Mel Gibson to Play a Supporting Role in MACHETE KILLS

First of all, Robert Rodriguez hopes to fully direct the sequel to the 2010 grindhouse tribute Machete.

Second, it looks like troubled star Mel Gibson is up for a supporting role in the Machete Kills, which will once again feature bona fide bad-ass Danny Trejo as Machete.

Therefore, Rodriguez told Heat Vision:

Currently I am directing it, but we're checking to see if there's going to be the need for another director if I have to go off and do Sin City. I wasn't sure what the timing on Sin City was or if I would have to step off to do Sin City at a certain point, depending on when Machete went. But Machete looks like it's going to go pretty quickly so it's possible that I will direct the whole thing. There's so much of it that I want to direct I'll probably end up directing the whole thing. But if I have to step off, I'm going to try and shoot all of the actors and all of the main sequences. But it's such a fun movie, and it just came out even more fun than I could have imagined. I feel like I really need to do it. It's so subjective I feel like I really need to get in there and do it. It's just a lot of fun; it's a really cool concept, and I think it takes it to another level in a way that's compelling for me to go and do it myself.

Gibson will join a cast that also includes returning players Jessica Alba and Michelle Rodriguez. There's no word yet on what role he will be playing, but we have a sneaky feeling that Mel had better not f*ck with the wrong Mexican!

Production on Machete Kills is set to commence this spring, so stay tuned.