Slackery News Tidbits, January 25

Here's the current Austin film news, some of which is inevitably tied to the Sundance Film Festival:

• According to Deadline Hollywood, Fox has bought the U.S. distribution rights to Robert Rodriguez's latest film, Machete, shot here in Austin last year. Review the photos we posted from the Machete shoot if you want to refresh your memory about the film. No word on a release date yet, but we'll keep you posted.
• Austin Film Festival's Film Program Director, Kelly Williams, is covering Sundance this year for Austin Movie Blog over at Austin 360. Check out his first entry about the films he hopes to see.
• IndieWire has a nice profile of Austin filmmaker Anthony Burns, bringing his first feature as director, Skateland, to Sundance this year.
• How many more times this year will we congratulate Sandra Bullock on winning awards for her role in The Blind Side? This time it's the Screen Actors Guild, who gave her their Best Actress award on Saturday night. Perhaps we'll have more news on the part-time Austinite when Oscar nominations are announced next week.