ComingSoon.net reports that 20th Century Fox has set Sept. 3rd as the release date for Robert Rodriguez and Ethan Maniquis' MACHETE. The film stars Danny Trejo, Jessica Alba, Robert De Niro, Michelle Rodriguez, Lindsay Lohan, Cheech Marin, Jeff Fahey, Don Johnson and Steven Seagal.

Based on one of the fake trailers in GRINDHOUSE, the story follows a rogue Mexican Federale who gets mixed up with a drug lord and an assassination attempt on a U.S. Senator.