[movie trailer] Alita: Battle Angel

[Arthur]

This movie is based on the manga series Battle Angel Alita created by Yukito Kishiro and known in Japan as Gunnm (銃夢 Ganmu, literally "gun dream").

 

Visionary filmmakers James Cameron (AVATAR) and Robert Rodriguez (SIN CITY) create a groundbreaking new heroine in ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL, an action-packed story of hope, love and empowerment. Set several centuries in the future, the abandoned Alita (Rosa Salazar) is found in the scrapyard of Iron City by Ido (Christoph Waltz), a compassionate cyber-doctor who takes the unconscious cyborg Alita to his clinic. When Alita awakens she has no memory of who she is, nor does she have any recognition of the world she finds herself in. Everything is new to Alita, every experience a first. As she learns to navigate her new life and the treacherous streets of Iron City, Ido tries to shield Alita from her mysterious past while her street-smart new friend, Hugo (Keean Johnson), offers instead to help trigger her memories. A growing affection develops between the two until deadly forces come after Alita and threaten her newfound relationships. It is then that Alita discovers she has extraordinary fighting abilities that could be used to save the friends and family she’s grown to love. Determined to uncover the truth behind her origin, Alita sets out on a journey that will lead her to take on the injustices of this dark, corrupt world, and discover that one young woman can change the world in which she lives.

 

Director: Robert Rodriguez

Writers: James Cameron, Jon Landau

Stars: Rosa Salazar, Christoph Waltz, Michelle Rodriguez, Ed Skrein, Jennifer Connelly, Eiza González, Jackie Earle Haley

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqYfXOYqzy4

Edited December 9, 2017 by Arthur

[LeMarchand]

I didn't realise that they'd actually started production on this! Will have to watch properly later, but looked like it was falling into the "uncanny valley".

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Edited February 3, 2019 by Arthur

[Arthur]

After a really long delay, Alita's finally being released on DVD and Blu-ray (inc. 4K UHD).

 

[Arthur]