Robert Rodriguez always has like five projects going at the same time. He’s been hard at work “developing” Barbarella (or trying to convince the studio to give him the money to make it with his future wife Rose McGowan in the lead) and just announced a TV show called Women In Chains (also starring Rose McGowan), which he’s pitching to various networks, but his next feature film to go into production will be… drumroll please…
Shorts is a family comedy adventure that follows an 11-year-old boy who is hit in the head with a rainbow-colored rock that grants wishes to anyone who holds it. Chaos erupts in this small suburb where “all the houses look the same and everyone works for Black Box, manufacturer of the ultimate communication and do-it-all gadget.” Sounds more Spy Kids or The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl 3-D than Grindhouse or Sin City. Jon Cryer, William H. Macy, Leslie Mann and James Spader have signed on to star. I’m surprised Rodriguez didn’t try to squese McGowan into this project as well. Rodriguez, always a one-man show, will direct based on his own screenplay, and serve as producer, director of photography, editor, visual effects supervisor and, who knows, he might even provide the score (not yet confirmed). But what else is new?
May 30th, 2008 at 4:03 am
I hope that Rodriguez really makes Machete. The other stuff is not interesting for me.
May 30th, 2008 at 4:13 am
I second a full-blown Machete film aswell.
May 30th, 2008 at 6:14 am
Squeeze
May 30th, 2008 at 6:15 am
He’s doing this family film to get his other dream projects rolling, such as all the Spy Kids movies that essentially greenlit Sin City, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, and Grindhouse. So i expect we will see machete (or barbarella) if this thing takes off.
May 30th, 2008 at 6:32 am
RIP Harvey Korman.
May 30th, 2008 at 6:37 am
“Hit in the head with a rainbow-colored rock” sounds like a euphemism for coming out of the closet.
May 30th, 2008 at 7:07 am
@ Zap
Ditto, get the grosses up so the real money is there for the good stuff. Make some kids happy in the interim.
May 30th, 2008 at 7:12 am
@JFK
Bullseye.
May 30th, 2008 at 8:16 am
“I’m surprised Rodriguez didn’t try to squese McGowan into this project as well.”
I’m not. He makes these type of films for his kids. Kudos to Rob Rod for not parading “new mommy” in front of them in this film.
May 30th, 2008 at 9:04 am
Rose McGowan is in Robert Rodriguez’s shorts.
Obviously.
May 30th, 2008 at 9:14 am
i was on set for this movie yesterday
May 30th, 2008 at 10:38 am
I guess we won’t be seeing Sin City 2 anytime soon.
May 30th, 2008 at 11:56 am
I want a dusk till dawn sequel….. from dawn till dusk
May 30th, 2008 at 2:32 pm
i’d rather see sin city 2
but barbarella could be fun
May 30th, 2008 at 5:25 pm
YES - I love Rodriguez’ kids stuff - mindless kiling like machete doesn’t interest me at all.
May 31st, 2008 at 5:22 pm
When talking about “Shorts” to a classroom of UT-Austin students last month, Robert described Shorts as “Pulp fiction for kids” - thought I’d share that with you guys. I was also under the impression from him, at the time, that he had already begun filming.