Robert Rodriguez Will Make Sure His New Network Gets His Movies First

Hits the ground running with From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series

At a breakfast at the Lamb's Club in Manhattan today, Robert Rodriguez, founder and chairman of the El Rey Network, was voluble on topics ranging from the vampire prosthetics in From Dusk Till Dawn to his network's new sponsorships. The presser featured commentary from other execs—notably vice chair Scott Sassa—but for the most part, it was the Rob Rodriguez show.

Indeed, Rodriguez seems to have had a hand in everything from the promotion of the movies he's buying to fill airtime (Tarantino helped him winnow down the list and now emails him when Starsky and Hutch is on) to windowing on his own films, which he plans to write into his own Hollywood contracts.

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