As you probably know by now, Grindhouse consists of two exploitation films, each with its own trailers for non existent b-movies. When the first trailer was unveiled, fans went crazy over a clip from the fake movie titled They Call Him Machete starring Rodriguez regular Danny Trejo. Well the response to the trailer footage was so great, that Rodriguez has decided to make the movie.
“I’ve got a direct-to-video in the States Machete movie, and internationally it could go out as a feature. We’ve got a script already and Danny Trejo says, ‘I’m in the best shape of my life, bro. I am so ready to do this movie!’ So it’s really cool,” revealed Rodriguez at SXSW. “I’m going to direct some other sequences in it for sure, and maybe the whole thing. I don’t know if I should do it like El Mariachi, but I want it to look really good. That trailer came out fantastic. Danny is really great in it and there’s some other surprise actors that show up in this trailer. And it just looks fantastic.”
Rodriguez also shared the origin of the idea:
“It’s an idea I came up with back during Desporado. 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.”
Very cool. But why release it direct to video in the states? Why not launch a Grindhouse franchise and let other directors contribute. Have They Call Him Machete be one of the films in the next double feature? I’m sure people would buy tickets, even if it was a smaller scaled release.
March 12th, 2007 at 9:06 am
“Why not launch a Grindhouse franchise and let other directors contribute.”
Now this is the best idea ever.
That’s exactly what I thought of when I saw the trailer. Let the best trailers turn inot the new double features, come up with new trailers…
PLEASE do it guys… :)
March 31st, 2007 at 11:58 pm
I second that!!! Bring the Grindhouse back! Maybe not double features, but at least have it contain trailers for Grindhouse films in the making!!! woot!
April 10th, 2007 at 7:51 am
GRINDHOUSE 2: MACHETE (robert rodriguez) / THANKSGIVING (eli roth)
a wet pipe dream, but here’s to hoping..
August 25th, 2007 at 11:10 am
That would be perfect if Machete and Thanksgiving were on a double bill together.They could have fake trailers,too.Maybe Tarantino could do a martial arts movie or a blaxploitation movie for his fake trailer..The possibilities ar endless! Think about it…
November 23rd, 2007 at 11:58 am
Genius… pure genius! Best news I have heard since I’ve been deployed in Iraq!!!
January 11th, 2008 at 7:16 pm
Just DO IT MAAN!
We’re waiting for Machete and more Grindhouse.
I was SO blown away by Planet Terror I’m hooked for life
So I need another fix soon man, just do it.