MACHETE Gets A Release Date

“They just f*ed with the wrong Mexican!”
Back in January we heard that Fox will get to distribute MACHETE and today Variety reported MACHETE will hit theaters on September 3rd, 2010. Anybody cares?!.. Well, to be fair the Grindhouse fake trailer was funny, the thought of watching it as a full length feature sounded decent at first but other than De Niro and Trejo, the cast is a turn off, TWC was one of the distributors considering MACHETE but when they watched some footage, they thought it was crap and weren’t willing to take the risk…

MACHETE is co-directed by Robert Rodriguez and Ethan Maniquis
Starring: Danny Trejo, Jessica Alba, Robert De Niro, Michelle Rodriguez, Lindsay Lohan, Cheech Marin, Jeff Fahey, Don Johnson, Steven Seagal
Based on the “fake” trailer in Rodriguez’s 2007 Grindhouse
The feature version of the trailer finds Machete (Trejo) a renegade former Mexican Federale, roaming the streets of Texas after a shakedown from drug lord Torrez (Steven Seagal). Reluctantly, Machete takes an offer from spin doctor Benz (Fahey) to assassinate McLaughlin (Robert De Niro) a corrupt Senator. Double crossed and on the run Machete braves the odds with the help of Luz (Michelle Rodriguez), a saucy taco slinger, Padre (Cheech Marin) his “holy” brother, and April (Lindsay Lohan) a socialite with a penchant for guns. All while being tracked by Sartana (Jessica Alba), a sexy ICE agent with a special interest in the blade slinger.

MACHETE opens September 3rd, 2010. Its labor day weekend competitions are George Clooney‘s THE AMERICAN and Sony Pictures’ comedy BORN TO BE A STAR