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A still from Alita: Battle Angel.
And we're all for good news on the Alita front! While speaking to Screen Rant about the prospect of an Alita: Battle Angel sequel, actor Jeff Fahey discussed his admiration for longtime collaborator and filmmaker Robert Rodriguez while teasing that the sequel plans are (likely) moving forward despite any major studio announcements thus far[...]
Alita: Battle Angel
Alita: Battle Angel, but on a budget of less than $100 million, maybe even less than $50 million, is the pitch Landau and the others should be giving to 20th Century and Disney. Alita: Battle Angel – Summary, Cast List, Release Date From visionary filmmakers James Cameron (Avatar) and Robert Rodriguez (Sin City) comes Alita: Battle Angel,[...]
Hypnotic: Bonnie Discepolo on Rodriguez, Affleck, ‘Guardians’ & More
The actress spoke to Bleeding Cool about her latest project in Ketchup Entertainment's Hypnotic, working with director Robert Rodriguez and opposite stars Ben Affleck and William Fichtner The film follows Danny Rourke (Affleck), a detective investigating a mystery involving his missing daughter and a secret government program. Bonnie Discepolo in "Hypnotic" (2023) Image screen-capped courtesy of[...]
A still from Alita: Battle Angel.
Total Film spoke to director Robert Rodriguez about these talks, and he also confirmed that they are happening but didn't say anything definitive. "Yeah, we have been talking about it, so we would love to make one," Rodriguez tells us, though he adds that nothing is confirmed at the moment "We haven't set it for sure yet, but[...]
Crunchyroll 2023 Anime Awards touts Star-Studded Presenters
Crunchyroll announced a slate of celebrity presenters set to appear and participate in the seventh annual Crunchyroll Anime Awards, taking place March 4, 2023, in Tokyo, including Robert Rodriguez, Finn Wolfhard (Stranger Things, Pinocchio), WWE Superstar Zelina Vega, Juju Smith-Schuster of the NFL's Kansas City Chiefs, top streaming talent, and more. Crunchyroll 2023 Anime Awards key[...]
Starship Troopers: Casper Van Dien on Legacy TV Show That Never Was
Image courtesy of Sony Pictures What Happened to Sony's Starship Troopers Legacy TV Series? "Four-five years ago, Sony asked me after I had done 'Alita: Battle Angel' if Robert Rodriguez would be interested in doing a 'Starship Troopers' series," Van Dien said "I called him up, and he goes, 'I would love to.' I knew he wanted[...]
Spy Kids Getting The Reboot Treatment At Netflix
Robert Rodriguez will write, produce, and direct the reboot of his own film, with David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Don Granger producing for Skydance Racer Max will also help with the script and produce This will be the fifth film in the franchise, all of which have been directed by Rodriguez The films have taken[...]
The Book of Boba Fett
Creator Jon Favreau and director Robert Rodriguez made sense to Vanity Fair about why the series' title character played by Temuera Morrison developed a change of heart given his time in the criminal underworld of the Star Wars universe The series follows Boba from the time he climbed out of the Sarlaac pit he found[...]
Zorro 2.0: Alex Rivera Set to Write and Direct for Sobini Films
Image courtesy of Sony This is a version from filmmaker Robert Rodriguez, writer-director Rebecca Rodriguez, Sean Tretta (Mayans M.C.), and Ben Silverman & Howard T Owens' Propagate (with CBS Studios serving as the studio) that's now being developed at The CW Minus Tretta, this is a new take on the version originally in development at NBC[...]
Boba Fett
While we get the idea of Boba's new life and newer characters played by Matt Berry, David Pasquesi, and Jennifer Beals, they're largely placeholders in the premiere for the ongoing story that will develop, but the main focus appeared to be Boba's journey back to civilization. Robert Rodriguez on the set of Lucasfilm's THE BOOK OF[...]
The Book of Boba Fett: Rodriguez on Conan/Godfather Comparison & More
Now, executive producer & director Robert Rodriguez has offered some additional insights into "The Mandalorian" spinoff during an interview with THR What follows are some of the highlights, but a couple of quick takeaways First, the footage we've seen so far comes mostly from the opening and first half of the first episode ("We can't[...]
The Book of Boba Fett Offers Robert Rodriguez & Jon Favreau BTS Looks
Now with only a little more than three weeks to go, directors & executive producers Robert Rodriguez & Jon Favreau are sharing looks behind the scenes of the upcoming The Mandalorian spinoff series, Disney+ and Lucasfilm's The Book of Boba Fett. Jon Favreau on the set of Lucasfilm's THE BOOK OF BOBA FETT, exclusively on Disney+[...]
A New Alita: Battle Angel Poster Has Dropped for the Re-Release
Alita: Battle Angel fans have remained consistently hopeful for news about the proposed sequel, and the film's director is hoping to see our hopes become a reality. In 2019, director Robert Rodriguez dropped his epic film Alita: Battle Angel, which on a budget of $150-$200 million, earned just over $400 million worldwide While the film was[...]
So....Is The Book Of Boba Fett Being Delayed By Disney & Lucasfilm?
