Robert Rodriguez |
| Cinematography | Robert Rodriguez |
| Editing by | Robert Rodriguez |
| Distributed by | Dimension Films |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English Spanish |
Machete is a film by Robert Rodriguez. It is an expansion of a fake trailer Rodriguez directed for the 2007 film Grindhouse. It will star Danny Trejo (in his first lead role) 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.[1] The film is scheduled to start shooting in July 2009.[2]
[edit] Production
At South by Southwest, Rodriguez announced that he would be expanding his trailer for Machete into a feature-length movie.[3]
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 or Charles 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."[4] 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 a federale 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."[5]
Rodriguez hoped to film Machete at the same time as Sin City 2.[6] 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.[7] It was also revealed that he has regularly pulled sequences from it for his other productions including Once Upon a Time in Mexico.
[edit] References
- ^ Morris, Clint (May 14, 2007). "Machete movie greenlit!". Moviehole. http://www.moviehole.net/news/20070514_machete_movie_greenlit.html. Retrieved on 2007-11-17.
- ^ http://news-briefs.ew.com/2009/04/robert-rodrigue.html
- ^ Sciretta, Peter (March 12, 2007). "Grindhouse: Rodriguez to turn They Call Him Machete into Feature Length Movie". /film. http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/03/12/grindhouse-rodriguez-to-turn-they-call-him-machete-into-feature-length-movie/. Retrieved on 2007-03-27.
- ^ Moro, Eric (March 11, 2007). "SXSW 07: Machete Movie Coming". IGN Film Force. http://movies.ign.com/articles/772/772081p1.html. Retrieved on 2007-03-27.
- ^ Edwards, Gavin (April 2007). "Horror Film Directors Dish About Grindhouse Trailers". Rolling Stone. http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/14022408/online_exclusive_horror_film_directors_dish_about_grindhouse_trailers/1. Retrieved on 2007-04-04.
- ^ Sciretta, Peter (March 26, 2007). "Rodriguez to film Machete Movie during Sin City 2". /film. http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/03/26/rodriguez-to-film-machete-movie-during-sin-city-2. Retrieved on 2008-05-09.
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrS5XRfeLtU
[edit] External links
- Machete at Allmovie
- Machete at the Internet Movie Database
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