Gibson Up For Machete 2 Role

Troubled star Mel Gibson has reportedly entered serious talks for a supporting role in Robert Rodriguez's "Machete Kills" says Deadline.

In the sequel to the 2009 action flick "Machete", the next film in a planned trilogy, finds Machete (Danny Trejo) recruited by the U.S. Government to battle his way through Mexico to take down a madman cartel leader and an eccentric billionaire arms dealer who have hatched a plan to spread war across the planet with a weapon in space.

Jessica Alba and Michelle Rodriguez are reprising their respective roles as Sartana and Luz from the first film.

Kyle Ward wrote the script.

Alexander Rodnyansky will produce

Production aims to kick off later this Spring.