Fantastic Fest Awards ‘Machete Kills’ Opening Night Slot

Genre favorite Fantastic Fest has announced that Robert Rodriguez's Machete Kills will serve as its opening night film when the festival kicks off at the new Alamo Drafthouse Lakeline in Austin, Texas on September 19, 2013.

Machete Kills, the sequel to 2010's Machete, features an essentric cast that includes Danny Trejo, Michelle Rodriguez, Sofia Vergara, Amber Heard, Carlos Estevez, Antonio Banderas, Jessica Alba, Alexa Vega, Vanessa Hudgens, Cub Gooding, Jr., William Sadler, Mel Gibson and the acting debut of Lady Gaga.

The film, from Open Roads Films, will make its theatrical debut on October 4, 2013.

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Stephen Davis
I owe this hobby/career to the one and only Stephanie Peterman who, while interning at Fox, told me that I had too many opinions and irrelevant information to keep it all bottled up inside. I survived my first rated R film, Alive, at the ripe age of 8, it took me months to grasp the fact that Julia Roberts actually died at the end of Steel Magnolias, and I might be the only person alive who actually enjoyed Sorority Row…for its comedic value of course. While my friends can drink you under the table, I can outwatch you when it comes iconic, yet horrid 80s films like Adventures in Babysitting and Troop Beverly Hills. I have no shame when it comes to what I like, and if you have a problem with that, then we’ll settle it on the racquetball court. I see too many movies to actually win any film trivia contest, so don’t waste your first pick on me. My friends rent movies from my bookcase shelves, and one day I do plan to start charging. I long to live in LA, where my movie obsession will actually help me fit in, but for now I am content with my home in Austin. I prefer indies to blockbusters, Longhorns to Sooners and Halloween to Friday the 13th. I miss the classics, as well as John Ritter, and I hope to one day sit down and interview the amazing Kate Winslet.

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