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Rodriguez has crafted an incredible career working in vastly disparate genres. After “Desperado” he made the glossed-up B-movie “From Dusk till Dawn” with George Clooney and Quentin Tarantino, only to follow it with the schlocky, “Scream”-inspired teen horror of “The Faculty”. After a three-year hiatus he unleashed “Spy Kids”, a goofy effects-filled kid’s movie that did enormous box office – as did its two sequels, “Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams” and “Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over”. 2005 proved to be an outstanding year for the still-young filmmaker (he is not yet 40), with the moderately successful “Spy Kids” spin-off “Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D” and his best film to date, the trippy, ultra-violent “Sin City”, which is soon to spawn two back-to-back sequels. Taken from the popular Frank Miller graphic novels, “Sin City” was shot with entirely digital backgrounds and starred Clive Owen, Jessica Alba, Brittany Murphy, Rosario Dawson, and Bruce Willis, among others.Tarantino and Rodriguez have collaborated together frequently (from the disastrous “Four Rooms” to directing ‘cameos’ on each other’s films), and have just completed their B-movie double feature “Grindhouse”, which hits theatres on April 6, 2007. Rodriguez’s segment, “Planet Terror”, is a highly-stylized zombie flick starring Rose McGowan, who is now dating the director after the dissolution of his 16-year marriage to producing partner Elizabeth Avellán.
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Director Robert Rodriguez has proposed to actress Rose McGowan, of whom he’d left his wife of 16 years for in April 2006. These two are so weird they’re perfect for each other. You know he keeps his hat on during sex.
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Action auteur Robert Rodriguez is planning a very unlikely entry into the videogame market, according to reports from the San Diego Comic-Con. The director of Desperado is apparently interested in taking one of his supporting characters to Sony's PlayStation Portable.
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The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3D, the new film from Spy Kids director Robert Rodriguez, tells the story of Max, a young boy with an extraordinary ability to bring his imaginary hero friends, Sharkboy and Lavagirl, to life. Together, they set off on a mission to prove dreams can become reality in this high-action adventure. The Adventures of Sharkboy & Lavagirl in 3D McDonald's Happy Meal and Mighty Kids Meal event features everything children need to bring the movie experience home.
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Whether the subject is spies or sin, Hybride Technologies seems to have Robert Rodriguez's back covered when it comes to digital visual effects. Hybride is a special effects company that works on motion pictures, television series, and advertising campaigns. The company has worked on several projects for Rodriguez, the director of the 2005 release Sin City, the Spy Kids series, and Once Upon a Time in Mexico. Other projects that have been graced by the Hybride touch include Battlefield Earth, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, and the family feature Racing Stripes.
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Now given his choice of movies to do next, Robert sought out famed comic book writer/artist Frank Miller, a man who had been very vocal of never letting his works be adapted for the screen. Even so, he was wholeheartedly convinced and elated when Rodriguez presented him with a plan to turn Miller's signature work into the film Sin City (2005). A collection of noir-ish tales set in a fictional, crime-ridden slum, the movie boasts the largest cast Rodriguez has worked with to date. Saying he didn't want to mere "adapt" Miller's comics but "translate" them, Rodriguez' insistence that Miller co-direct the movie lead to Robert's resignation from the Director's Guild of America (and his subsequent dismissal from the film _John Carter of Mars (2006)_ as a result). Nevertheless, he has looked back on his decision with no regrets.
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