Saldana Gets To Grace Machete 2

Zoe Saldana has joined the cast of Robert Rodriguez's "Machete Kills" for an unspecified role says Moviehole.

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 (Mel Gibson) 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 Machete. Amber Heard will play a manipulative assassin codenamed Miss San Antonio. Modern Family star Sofia Vergara is in talks to play the leather-clad Madame Desdemona, whose Mexican harlots have information that Machete needs. Oscar nominee Demian Bichir also stars.

Kyle Ward wrote the script.

Alexander Rodnyansky will produce

Production is scheduled to kick off in Austin, Texas shortly.