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Ugh. I hate Michelle Rodriguez. And as much as I like Jonah Hill, his inclusionhere seems very out of place. I'm ok with DeNiro, but we better be getting Fahey and Marin as well.

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Is this a joke? Who's financing this again? I was under the impression the Weinsteins only had $30 million left in their studio and that was going to release Inglorious Basterds and Halloween 2.

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I thought they are releasing Piranha 3D as well?

And Bloody disgusting is know for false info. I will file this casting under bullshit for now.

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They're producing Pirahna 3D, but who knows if there will be money to release it come 2010.

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The Weinsteins should just fold into Universal and be done with it.

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Rumor on the street was Starz (who purchased Anchor Bay a few years back) was going to become one of the major investors into the company, but that never became of any fruition.

I'm curious to see who gets the rights to their films if they fold. Will rights revert to Miramax on selected properties? Would MGM get the rights (who Weinsteins partnered with on a majority of their theatrically released films)? Universal? Who knows.

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I dunno. I hope Tarantino and Rodriguez go to Universal if anything goes wrong. Universal doesn't mind the weird shit sometimes. I'm sure they'd love Tarantino especially now...well for right now...hope Basterds gets some bank for them.

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I call bullshit

Also, hopefully the Weinstein Company goes out of business, H2 will probably decide that.

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No fahey/marin = No Sale.

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I've been trying to find out how to be an extra on the Machete movie. I've tried the usual places I've found work through before, but have not found any listings for this film.

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How about you just go to Troublemaker Studios? That's what I'm doing right now...well...I need to talk to Avellan actually....

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That'd be a good one. I still have, *bee-beep*, ... Mail Motherfucker!" as mine from Eurotrip. My wife keeps yelling at me to change it because our 2-y-o daughter repeats everything now.

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Just saw I received an email yesterday about the casting call Saturday in Austin. I'm so there.

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Steven Seagal in Machete?!

Please let this happen -pray-

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I'd be ok with seeing The Ponytailed One grab a role here. Let's face it, the guy hasn't done shit since... well, I can't even remember that decent role he had.

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Marked For Death was his last decent movie in my opinion. The Under Siege films were ok but after that the movies went right down the shitter.

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If this is getting a theatrical release I don't see it.

Seagal refuses to co-star in any film with the exception of Executive Decision (which is what turned him sour on co-starring) and a Korean film called Constantine or Valentine or something like that. He was only in that for like 2 minutes.

Still that'd be AWESOME.

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Well I hope Machete kills Seagal...Trejo is a lot more badass than Seagal. I'm sure Seagal might beat him in real life but cinematically Trejo has the look of a badass. Well even in real life he looks badass.

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I'd say in their primes Trejo was tougher, and actually still may be.

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In their primes? Hrm...I dunno. Well maybe...Trejo was in prison for doing some stuff. I just could never be sold on Seagal's cinematic badassness. Trejo alone with his face, the man has a great badass face, or with Nude Mariachi woman in full glory screams awesome. I always thought that was just a thing they put on him in Desperado...but...it's a real tattoo.

ooooh....some Rodriguez stuff from Comic-Con..cool.

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Rodriguez Wants Lohan For MacHete

Robert Rodriguez wants to give Lindsay Lohan's flagging acting career a boost - the director has offered her a role in his Grindhouse spin-off movie MacHete.

The filmmaker is preparing to turn the Danny Trejo movie, which featured as a spoof trailer in the Grindhouse double bill, into a full-length action project with an all-star line-up rumoured to include Robert De Niro, Steven Seagal, Michelle Rodriguez and Jonah Hill.

He tells MTV.com, "I can’t say too much about it. Except that we start shooting in a couple weeks! These things come together very quickly. We’re casting right now, and the script just came out great… There are a lot of people we’re sending it to, big names - but nobody that we’ve signed yet."

But Rodriguez has his sights set on Lohan for one particular part and he's waiting to see if the Mean Girls star wants to sign on to the project.

He adds, "Lindsay’s cool. There’s actually a cool part in the movie for her - if she takes it."

Lohan - who has completed just one movie, Labor Pains, in the last two years - recently confessed she lives in fear of unemployment after losing out on the leading role in director Tim Burton's adaptation of Alice in Wonderland to acting newcomer Mia Wasikowska.

She told America's Nylon magazine, "It's scary when you realise, 'Oh my God, I'm not working. And (I) have a house to pay for now'."


Christ almighty

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I trust Rodriguez....

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Lohan = No Sale. I really dont like supporting no-talent apathetic c***s with cocaine habits.

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Well if she has only done one movie in the past two years, she should be jumping at the chance to be working.

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I agree, but I'd still see it regardless of her involvement.

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You don't think Rodriguez and crew can use her to not damage the film?

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****s

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I hate Lindsay but that would not deter me from seeing this. Trejo is the fucking man.

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A buddy of mine is working security on the set. I will see if he can get some pictures.

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I bet every single Hollywood film in wide release right now has at least one of those involved in their production, so you might want to stop seeing movies altogether.

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Well he doesn't watch that many anyway since most films today aren't Rated R.

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Press Release:
Robert Rodriguez has cast Jessica Alba (Sin City), Robert De Niro, Michelle Rodriguez (Fast & Furious), Lindsay Lohan ("Mean Girls), Cheech Marin ("Once Upon a Time in Mexico), Jeff Fahey (Lost), Don Johnson and Steven Seagal (Under Siege) alongside Danny Trejo in the highly anticipated spin-off action flick, Machete. The film is based on the "fake" trailer in Rodriguez’s 2007 GRINDHOUSE, featuring Trejo and Fahey reprising their original roles. MACHETE is being produced by Rodriguez who is the co-director with Ethan Maniquis, his long time editor. Rodriguez and Overnight Productions announced today that shooting is gearing up out of Troublemaker Studios in Austin, Texas.

MACHETE was originally a hard-edged trailer featured in GRINDHOUSE that became fanboy fodder since its first showing at the 2006 Comic-Con. "Machete had become my most requested movie and I never actually made it, so when the opportunity arose to answer the call with such an amazing cast, I jumped," said Rodriguez.



Rodriguez, who also penned the script, will serve triple duty as producer with Elizabeth Avellán of Troublemaker Studios and Rick Schwartz, Aaron Kaufman, and Iliana Nikolic of Overnight Productions, who will also provide the film's financing.

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Lohan is perfect Grindhouse casting. Perfect.
The entire cast is great, except for Alba, and I'm sure it will be quite epic

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So, this is really happening? Sweet. I like agree that the casting is great aside from Alba. She sucks and not in the good way.

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Seagal and Don Johnson? :banana:

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When can we preorder tickets for this? Cuz this has my cash now!

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Wow! To think that they are making this movie based on a fake trailer.

I'm a fan of Rodriguez and I'll definitely be checking this out.

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Alba is only good if she gets naked :lol:

This is going to be insane.

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Holy shit when is this coming out. This is definitely my next Expendables.

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Has a release date for this been announced yet, I know Robert Rodriguez works pretty quick, probably sometime next year.