What started out as a mock-trailer inserted at the beginning of Robert Rodriguez & Quentin Tarantin’s 2007 double-feature Grindhouse/Death Proof is being spun into its own feature-length film.  Although Machete, directed by Robert Rodriguez and Ethan Maniquis, is not due out in theatres until September 3, Rodriguez cut his own non-theatrical trailer for the movie.  According to Rodriguez, who is publically against Arizona’s new immigration law (which makes failure to carry immigration documents a crime), the trailer has a “a special Cinco de Mayo message to Arizona.”

Machete stars Danny Trejo as a Machete Cortez, a knife-wielding renegade seeking revenge against lawmakers.  Fun fact, the character of Machete Cortez was first introduced to us in Rodriguez’s Spy Kids movie; he played the protagonists’ uncle.  Now take a look at the all-star cast: Danny Trejo, Cheech Marin*, Lindsay Lohan, Robert De Niro, Jessica Alba, Jeff Fahey*, Don Johnson, Michelle Rodriguez*, Steven Seagal, and Rose McGowan.  (Actors with stars next to their name all appeared on ABC’s Lost.  Thought that was interesting.)  Watch the “illegal” trailer above, and look after the break for the film poster.

[Via AintItCool; Wiki]