Alita: Battle Angel

- 2019
- US
- 2h 2min
- 12A
- Directed by: Robert Rodriguez
- Cast: Rosa Salazar, Christoph Waltz, Jennifer Connelly, Mahershala Ali, Ed Skrein, Jackie Earle Haley, Keean Johnson
- UK release: 6 February 2019
Three years after a savage war, Dr Dyson Ido (Waltz) finds a cyborg head on a scrapheap, which he gives to a body and names Alita. The story is a bit of a grab-bag of ideas, but Salazar shines via motion capture as a truly splendid teen action heroine.
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Alita: Battle Angel


Rosa Salazar impresses in Robert Rodriguez's big budget manga adaptation
Like the cyborg at its centre, Alita: Battle Angel is the fusion of several notable parts: the manga by Yukito Kishiro; a script co-written by Avatar's James Cameron; and direction by Robert Rodriguez, the Sin City and Spy Kids filmmaker who gets to…
James Cameron reveals how fatherhood inspired Alita: Battle Angel

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James Cameron's own experience of fatherhood inspired him to make 'Alita: Battle Angel'. The 64-year-old filmmaker – who has daughters Josephine, 25, Claire, 17, Quinn, 15, and Elizabeth, 12 – produced the new cyberpunk action film, and he's admitted…
Dua Lipa to release single for Alita: Battle Angel movie

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Dua Lipa is set to release a new single, which will be used in the upcoming movie 'Alita: Battle Angel'. The 22-year-old musician will co-write and perform the track, named 'Swan Song', for the epic action-adventure movie produced by James Cameron…
Jennifer Connelly joins cast of Alita: Battle Angel

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Jennifer Connelly has joined 'Alita: Battle Angel'. The 46-year-old actress has been cast by director Robert Rodriguez in his adaptation of Yukito Kishiro's 'Battle Angel Alita' manga series on which filming began in Austin, Texas, last…
Christoph Waltz in Alita talks

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Christoph Waltz is set to star in 'Alita: Battle Angel'. The 59-year-old actor is in early negotiations to appear in James Cameron and Robert Rodriguez's adaptation of the popular manga graphic novels. Set in the 26th century, the movie tells the…
James Cameron to film Battle Angel Alita in 2017

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James Cameron will begin working on 'Battle Angel Alita' in 2017. The 'Avatar' filmmaker has confirmed his long-standing Japanese manga adaptation is still in the pipeline, with production expected to "begin to develop" five years from now. The…
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