This tip comes to us from www.bloody-disgusting.com and you can read the full article here. Check out their full article to see why this should be kept in your “badass if it happens” file.  This looks like it could be pretty damn awesome.  De Niro is De Niro so seeing him in something like this could be pretty damn entertaining.

Robert Rodriguez and Ethan Maniquis are teaming up to begin filming Machete on July 29th. They are co-directors.

–DANNY TREJO is returning (obviously) as “Machete”, the madman bent on revenge.
–MICHELLE RODRIGUEZ (“Lost”, Fast & Furious, Avatar) is said to be playing “Luz”.
–JONAH HILL, the comedian who has starred in such films as Superbad and the forthcoming Adam Sandler comedy Funny People, will play “Julio”.
-Lastly, a legend of our time, ROBERT DE NIRO, will take on the role of “Senator McLaughlin”.