This summer's Machete Kills was preceded by a trailer for a sequel that may happen: Machete Kills Again... In Space. The events of Machete Kills set up a storyline that could be continued in a third movie, and while we wait to hear whether or not someone is going to step up with financing, you…
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3D trailers are great if you're watching them in a 3D movie theater with your 3D glasses on, but so-called 3D trailers on the Internet usually aren't anything special. Since the effects don't work on our computers, most "3D trailers" just turn out to be 2D trailers with action-packed scenes that we can sorta-kinda picture…
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Just can't wait for the October release of Machete Kills? Check out 10 minutes of B-roll footage right here. Also after the jump: Uwe Boll plans to make Postal 2 really offensive Eli Roth has an update on the Green Inferno sequel Take a peek at a clip from I Spit on Your Grave 2 Producer…
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In Machete Kills, director Robert Rodriguez once again celebrates guns, babes, and manly men. This sequel to Machete finds many ways to combine those three factors, offering a new permutation every few minutes. The action is dumb and goofy and very self aware, and Machete Kills is occasionally kind of a blast. The cast is game for…
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At this point you probably know what the Robert Rodriguez film Machete Kills is all about, so a new red-band trailer is just a mid-week distraction. But if you're looking for the sort of distraction that involves wild violence, exploitative action, and a knife fight with Mel Gibson, this is going to be perfect. This…
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You know how we've all been clamoring for a Showgirls sequel? Well, too bad, because we're getting one anyway. Kind of. Also after the jump: Watch a clip from the direct-to-DVD sequel Curse of Chucky Paul Greengrass confirms that he has not signed on for more Bourne Lady Gaga will drop by Robert Rodriguez's Sin City: A Dame to Kill…
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The marketing team at Apple would have you believe that there's an app for everything, but when you're a killer agent, sometimes you need your tools to be a little more hands-on. Count on Robert Rodriguez to fix that problem by hiding a blade inside the device. That's just one of the many ridiculous sights…
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Who better to make a special Grown Ups 2 chili recipe than Guy Fieri? Also after the jump: Legendary doesn't seem optimistic about Hellboy 3 Neill Blomkamp isn't interested in Star Trek 3 Steven Seagal might do Expendables 3 Transformers 4 sets up a Chinatown in Detroit Optimus Prime sees some action in new set videos…
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Feast your eyes on posters for Riddick, Planes, and Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters in today's Sequel Bits. Also after the jump: Brad Pitt thinks a World War Z sequel has potential Jerry Bruckheimer talks Pirates 5 and Top Gun 2 Don't believe those Transformers 4 title rumors, says Michael Bay Jason Statham is "really…
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The still above from 21 Jump Street is an accurate representation of my reaction to the reveal that the sequel will be called 22 Jump Street. Also after the jump: Check out pics from Transformers 4's Texas set How much of Transformers 4 is set in China? Freida Pinto and James Franco won't return (duh) for more…
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Steve Carell doesn't actually need to dress up as Gru to play him for Despicable Me 2, but don't tell him that. Also after the jump: Broken Lizard is planning Weedfest and Super Troopers 2 Despicable Me 2's villainous El Macho is finally revealed See new pics and a filmmakers' message from Insidious Chapter 2…
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Subtlety and restraint have their place in cinema, but Robert Rodriguez's Machete Kills isn't it. The sequel to Rodriguez's 2010 action thriller features deadly broads, weaponized boobs, a cackling madman, President Charlie Sheen (or President Carlos Estevez, rather), and a Machete (Danny Trejo) who's just been pulled back from the brink of death. Watch the…
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I hope you're excited for Human Centipede III, because shooting in LA has already begun. Also after the jump: Will Forte is working on MacGruber 2 this summer Could the Fast Five vault heist happen in real life? (No.) Charlie Sheen returns to his Latino roots for Machete Kills Glenn Morshower won't be in Transformers…
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So far, the scariest thing about Paranormal Activity 5 may be how little anyone involved with it claims to know about it. We are talking about a movie that's due out in just under nine months. After the jump: Katie Featherston and Oren Peli talk Paranormal Activity 5 No, Linday Lohan will not be reprising…
