I am interested in this as well.

Just a fair warning. The video above is certainly NSFW.

I am.

The trailer was fantastic!!!
When I watched it for the first time (with a copy of Planet Terror, which I love btw) I thought it should become a movie.

I'm glad it's going to.

I'm really excited for this as well ! Glad to see they are keeping Jeff Fahey was worried Deniro would be taking his part .Not that he would be a bad replacement or anything .Nice to see Deniro doing something a little different than usual

I can't even imagine the budget being over $15 million. I wouldn't be surpised if he tries to film this for $10 mil. I agree outside the online geeks this wil be a tough sell although if it delivers it has CULT following written all over it.

chuck

Seriously? Robert De Niro, Jessica Alba, Michelle Rodriguez, Steven Seagal, Lindsay Lohan, Cheech Marin, Don Johnson and Jeff Fahey? Jessica Alba? Lindsay Lohan? Of the bunch I'd say we have maybe an actor and a half. I know you think Robert De Niro would be that whole actor, but he's been phoning it in for quite a while now and altogether the rest of them are little better than a half's worth of actor. Harsh, I know. But this is a real profession. This bunch, not so much.

Highly Excited For This One. Machete Has Only Been In Almost Every Robert Rodriguez Movie, So Excited To See More Of Him And Finally Get His Story. Disappointed By The Cast A Little But I'm Sure It Will Be Fantastic Regardless.

Patricia: It's a _B-movie_! An _homage_ to be B-moives, even. Why WOULDN'T Rodriguez get folks that are not only equated with B-movies (Fahey, Segal, Johnson) but who now, through their unintentional parodies when on the screen (Robert Deniro), are the equal of old-fashioned B-movie stars. And I gotta tell ya: having had the chance to do some acting, it's hard not to smile when people go on and on about it being a profession, or how tough it is. Even the best actor is doing the same thing any imaginative child did (getting lost in the part, believing he is a WWII vet or she is somebody called Coco Channel). The toughest part of acting, for anyone, would be if they become the flavor of the month and have to put up with a lot of invasion of privacy. Other than that, getting paid to pretend — it's fun! (And should be treated as such).a

@D.T. Shindler: "B" movie homage, interesting perspective. More like an over the top, slasher, blood and guts movie. But perhaps that's your definition of "B" movie. Lower in the alphabet for me. But I remain open minded, or struggle to be.

More interesting, however, is you comment about acting being "fun!" Are you an actor, D.T.? I'm not, but I know some, very well. Acting can be liberating and fulfilling and has it's element of fun. But mostly it's hard, hard work that often pulls the very guts out of you. As for actors doing what any child can do, being a mature adult with complex emotions and still being able to tap into that childlike ability to be someone else, but more difficultly, being able to inhabit that other person's authentic complexity is called talent. Being able to spread that ability across a range of character types and unfamiliar situations is not child's play.

However, I agree with you that for many actors the toughest part of being a successful actor is having to put up with the invasion of privacy. But hang out in some parts of LA sometime and you'll see that there's a group of "entertainers" who define their celebrity status that way. They work very hard at maintaining their lack of privacy. That's where their true talent lies too. Many of those people are cast in this film.

Patricia: writer, actually. But I've done a bit of acting. I think all of the sturm und drang some people go through in public, is just, well, histrionics of the worst kind. Yeah, reaching down and pulling out a memory or experience that helps one relate to a wrenching scene can be, well…emotional. But it is, by and large, actually cathartic. When actors — usually guys — make a big production out of what they go through, I think it's more out of embarrassment than anything else (even male actors are still embarrassed about exposing their emotions — so some of them go on about how difficult, etc., it is. Same with some writers. Anyone who has done either type of work, and then, like myself, had the previous experience of being in a blue collar job — construction, etc. — a white collar job — communications tech — or in the servce (the Army), knows that writing and acting are fun. Even when the words aren't coming some mornings or afternoons or evenings…even when a certain nuiance can't be reached right away…acting is fun. Waiting around to DO the acting, while all of the other stuff (lighting. etc.) is readied can be boring as hell — and can drive ANYone bugfuck. But the acting part is, and should be, fun — otherwiise, the "thespian" in question is probably taking him or herself too damn seriously (same for writers). Take the work seriously — do the job well (show up on time, emote your heart out). Don't take yourself seriously. Or the labels. Or the b.s. that writers — and sometimes actors — spread about how the work is done, only because those two jobs have never been easy to define – or explain (and it's easy to cloud the issue with obsfucation).

Patricia: Okay, B-movie might be the wrong term for your purposes. I group all so-so flicks into that category — whether they are "slasher" flicks (as in some crazed lunatic is out slashing kids or others), or — as I think this one would be termed — crime flicks, or rom-coms, or dramas, etc. Thus, A-grade flick, B-grade flick, C-grade flick, then…pretty fuckin awful. Since Rodriguez is purposely paying homage to some really bad movies that used to show at the drive-ins — which might be before your time — I think that callin "Machete" — or, as my tex-mex friends used to say, Muh-chet-tee — a B-movie is perfectly acceptable. But that's just me. I don't take this THAT seriously. As the Stones once obserced, it's only Rock-n-roll (but I like it).
-DTS

@D.T. Shindler: I respect your opinion. But I feel you are being too simplistic in your viewpoint of what it takes to be a good actor. Notice I used the word "good." Although I agree that acting can be cathartic, so can doing a number of things well. It doesn't make it any easier. Let me add to your catalogue that teaching can be fun too. But it's damn hard, hard work. And of course enjoyment plays a big part in anything we do well. It, more than anything, drives us on.

Good actors, good writers, good teachers, etc., make it look easy. That doesn't mean it is. I find writing child's play but then I don't make my living at it.

@D.T. Shindler: We're crossing our messages to each other now. I've enjoyed our discussion. And don't I wish I was too young to remember drive in's. But why I enjoyed them had very little to do with what was playing on the screen. LOL.

actually if you can recall, machete was in Desperado. the dude with all of the knives. this was an idea for a while i think. it should be fun. with the current lack of creativity with most of the studios doing remakes this should be cool. at least fun to watch on a saturday afternoon.