Jessica Alba in Robert Rodriguez’s next film, unfortunately it’s not SIN CITY 2
Jessica Alba in Robert Rodriguez’s next film, unfortunately it’s not SIN CITY 2
Aug 25
After steaming up the screen in Sin City back in 2005, and likely (if the trailers are anything to go by) delivering more of the same in the upcoming Machete, the gentlest whisper of Jessica Alba working with indie director Robert Rodriguez again is enough to whip me into a frenzy.
The film? Spy Kids 4… oh. Shit.
There’s no denying Robert Rodriguez has found success as an action/genre filmmaker (El Marichi trilogy, Sin City, Planet Terror, From Dusk Till Dawn…), but where he’s really made his coin is with the flicks for the kidzzzzz. Especially the Spy Kids series.
He can churn those films out in a pinch and they often triple their production budget at the box office, home sales, rental and TV. The kids love ‘em, the studio enjoys the payday and I’m sure Robert doesn’t mind the chance to continue practicing his craft far away from the close eye of the big-wigs and taking home a hefty pay day for his Troublemaker Studios in the process.
Smart guy.
Smart enough to have the likes of Jessica Alba star in Spy Kids 4: All The Time In The World, even. Confirmed by THR today, Alba will play stepmother to the brand new Spy Kids, because the original kids are now 23 and counting. Production on Spy Kids 4 is expected to start in late in September.
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In a business that is so fickle and hard to predict, I’m happy RR to get his payday from a movie I will never see, so we have the chance see “balls to the wall action” as he puts it, in fun and campy but still really impressive actioners. Sin City, From Dusk Til Dawn and the EL Marichi series are so cool, I don’t think I’ll ever get tired of them. Machete looks to be the same level of cool. I can’t wait!