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‘Machete’ Producers Sue To Kill Robert Rodriguez’s Sequel

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Tuesday November 20, 2012 @ 6:32pm PSTTags: Big Deals Film, Lawsuit, Machete, Machete Kills, Overnight Productions, Robert Rodriguez

Overnight Productions today said it wants to cut ties with Robert Rodriguez’s Quick Draw Productions over the rights to Machete Kills. If successful, the court action could stop the release of the film – which Open Road acquired for distribution from Quick Draw last month. The complaint filed Tuesday (read it here), the producers of 2010’s Machete are seeking to terminate the April 2012 agreement in which they granted director/producer Rodriguez the rights to make another action movie about the rogue Mexican Federale. The rights would revert back to Rick Schwartz’s Overnight. The plaintiffs are seeking $2 million in damages READ MORE »

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Lady Gaga Makes Feature Debut In ‘Machete Kills’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday July 26, 2012 @ 7:18pm PDTTags: Lady Gaga, Machete, Machete Kills

Machete KillsDirector Robert Rodriguez tweeted first word today that the pop star would make her acting debut in Machete Kills (the sequel to 2010′s Machete) playing La Chameleon. “I just finished working with @LadyGaga on @MacheteKills, she … Read More »

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Mel Gibson To Join ‘Machete Kills’ Mayhem

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday April 23, 2012 @ 5:58pm PDTTags: Machete, Mel Gibson, Robert Rodriguez
Mike Fleming

Mel Gibson MacheteEXCLUSIVE: Mel Gibson is now in serious discussions to play a supporting role in Machete Kills, the Robert Rodriguez-directed sequel that will bring Danny Trejo back as the blade-wielding former Federale title character. The film will be … Read More »

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News Corp Profit Rises On Ad Rebound

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday November 3, 2010 @ 1:45pm PDTTags: Big Media, How I Met Your Mother Syndication, Machete, News Corp, News Corp Finance, Predator

A more robust advertising climate helped power the conglomerate to a net income of $775 million for its fiscal 1st quarter, up from $571 million same quarter last year. Operating income at the “filmed entertainment’ side, which also incorporates Twentieth Century Fox Television, was down from … Read More »

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George Clooney’s ‘The American’ Wins Weekend, Robert Rodriguez’s ‘Machete’ #2, Drew Barrymore’s ‘Going The Distance’ #5

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Saturday September 4, 2010 @ 10:31pm PDTTags: Box Office, Danny Trejo, Drew Barrymore, George Clooney, Justin Long, Machete, Robert Rodriguez







SATURDAY PM/SUNDAY AM 3RD UPDATE: Late shows made the difference after a sluggish … Read More »

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Filmmakers Reveal That Hidden ‘Machete’ Message Is Exploitation – Not Immigration

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday September 3, 2010 @ 3:07pm PDTTags: Danny Trejo, Machete, Robert Rodriguez, Robert Rodriguez Machete
Mike Fleming

Even though Robert Rodriguez and Danny Trejo launch Machete today amidst an onslaught of press that tries to make the film a lightning rod for debate on immigration, that wasn’t their goal. What they really wanted was to bring back the spirit of exploitation films which seemed to seize on a political issue, only to use it as an excuse to blow shit up and drop in as much nudity and over-the-top violence as they could get away with. Mission accomplished. “This was always about making a what would feel like a good old ’70s exploitation film,” Rodriguez told me. “What they did back in the day was, run out, make an over the top movie that exploited a story in the news so that it felt like it was ripped from the headlines of today, and move faster than studios could. That’s what we did. It was 16 years ago when I met Danny and said I needed to make this movie called Machete, because he looked like this Clint Eastwood type who would not back down from a fight. Immigration is still relevant, nobody has done anything about it, but it’s a smokescreen. The real Machete story underneath was always about an action hero you underestimate, who comes from a violent background, this incorruptible former Federale hiding out as a day laborer.” Read More »

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Danny Trejo Hits Comic-Con With ‘Machete’ And Plans To Craft Tough Guy Vehicles

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday July 22, 2010 @ 5:50pm PDTTags: Comic-Con, Comic-Con Convention, Danny Trejo, Fox, Machete, Predators, Robert De Niro, Robert Rodriguez, Robert Rodriguez Machete, Spy Kids 4, Video
Mike Fleming

machete3Danny Trejo is at Comic-Con this afternoon with director (and cousin) Robert Rodriguez to pump up interest in Machete, the film Fox releases in early September. But Trejo has more on his mind tonight than slinging free tacos to the geek … Read More »

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