According to the latest reports, Robert Rodriguez‘s next project Machete Kills will start filming this April. So yes, this means the script is now completed and Rodriguez is currently in talks with Danny Trejo and the rest of the original cast to return for the sequel as well.

As you already know, the original Machete also starred Robert De Niro, Jessica Alba, Steven Seagal and Michelle Rodriguez. As for the new movie, it will center on Machete recruited by the US Government for a mission. He must battle his way through Mexico to take down a madman cartel leader and an eccentric billionaire arms dealer who has hatched a plan to spread war across the planet with a weapon in space.

“The fan response to the Machete character has been fanatical since his first appearance,” Rodriguez said in a statement, and added: “Machete is truly a superhero and Machete Kills will be bigger and more ambitious than the first time.”