“Spy Kids” Director Robert Rodriguez Shares Inspiration Behind Thumb Thumb Characters (Exclusive)

Filmmaker Robert Rodriguez has long been known for blending imagination, action and family adventure in his movies. One of ...
Polygon

Netflix’s Spy Kids: Armageddon levels up the franchise for a new generation

Netflix’s new Spy Kids movie bears the burden of a million expectations. Robert Rodriguez’s 2001 original was iconic. He built a children’s movie around exactly what he knew kids wanted to see: ...

Robert Rodriguez Says “Spy Kids” Initially ‘Tested Low,’ but Believes It Ended Up Doing Well Due to One Main Reason (Exclusive)

“There just was never an action movie for kids,” Robert Rodriguez tells PEOPLE ...
Polygon

Spy Kids: Armageddon updates the franchise for the Roblox generation

Keeping in touch with the youth today means plugging in with technology. So, it makes sense that the new generation of Spy Kids accidentally unleash a supervillain by playing a video game. But some ...
seattlepi.com

'Spy Kids 2' is a fantastical fun ride, but a sense of adventure eludes detection

The "Spy Kids" have grown up, if just a little, in Robert Rodriguez' inevitable sequel to his junior James Bond adventure. In the original, spunky schoolkid siblings Carmen (Alexa Vega) and little ...
Texas Monthly

Robert Rodriguez’s ‘Spy Kids’ Showed Us That Kids Have Something to Say. It’s Time to Listen.

This essay is part of the Ultimate Texas Celebrity Bracket. Read them all—and cast your vote!—here. Within the first three minutes of Spy Kids 3: Game Over, eleven-year-old Juni Cortez (Daryl Sabara), ...
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‘Spy Kids: Armageddon’ Trailer Shows Family Game Night Take a Turn

Aidan King is a graduate of Fitchburg State University and loves writing and talking about both movies and TV. In his spare time, Aidan participates in an Improv comedy group. It’s every kid’s dream ...