Robert Rodriguez's Machete is beginning to take shape. Media outlets in the US are reporting that Lindsay Lohan and, er, Steven Seagal have struck deals to appear alongside the likes of Jessica Alba, Don Johnson, Cheech Marin, Robert De Niro and Michelle Rodriguez and Danny Trejo, who stars as the titular Machete, a former Mexican cop who is double-crossed and framed for murder by a corrupt American politician. Machete began life as a 'fake' trailer played during the Rodriguez & Quentin Tarantino double effort Grindhouse and it was Tarantino who convinced Rodriguez to make this movie. I'm glad he did, too. De Niro and Seagal in the same movie? That's going to be something to look forward to.
