If you were one of the five people to have seen Grindhouse in its entirety at the multiplex, you obviously remember the fake trailers that supplemented the film and gave it that realistic feel. One of these trailers was for a fake film called Machete, which starred Danny Trejo as a man who is out for revenge in the bloodiest way possible. Turns out Robert Rodriguez loved the idea so much that he independently financed and directed the full-length feature!

After a bidding war between six studios, 20th Century Fox has won the right to distribute the film. According to Deadline Hollywood Daily, each of the studios were shown 15-30 minutes of the film and the bidding started at $9 million. Apparently Fox really liked what they saw and outbid the rest, but it could also just be a way to butter up Rodriguez who is working on the Predator relaunch for the studio. The deal also includes a production deal with Rodriguez, so if he feels like making one good movie for every two crappy kid-friendly films like he usually does, Fox will be there to profit off of it.

I won’t lie, I’m excited to see Machete; I dig gory fun films, but I would have rather had Werewolf Women of the SS get the full-length treatment instead, especially if Nicolas Cage reprised his role as Fu Manchu!