Rodriguez, Pena, Moynahan taking the battle to L.A.!

Here's to hoping it's actually this hardcore

According to Variety, Michelle Rodriguez will further her action-packed career even more; she, along with Michael Pena and Bridget Moynahan have been cast alongside Aaron Eckhart in the upcoming sci-fi actioner Battle: Los Angeles (we all know it should've been called 'The Battle of Los Angeles' and had the respective RATM album as the soundtrack, but I digress).

Though lead roles have been hard to come by, Rodriguez has molded herself into a modern action goddess, starring in everything from Girlfight, The Fast and the Furious series, Resident Evil, S.W.A.T., video games such as Halo 2, Driver 3, Bloodrayne, and, most notably, the upcoming James Cameron sci-fi opus Avatar (not to mention the upcoming Robert Rodriguez Grindhouse opus Machete). I myself have been a big fan and things just seem to be getting better for her.

Battle: Los Angeles could be pretty badass if it's anything like the similarly-titled Rage Against the Machine album, at least in tone. There's been a lot of post-apocalyptic (apoCRAPtic?) sci-fi actioners over the last few years, so it's got to find some way to separate itself from the rest of the pack. A cast headlined by Eckhart and Rodriguez--not to mention Michael Pena--is a good start. We'll see how it progresses.

Source: Variety

Rodrgiuez confirmed, Lohan offered roles in Machete

Michelle Rodriguez's awesomly action-packed career continues. The previous rumor that she'd been cast in Machete has now become valid, as well as the distinct possibility of Lindsay Lohan. From Rodriguez (Robert) himself:

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As for De Niro and Seagal, Rodriguez says that they've sent the script out to a bunch of "big names" and that "we start shooting in a few weeks."

This may just outdo itself, or rather, the original trailer.

Sources: MTV, The Playlist

UPDATE: Best Rumor of the Summer: MACHETE!

UPDATE: Lindsey Lohan? OMG trashy/awesome.

De Niro. Seagal. Rodriguez. Hill. These household names obviously bring to mind a badass, pure-awesomeness sort of vibe, and that's exactly the stage that's been set as Robert De Niro, Steven Seagal, Michelle Rodriguez, and Jonah Hill have all supposedly been cast alongside Danny Trejo in the feature-length expansion of Machete, one of four fake trailers that accompanied Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez's original Grindhouse double feature.

A variety of sites, from Bloody Disgusting, to The Playlist to /Film, are reporting varying tidbits of the news. I just hope for pure awesomeness's sake that it's all true. For Danny Trejo to be surrounded by this kind of class in a movie premise as lowly as Machete is truly ingenious. This skyrockets Robert Rodriguez's next project to the top of my list. I can't wait. Stay tuned.