Nothing but good news on the Machete Kills front, as the sequel to Robert Rodriguez's violent cult hit Machete has just been picked up by Open Road Films for release some time in 2013. The distributor has specialized in mid-range genre films, finding surprising recent success with David Ayer's End of Watch. But Machete Kills has the potential to be the biggest hit yet for them, as it comes off a first film that exceeded expectations, and has an impressive casting mix of celebrity stars and tabloid fodder.
In celebration of the deal, the first official image has been released which features the titular ex-Federale played by Danny Trejo about to get busy with the sexy Miss San Antonio, played by our #1 draft pick Amber Heard. The film has Machete hired by the President(Charlie Sheen!!) to take down a mad billionaire(Mel Gibson!!) with designs on sending a missile into space and starting a world war. Michelle Rodriguez, Jessica Alba, Vanessa Hudgens, Lady Gaga, Demian Bichir, Sofia Vergara, Zoe Saldana, Cuba Gooding Jr., Edward James Olmos, Marko Zaror, the Avellan Twins, William Sadler, Tom Savini, and Alexa Vega co-star.
