We’re fans of Robert Rodriguez, so we’re bummed he had to cancel out on interviews with The Playlist for “Predators” (hey, we got Nimrod Antal at least).
We dig prolific and busy filmmakers, and the man has so many irons in the fire — “Predators” comes out July 9, “Machete” hits September 3, “Spy Kids 4: Armageddon” shoots this summer and a complete “Grindhouse” DVD is on the way — he’s a constantly fascinating figure.
We may have missed him, but Movieweb did not. The site got an update from Rodriguez on “Sin City 2,” but truthfully it sounds no different than the last time press asked him about it. He needs to carve out some time to work on it. It’s in the same place as always, “I’m working on the script,” he said. “I’m trying to actually find the time to do it because I know I’m doing Spy Kids 4: Armageddon next. I’ll have an open slot so (Sin City 2) could go after that.”
It could, or something new and exciting could pop up and grab his attention. He’s been offered “Deadpool” and there’s the sci-fi film “Nervewrackers” (at least “The Jetsons” is officially off his plate, as is for all intents and purposes, “Red Sonja” and “Barbarella“). He did also once mention the “secret fall 2010” project, but we’re not sure if that’s one of many we’ve already mentioned.
He’s obviously already taken on a mentor role, producing “Predators” at Troublemaker Studios and co-directing “Machete” with longtime editor Ethan Maniquis, and he and Jessica Alba also have the rights to “The Insiders,” which was being eyed as a project for “JCVD” director Mabrouk el Mechri (however, he may have dropped that for “The Cold Light Of Day” for Summit, or it might be just later down the road).
Already owning the options to Ralph Bakshi and Frank Frazetta’s 1983 animated feature “Fire & Ice” (which he hopes to adapt for a live-action film), Rodriguez also confirmed that he still owns the rights to the comic book super hero “Madman” by writer Mike Allred (he bought them in 1998). “Yeah that’s still on the plate too,” he said of that potential film. “I love that project and I talk to Mike Allred about that all the time.”