Read MoreBriefly: This fall you'll get two Robert Rodriguez movies in two months. We already knew that Sin City: A Dame to Kill For is set for October 4, and now Open Road Films has announced that Machete Kills, starring Danny Trejo as the ultimate badass, will be released September 13. Written and directed by Rodriguez, it…
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Robert Rodriguez's Machete has gotten himself into some hairy situations and lived to tell the tale, but now a lawsuit could shut him down for good. Also after the jump: No, Mike Myers has not written Wayne's World 3 Paranormal Activity 5 gets a fall 2013 release date Josh Hutcherson confirms his return for Journey…
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This eclectic edition of Sequel Bits covers everything from the Lifetime Channel to Machete Kills. After the jump: Javier Bardem says he was offered Bond way back when Carrie Fisher would be interested in doing Star Wars VII Melissa Leo and Octavia Spencer join Lifetime's Five 2 Spy Kids star Alexa Vega is all grown…
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The image you see above is the first look at Amber Heard as she appears in the Robert Rodriguez film Machete Kills. The movie is, as you likely know, the sequel to 2009's Machete, which was itself an expansion of the very entertaining "fake" trailer that appeared in the Rodriguez/Tarantino effort Grindhouse. After the break,…
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Video, casting, locations and more are all in this edition of Sequel Bits. After the jump read about the following. 20th Century Fox has posted a new featurette for Taken 2. Ethan Hawke comes clean about the Richard Linklater film Before Midnight. Claudia Lee joins Kick-Ass 2. Check out a set being built for Justin Lin's…
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With the exception of Machete Kills, which is a sequel to 2010 film, everything in today's Sequel Bits is pretty old school, featuring characters or properties that have been around at least a decade. After the jump: Joss Whedon talks a little bit about The Avengers 2 Bruce Campbell says the new Evil Dead is…
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There was a little bit of video from the set of Machete Kills that leaked out a week or so back, but was quickly taken down. Now there's a replacement, in the form of a TV set visit to the set of Robert Rodriguez's latest weird action flick. Danny Trejo returns as Machete, and this…
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Director Robert Rodriguez seems be compiling one of the most eclectic, crazy casts of all time with Machete Kills. In addition to all the returning stars (Danny Trejo, Michelle Rodriguez, Jessica Alba) he's recently revealed that Charlie Sheen will be appearing along with Mel Gibson, Amber Heard, Sofia Vergara, Zoe Saldana and many more. The…
Read MoreRobert Rodriguez sure seems to have a soft spot for PR-challenged celebs. 2010's Machete saw him working with a notoriously troubled Lindsay Lohan, and for its sequel Machete Kills, Rodriguez is upping the ante with not one but two recovering trainwrecks. Mel Gibson has been signed on to play a "Bond-style villain" since April, and now…
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We've got handful of sequel-related quick hits for you. After the jump: Tim Burton "would love to revisit" Beetlejuice sometime Want to be an extra on Iron Man 2, Machete Kills, etc.? A blazing-hot new Expendables 2 poster hits the web When will the second trailer for The Hobbit debut? Seth Grahame-Smith has a very…
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Earlier this month, a press release announcing the return of Red stars Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren, Morgan Freeman, John Malkovich, and Mary Louise Parker for Red 2 promised that the retired black ops team would be facing on "a new set of enemies all across Europe." Now we have a better idea of what exactly…
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Three sequels, two threequels, and a TV show spinoff feature in today's Sequel Bits. After the jump: Mandy Moore talks about Tangled 2 and Tron: Uprising A German screening of Men in Black 3 breaks a world record Fan Bingbing and Yang Mi join Andy Lau in Iron Man 3 Robert Rodriguez drops hints on…
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Casting on Machete Kills continues to speed ahead, as Modern Family star Sofia Vergara becomes the latest to sign on. Also after the jump: Leonard Nimoy has not confirmed a Star Trek 2 cameo Tim Burton offers a tiny Beetlejuice 2 update Anna Faris probably won't do Scary Movie 5 Men in Black 3 gets creative with its marketing Kristen…
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