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Death Race 2 prequel currently shooting in South Africa

Universal Studios announced today that Death Race 2 began principal photography recently in Cape Town, South Africa. The prequel to Paul W.S. Anderson’s re-imagining of Roger Corman’s grindhouse cult classic stars Luke Goss (Hellboy 2: The Golden Army), Ving Rhames (Con Air, Pulp Fiction), Sean Bean (National Treasure, Lord of the Rings trilogy), Danny Trejo ….

New cast member confirmed for Robert Rodriguez’ Predators reboot

Robert Rodriguez recently revealed the cast for his upcoming Predators reboot film, which includes the likes of Danny Trejo, Adrien Brody and Topher Grace. Well this weekend, actor Derek Mears, who played Jason Voorhees in the most recent Friday the 13th, confirmed to DreadCentral that he will also be appearing in the film. “People were ….

Photos from the set of Robert Rodriguez’ star-filled grindhouse thriller Machete

BloodyDisgusting first got wind of these on-set photos from the now-filming Machete, which is lensing in Austin, Texas with Danny Trejo, Michelle Rodriguez, Robert De Niro, Robert De Niro, Jessica Alba, Steven Seagal, Lindsay Lohan, Cheech Marin, Don Johnson and Jeff Fahey. Machete revolves around the namesake former Federale and undercover day-laborer, who’s hired by ….

Machete film cast to include Robert De Niro, Don Johnson and Steven Seagal

Writer/Director Robert Rodriguez gave reporters an update on Machete, which expands on the fake trailer of the same name he created for Grindhouse, this weekend in Los Angeles while promoting the family-friendly Shorts. That’s according to a post on Sci-Fi Wire. Rodriguez said he’s making great progress, thanks in part to an aggressive shooting schedule. ….

Will Robert De Niro go mano-a-mano with Danny Trejo in Machete?

Well, according to the folks over at Bloody-Disgusting, hell yeah. The site posted new details on Robert Rodriguez’s Machete, which he’s been developing as a feature ever since it debuted as a faux trailer in Grindhouse. Robert Rodriguez and Ethan Maniquis are said to be teaming up to co-direct and start shooting Machete on July ….

10th Annual New York International Latino Film Festival to honor John Leguizamo

The New York International Latino Film Festival, which runs from July 27th through August 2nd, 2009, opens with a screening of Peter Bratt’s film The Mission, starring Benjamin Bratt, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Other events include a tribute to actor and comedian John Leguizamo and a closing-night screening of John Cotten’s Mexican crime drama ….

Danny Trejo not in Expendables, but is filming Machete in just a few weeks

According to GATW, by way of Empire News, Danny Trejo confirmed in an interview at CineVegas that he is not appearing in Sylvester Stallone’s upcoming action opus The Expendables as previously thought. He went on to say that his name was associated with the film for some unknown reason and that he was never contacted ….

50 Cent is out and Terry Crews is now in Sly Stallone’s war flick Expendables

AICN, which has a direct dialogue going with Sly Stallone regarding his upcoming action flick, The Expendables, has been updating the casting of the roles Agent Will Sands and Hale Caesar. Oscar-winner Forest Whitaker was attached to the film, but a push in the schedule forced him to withdraw. Apparently Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, had ….