Robert Rodriguez's Machete Kills” to premiere at Fantastic FestJuly 11, 2013 - 16:11 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Robert Rodriguez's "Machete Kills” will make its world premiere on Sept. 19 as the opening night film for the Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas, TheWrap said. "Every year we compile our dream targets for opening night film; ‘Machete Kills’ was at the top of that list,” said Fantastic Fest co-founder and creative director Tim League. "We are going to pull out all the stops to ensure Robert’s world premiere red carpet experience is literally blood red.” The premiere will be held at the new Alamo Drafthouse location. The festival will run through Sept. 26. Open Road Films’ "Machete Kills” is scheduled to hit theaters nationwide on Oct. 4, 2013. The cast includes Danny Trejo, Michelle Rodriguez, Sofia Vergara, Amber Heard, Carlos Estevez (aka Charlie Sheen), Lady Gaga, Antonio Banderas, Jessica Alba, Demian Bichir, Vanessa Hudgens, Cuba Gooding, Jr. and Mel Gibson. "Fantastic Fest has quickly become the best place for fans to first experience the newest and coolest genre movies and blockbusters,” said director Robert Rodriguez. "I am honored and extremely excited for ‘Machete Kills’ to have its world premiere right here in Austin and kick off Fantastic Fest.” In "Machete Kills,” Trejo plays ex-Federale agent Machete, who is recruited by the President of the United States for a mission that would be impossible for any mortal man -- he must take down a madman revolutionary and an eccentric billionaire arms dealer who has hatched a plan to spread war and anarchy across the planet. "Machete Kills” is based on a screenplay by Kyle Ward. Rodriguez produces, along with Aaron Kaufman, Iliana Nikolic, Sergei Bespalov, Alexander Rodnyansky and Rick Schwartz. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Government reveals details from Pashinyan’s meeting in border village Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with a group of residents of a border village in Armenia’s northern Tavush province Narek Manasyan wins European Boxing Championships silver for Armenia Armenia’s Narek Manasyan (92kg) won Armenia’s second silver medal at the European Boxing Championships 2024 on April 28. Blinken urges Azerbaijan to continue negotiations with Armenia Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has urged Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to continue negotiations with Armenia. Pashinyan, Blinken talk Armenia-U.S. ties over the phone Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a phone conversation with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on April 28, Pashinyan’s office reports. |