Hey folks, Harry here. Seems that Rodriguez (man... when it rains it pours information) blabbed a bit in College Station this past weekend about some details of SPY KIDS. I was hoping that Robogeek was going to report in from the event, but I haven't heard from him yet. But never fear, Gig... the brilliant aggie, has decided to give us a few more tidbits. From what I know of the film, I can fill in two blanks. Cheech Marin's butler is a butler for Banderas' family... and is of course slightly more than a mere butler. Personally... the idea of Cheech as a butler just cracks me up. Then Danny Trejo plays a mysterious character that either aides or hinders the journey undertaken by the pair of 'Spy Kids'. And I can confirm that Robert's shooting date is right after SXSW here in Austin, so it'll start shooting sometime after the midpoint of March. Here's the scoop...
A mighty thumb up salute to you Harry.
I was hoping to see you at the TEXAS A&M FILM FESTIVAL down here in beautiful College Station. Home of the brave and all. This year Robert Rodriguez came down here and I wanted to just give you a ring on some names I heard him say was going to be in that SPY KIDS movie. First he said that filming was going to be coming up this next month in March and that the casting wasn't all done just yet but that he had the kids cast with unknowns and that Alan Cummings was the bad guy, I think, and that Cheech Marin was going to be some sort of butler type and that Antonio Banderas was going to be the father and that Danny Trejo was going to be somebody. I don't know much else but he did show us some shots of some sharks. There are going to be plenty of sharks in this movie, but I don't know where they fit in, but there is a lot of them. Well that is all that I know.
Gig
