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Rosa Salazar nabs lead in Alita: Battle Angel

May 27, 2016 by Gary Collinson

Last month, it was reported that several actresses had tested for the lead role in Alita: Battle Angel, James Cameron’s long-gestating adaptation of the manga series, and now Collider is reporting that Rosa Salazar (Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials) has secured the title role. Salazar was mentioned as a contender on the original shortlist, which […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Alita: Battle Angel, Rosa Salazar

Maze Runner: The Death Cure pushed back a year as Fox reshuffles its slate

May 28, 2016 by Gary Collinson

This won’t come as much of a surprise given that production was shut down indefinitely last month following Dylan O’Brien’s on-set accident in March, but 20th Century Fox has announced that it has pushed back the release of The Maze Runner: The Death Cure from its original date of February 17th 2017 to January 12th, 2018. […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: A Cure for Wellness, Alita: Battle Angel, Keeping Up With the Joneses, Morgan, Murder on the Orient Express, Predator, Red Sparrow, Rules Don't Apply, The Maze Runner, The Maze Runner: The Death Cure

Maika Monroe, Rosa Salazar, Zendaya and Bella Thorne testing for Alita: Battle Angel

April 27, 2016 by Gary Collinson

With a director in place in Robert Rodriguez, it looks like casting is underway on James Cameron’s manga adaptation Alita: Battle Angel, with The Hollywood Reporter revealing that a number of actresses are testing for the female lead. According to the site, Maika Monroe (It Follows), Rosa Salazar (Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials), Zendaya (Spider-Man: […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Alita: Battle Angel, Battle Angel Alita, Bella Thorne, maika monroe, Rosa Salazar, Zendaya

Christoph Waltz in talks for James Cameron and Robert Rodriguez’s Alita: Battle Angel

August 28, 2016 by Gary Collinson

Variety is reporting that Christoph Waltz is in talks to join Alita: Battle Angel, 20th Century Fox’s upcoming manga adaptation from director Robert Rodriguez and producer James Cameron. Should a deal be reached, the Oscar-winner will join Rosa Salazar in the cast, with Salazar playing the titular Alita, a cyborg rescued from a scrapyard and […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Alita: Battle Angel, Christoph Waltz, James Cameron, Robert Rodriguez

Jennifer Connelly joins Alita: Battle Angel

February 8, 2017 by Gary Collinson

THR is reporting that Jennifer Connelly has joined the cast of Alita: Battle Angel, the upcoming manga adaptation from director Robert Rodriguez and producer James Cameron. Based on the Battle Angel Alita series of graphic novels, the film follows an amnesiac cyborg (Rosa Salazar) who is discovered by a scientist (Christoph Waltz) in a junk […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Alita: Battle Angel, Jennifer Connelly

Keean Johnson joins Alita: Battle Angel in key role

October 3, 2016 by Gary Collinson

Nashville star Keean Johnson has scored a key role in the upcoming manga adaptation Alita: Battle Angel, with THR reporting that he’s set to play Hugo, the male love interest opposite Rosa Salazar’s title character. He won the part ahead of competition from Avan Jogia (Tut), Douglas Booth (Jupiter Ascending), Jack Lowden (Dunkirk) and Noah […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Alita: Battle Angel

Ed Skrein joins Robert Rodriguez’s Alita: Battle Angel

September 22, 2016 by Gary Collinson

Last week it was announced that Jackie Earle Haley (Preacher) has joined Robert Rodriguez’s upcoming manga adaptation Alita: Battle Angel, and now comes word that Ed Skrein (Deadpool) has also joined the cast. The film, which is being produced by James Cameron, will star Rosa Salazar (Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials) as the title character Alita, an amnesiac […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Alita: Battle Angel, Ed Skrein

Robert Rodriguez to direct James Cameron’s Battle Angel Alita

October 15, 2015 by Gary Collinson

With James Cameron seemingly deciding to spend the rest of his career exploring the world of Pandora with his trio of Avatar sequels, it has been announced that Robert Rodriguez (Spy Kids, Machete) has signed on to direct Cameron’s long-gestating manga adaptation Battle Angel Alita. “Robert and I have been looking for a film to […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Alita: Battle Angel, Battle Angel Alita, James Cameron, Robert Rodriguez

Fox bumps Alita: Battle Angel and Shane Black’s The Predator, while announcing Death on the Nile for 2019

February 13, 2018 by Matt Rodgers

It has taken decades to finally make it to the big-screen, but now you’re going to have to wait even longer to set your big eyes on the James Cameron produced, Robert Rodriguez directed science fiction epic, Alita: Battle Angel. Fox have announced that the Japanese Manga adaptation will be pushed from its mid-July release […]

Filed Under: Movies, News Tagged With: Alita: Battle Angel, Death on the Nile, The Predator

Robert Rodriguez and James Cameron take us behind-the-scenes of Alita: Battle Angel in new featurette

December 16, 2017 by Amie Cranswick

Following the arrival of the first trailer [watch it here], 20th Century Fox has now released a new featurette for Alita: Battle Angel which sees Robert Rodriguez and James Cameron take us behind the scenes of the upcoming manga adaptation and includes interviews with the director and producer; watch the featurette here… SEE ALSO: Robert Rodriguez explains […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News Tagged With: Alita: Battle Angel, James Cameron, Robert Rodriguez

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