At the recent Austin South by Southwest Film Festival, Robert Rodriguez announced the return of his Spy Kids.  The Spy Kids series has been about real but small spies and their secret-agent parents.  Rodriquez said that he wants to reboot his own series because his most loyal fans are kids.

In 2002, Robert Rodriquez won an ALMA (American Latino Movie Award) for Outstanding Director for Spy Kids . He was also nominated for an ALMA for Outstanding Screenwriter for  this feature family film. For this movie, Antonio Banderas was nominated for an ALMA for Outstanding Actor.  

Alexa Vega was nominated for a Youth Artist Award for Best Supporting Young Actress in 2002 and won the award in 2003 for the second Spy Kids movie. In 2003, Robert Rodriquez won the Imagen Award for Best Director for this sequel.

In 2004, the third Spy Kids movie won the ASCAP Film and Television Music Award for top box office film. The following young actors were all nominated for Young Artist Awards for Best Ensemble: Bobby Edner, Courtney Jines, Matt O'Leary, Emily Osment, Ryan Pinkston, Daryl Sabara, Alexa Vega, and Robert Vito.  

The screenplay for the fourth Spy Kids movie has been written. Actors have been brought on the project. The family film will feature new kids and some of the stars of the first three movies. It has been a successful franchise and with a growing audience of young people and families, the fourth in the series is likely to be another winner.

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