Robert De Niro Joining Rodriguez' 'Machete'?

Really? I just read at Bloody Disgusting that Robert DeNiro will play a corrupt senator in Robert Rodriguez' Machete. What caught my eye is not the corrupt senator part, sadly, for that's more true with each passing day, but the addition of De Niro is certainly unexpected. He would join Danny Trejo, who is naturally playing the title role of a former Federale who seeks revenge - bloody, bloody revenge - on the company that betrayed him. BD.com's source also claims Michelle Rodriguez is on board, and my guess is she'll play one tough chica. And Jonah Hill will apparently be in the film, as well, playing a character named Julio. The film, as you probably know, isn't coming out of the clear blue sky; fans have been waiting for it since the opening moments of Grindhouse, which featured a series of fake trailers for exploitation movies. Personally, I thought Machete and Edgar Wright's Don't were the best things about the entire Grindhouse experience. How reliable is the information? Well, I trust Bloody Disgusting. They're usually well ahead of the game and they're more accurate than most sites. If I want genre news, it's the first place I check. We'll wait to see an official announcement about De Niro, but for the time being I'll operate under the assumption that he's on board. Because I am operating under that assumption, I'm now envisioning the gruesome manner in which De Niro's character will die.

Comments

[Tjei]

Refreshing. The whole project lacked a little something. But with DeNiro I think it may even get a limited theatrical run. Maybe even not in US, especially not in US.

[ned]

Christ, is DeNiro making bad career moves these days. I remember you got all worked up about Steve Martin wasting his talents but, be honest, this guy hasn't made anything remembling a good movie in over a decade. His comic subtlety in What Just Happened and bizarre Stardust cameo aside, Ronin was the last movie he was involved with that wasn't a complete waste of his talent.

[tiger tim]

STILL MORE pointless, chain-pulling, circle-jerk, cokeheaded cultural incest
from a Hollywood and media that is -AGAIN- 'mysteriously overlooking' the staggeringly
relevant 60th anniversary of the KOREAN WAR ---this year.

AND BTW ---we wonder just how much underpaid, unserviced, illegal labor
the LONG RICH DeNiro is himself 'using' to run his Tribeca restaurant these
past 20 years?

--------and we wonder WHY no one else is wondering?

LOL

[Prada cheap designer purses]

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