Jessica Alba to star in "Spy Kids" Reboot!

By Sharmaine Jones

Calling all Spy Kids fans! If you're a victim of spy-kid-mania, then you're in for a pleasant surprise. “Spy Kids 4: All The Time in the World” will star our favorite action heroine Jessica Alba and funnyman Joel McHale!

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Jessica Alba and director Robert Rodriguez – who Jessica worked with on Machete and Sin City- will team up once again for the next installment of the popular series. Alba will play a retired spy who has been reactivated to stop the villain known as “The Time Keeper” and will require the assistance of her two preteen stepchildren. How lucky are these kids to have a super cool spy step-mom as gorgeous as Jess!

Alba's husband will be played by The Soup host Joel McHale who also happens to be an investigative reporter itching to get a spy-related story. We're willing to bet he has no idea that the scoop he's searching for is right under his nose – literally. We love it!
Although Alexa Vega and Daryl Sabara – the original spy kids – will be replaced by a new batch of younger actors, (unless they want to rename the movie Spy Teens) Vega and Sabara, as well as Antonio Banderas will pop up in the movie in some capacity. Maybe a passing-of-the-torch type of moment.

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Each of the first two Spy Kids films were solid family entertainment but Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over was far less than its predecessors as it lacking ingenuity and imagination. Honestly, it sucked! The fact that it was shot in 3D made it somewhat worth watching because you were able to enjoy the novelty of the experience rather than non-engaging story. Rodriguez will have his work cut out for him in assuring that the fourth reboot lives up to the first two but this time around he has a very secret weapon: the lovable Jessica Alba.

Spy Kids 4: All The Time In The World will be shot in 3D and is set for an August 19, 2011 release.

Is Jessica Alba's character luring you to see “Spy Kids 4” or has the franchise run its course?

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