Jessica Alba in Spy Kids reboot

Jessica Alba has already appeared in Robert Rodriguez’s “Sin City” and will be next seen in the upcoming “Machete,” and is now in negotiations to star in the director’s next project, which is “Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World.”

The new installment is a reboot of the franchise, which initially starred Alexa Vega and Daryl Sabara as the kids of superspy parents (Antonio Banderas and Carla Gugino). The new movie will center on Alba as a retired spy who has been reactivated. She will play the mother of a baby and two preteen stepchildren, who will be the new Spy Kids.

Other roles that still need to be filled include Alba’s husband, a slightly nerdy investigative reporter, and the villainous Time Keeper, whose goal is to stop time. It is expected that Banderas, Vega and Sabara will return in supporting roles.

The plan is to begin shooting the $30 million film in Austin next month