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If you loved Robert Rodriguez's 2010 action campfest, "Machete," you're in luck: Deadline reports that he's signed on for a sequel titled "Machete Kills," the second in a planned trilogy.

Star Danny Trejo is expected to return, as is most of the original cast. The first "Machete" made loads of money on a tiny budget -- with that type of financial payoff, what's the risk in returning to such a memorable world?

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We recently brought you news about "Lord of the Rings" star Elijah Wood headlining a remake of William Lustig's sleazy horror classic, "Maniac." It did seem strange that the sweet and gentle Frodo would be playing a perverse psychopath hunting women in his spare time, but we were — dare we say — kind of excited to see how he'd pull it off.

Alexandre Aja ("Piranha," "Haute Tension") is producing the remake that finds Wood as a creepy killer working at an antique mannequin shop (of course). He hunts for his victims through the Internet, and like the original character Frank, has massive mommy issues. The Daily Mail grabbed some stabby snaps of the actor in action (his victim is played by Genevieve Alexandra), so click on over to see Wood get his "Maniac" on.

We sliced our way through this week's horror news so you didn't have to. No one wants that kind of mess on their hands. Click through for more horror bites!

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Tags Birdemic, Boneshaker, Camp Hell, elijah wood, Jesse Eisenberg, Maniac, predators, robert rodriguez, The Twilight Zone

"Machete" director Robert Rodriguez wants you to see his "Spy Kids" movie – the fourth installment in the series, which hit theaters last weekend. The director is going grindhouse again and cooking up some killer tacos to celebrate the occasion.

Just watch this preview for "Blood in the Salsa" by clicking the photo below, and it will all make sense soon enough.

There is guacamole, sour cream, and more of this week's horror news after the jump.

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Tags frankenstein, hellraiser, robert rodriguez, The Faces, The Hell Within, The Lords of Salem

Machete don't text, but apparently he's cool with space travel.

At Robert Rodriguez's San Diego Comic-Con panel last week, the filmmaker floated an idea that after he makes "Machete Kills," a follow-up to last year's witty grindhouse flick, he'd go ahead and make "Machete Kills Again," a film that would take place in effing outer space!

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We're still a year away from "The Hunger Games," but you can get your first look at Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen today.

Entertainment Weekly has released the first official picture of Lawrence in character as Katniss for the Gary Ross-directed adaptation. In an interview, the Oscar-nominated actress tells EW why she sympathizes with the bow-wielding heroine: "She was a girl who’s all of a sudden being introduced to fame. I know what that feels like to have all this flurry around you and feel like, 'Oh, no, I don't belong here.'"

Check out the rest of today's big movie news past the jump, including word on Peter Berg and Taylor Kitch's next project!

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Tags deadpool, jennifer lawrence, Lone Survivor, mel gibson, peter berg, robert rodriguez, Sleight of Hand, Taylor Kitsch, The Curse of the Buxom Strumpet, The Hunger Games

When you think of Robert Rodriguez, you're more likely to think of him as the guy responsible for highly stylized blood-filled thrillers like "Planet Terror," "Predators" and "Sin City." But don't forget that this is the same guy who brought us the "Spy Kids" franchise all those years ago, a series that's been inactive since 2003.

Well, Rodriguez is calling those young spies into active duty one more time this summer — and this time, there's a heavy emphasis on "duty."

Jessica Alba stars in "Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World" as a spy mom who embarks on covert espionage missions, sometimes with a newborn baby strapped to her chest. As you do. It's a new take on a tried and true franchise, and the inspiration behind this latest iteration of "Spy Kids" has some pretty surprising origins — namely, Alba's real-life diaper-changing responsibilities as a new mom. We spoke with Rodriguez about the new "Spy Kids" movie as part of our Summer Movie Preview. Check out an excerpt from the interview past the jump.

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It's been eight years since the last "Spy Kids" movie, and boy, things have changed. For one, the kids aren't really kids anymore -- Alexa Vega and Daryl Sabara are 22 and 18 years old, respectively, and are probably just a few years too old to be in Robert Rodriguez's "Spy Kids" Rolodex these days.

But the wheels turn, and the "Spy Kids" franchise is being relaunched this year with original director Rodriguez at the helm. It'll star a newly-expecting Jessica Alba as a retired spy mom who gets thrown back into the biz when an evil Jeremy Piven shows up to do something or other.

Dimension tossed out the first image from the movie (via Bleeding Cool), showing a positively worried Alba holding her daughter, getting ready for spy stuff. And even if the image is just a smidge on the cheesy side, we actually think there's good cause to get excited over Alba's sexy spy mom -- and, as if you needed them, we've got the reasons why past the jump.

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Tags jeremy piven, jessica alba, joel mchale, robert rodriguez, Spy Kids 4

The "Machete" crew was active last night, both on and off of Twitter. Michelle Rodriguez shared a photo from a low rider she hitched a ride in, and director Robert Rodriguez was just happy to see people showed up.

Elsewhere in Twitter-Wood, Richard Kelly critiqued the current season of "Jersey Shore," Ice-T gave a thank you shout out to Drake, and Seth MacFarlane shared his hopes for Glenn Beck. Find out who you agree with after the jump, as well as what James Gunn plans on wearing to his "Super" premiere.

I'm @brianwarmoth, and this is Twitter-Wood for August 26, 2010. Read more...

Tags ice-t, james gunn, michelle rodriguez, rich sommer, richard kelly, robert rodriguez, seth macfarlane, Twitter-Wood, tyrese gibson

Sometimes we post clips on MTV Movies Blog that really require some explanation. Other times, the clip itself is all the explanation you really need. We're in the latter scenario right now: Robert De Niro, Danny Trejo, Jeff Fahey and a very large gun in a clip from "Machete," directed by Robert Rodriguez. It's out in theaters on September 3, which really isn't soon enough as far as I'm concerned.

Tags Danny Trejo, Jeff Fahey, machete, robert de niro, robert rodriguez, Video

Just Diablo Cody's pregnancy tweets have come to an end, so have Alanis Morissette's begun. The singer and actress proudly proclaimed her new status today, and seems to have picked up the baton where the Cody left it.

A few posts sneaked out of current entertainment projects as well over the last 24 hours, as Mark Webber showed off a Michael Cera shot that he saved from "Scott Pilgrim vs. The Wold," Robert Rodriguez completed "Machete," and Ice-T discussed Jennifer Love Hewitt's involvement in an upcoming episode of "Law and Order: SVU." Find out more about that, as well as what Stephen Colbert thinks about the girl in the job-quitting whiteboard prank after the jump.

I'm @brianwarmoth, and below you'll see Twitter-Wood for August 11, 2010. Read more...

Tags alanis morissette, lloyd kaufman, Mark Webber, michael cera, michael mckean, robert rodriguez, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, stephen colbert, Twitter-Wood