We know that Robert Rodriguez, Jon Favreau, and Dave Filoni will be serving as executive producers Following that, we also learned that Ming-Na Wen would be reprising her role as Fennec Shand And then things got kinda quiet- that is, until this month That's when Disney+ confirmed that The Book of Boba Fett would premiere before[...]
From Dusk till Dawn might be coming back in animated form. (Image: El Rey)
Just because writer/director Robert Rodriguez is being celebrated across the "Star Wars" universe for helping Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni bring back Boba Fett (Temuera Morrison) proper during the second season of The Mandalorian doesn't mean he doesn't have interests in other "universes"- in this case, one that's a little more horrific, brutal, and close[...]
Final Trailer For We Can Be Heroes Drops, Hits Netflix Soon
We Can Be Heroes has had a great run at Netflix already, and because of that success, a sequel is in development at the streamer with director Robert Rodriguez The movie stars the Mandalorian himself, Pedro Pascal as the father of a superhero-powered child kidnapped by aliens She teams up with a bunch of other superhero[...]
The Mandalorian: Ch 14 The Tragedy is Action Masterpiece (Spoilers)
So, if you're pissed we're seeing Boba Fett (Temuera Morrison) for more than one episode, then tough titty! Creator Jon Favreau and director Robert Rodriguez did more for the character than the previous canon did combined. The Mandalorian: It's Monday So You Know What THAT Means, Boba Fett (Image: Disney+) No Over-Reliance on Space Wizards The Jedi in[...]
Zorro is getting a reboot at NBC (Image: Zorro Productions)
Director Robert Rodriguez (Grindhouse, Desperado) is going from the "Star Wars" universe and bringing back one legendary character to NBC and bringing back another legendary character- and her adventures are going to be in some high-profile hands On Thursday, the network announced that Rodriguez, writer-director Rebecca Rodriguez (Snowpiercer, The Chi), Sofia Vergara's (Modern Family) LatinWe[...]
The Mandalorian: It's Monday So You Know What THAT Means, Boba Fett (Image: Disney+)
Director Robert Rodriguez is one of several enamored by the original Star Wars trilogy growing up The franchise in part helped him in part on his way to filmmaking While promoting his latest Netflix film We Can Be Heroes, Rodriguez spoke to Collider about his experience in his first foray into the franchise in The[...]
The Mandalorian: Ch 14 The Tragedy is Action Masterpiece (Spoilers)
Another gem written by series creator Jon Favreau, this time he brings one of the best action film directors of our generation in Robert Rodriguez to helm the episode Spoiler warnings for this major episode apply. © 2020 Lucasfilm Ltd & ™ All Rights Reserved. After Ahsoka Tano (Rosario Dawson) tells Din/Mando (Pedro Pascal) where to go[...]
Final Trailer For We Can Be Heroes Drops, Hits Netflix Soon
Robert Rodriguez directs the Netflix family action film, and kudos to Netflix for dropping it the same morning his episode of The Mandalorian hit Disney+ Like they planned it or something…. The movie stars the Mandalorian himself, Pedro Pascal as the father of a superhero-powered child kidnapped by aliens She teams up with a bunch of[...]
Sharkboy and Lavagirl to Return in We Can Be Heroes #SDCC
Robert Rodriguez spilled all the beans on his upcoming film; We Can Be Heroes at San Diego Comic-Con@Home's panel on directors and directing, letting slip a specific detail about the return of some of his previous characters, Sharkboy and Lavagirl He also tackled other pieces of the film, which shot pre-pandemic in Texas and is[...]
The Mandalorian returns this fall, courtesy of Disney+.
How about confirmation from directors Robert Rodriguez (Alita: Battle Angel, Grindhouse: Planet Terror) and Peyton Reed (Ant-Man and the Wasp) that they will be members of the second season's directing team? Here's a look at their announcement posts below, with Rodriguez bringing along a familiar friend. I am truly humbled to say I have now had[...]
Robert Rodriguez
Disney +'s The Mandalorian is set to return for a second season in October 2020 with Jon Favreau back in charge, and viewers are already counting the days down – especially now that filming has wrapped. Giancarlo Esposito (Moff Gideon) has been talking about the possibility of his Darksaber-wielding bad guy making a turn towards the[...]
'Thanksgiving': Our Now Yearly Plead For Eli Roth to Make The FIlm
We really want to see it.  Eleven years ago, Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino combined forces for Grindhouse Aiming to capture the exploitation cinema of the 70's, the films they created for the double bill, Planet Terror and Death Proof, had all the cheap effects and film burns you could hope for[...]
seis manos
Co-creator Rodriguez is a longtime collaborator of Robert Rodriguez and previously wrote Machete. "Seis Manos:" The Cast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MgGojmqX_8Video can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Seis Manos on Netflix | First Look | VIZ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MgGojmqX_8) Set in Mexico during the 1970's, a swell of cartel violence rips through the border town of San Simon, where a Chinese immigrant[...]
A still from Alita: Battle Angel.
In a recent interview with Nerd Reactor, director Robert Rodriguez was excited about the prospect of returning to the property:  "Oh yeah! I would love to come back and do that one It was so fun Working with Jim's (Cameron) great, I thought Rosa was incredible, and the effects were just amazing, To think they would[...]