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A warrior rises in new Alita: Battle Angel trailer

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Following yesterday’s teaser, a new trailer has arrived online for director Robert Rodriguez and producer James Cameron’s upcoming manga adaptation Alita: Battle Angel starring Rosa Salazar in the title role of an abandoned cyborg with a mysterious past and extraordinary fighting skills; check it out here…https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qg3oa2wy9sAVisionary filmmakers James Cameron (AVATAR) and Robert Rodriguez (SIN CITY) create […]

Robert Rodriguez directing a live-action Jonny Quest movie

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Robert Rodriguez (Spy Kids, Sin City) has signed on to direct a live-action version of Jonny Quest, the classic Hanna-Barbera cartoon about a young boy who accompanies his father on extraordinary adventures. As well as directing the Warner Bros. project, Rodriguez is set to co-write alongside Terry Rossio (Pirates of the Caribbean), while Dan Lin […]

Junkie XL composing Alita: Battle Angel score

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Composer Tom Holkenborg, better known as Junkie XL, has revealed through Twitter he is composing the score for Alita: Battle Angel from director Robert Rodriguez (Sin City), producer James Cameron (Avatar) and 20th Century Fox. Friends, I’m excited to officially announce that I am finishing up the original score to the upcoming adventure film Alita: Battle […]

Robert Rodriguez talks Alita: Battle Angel and not wanting to let James Cameron down

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After deciding to focus all of his attention on Pandora with his four-planned Avatar sequels, James Cameron handed over directing duties on his long-planned adaptation of the manga Battle Angel Alita to Robert Rodriguez back in 2015.Rodriguez now deep in post-production on the movie – titled Alita: Battle Angel – ahead of its February 2019 release, […]

Neil Cross has received the John Carpenter seal of approval for his Escape from New York script

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Back in 2016 it was revealed that Luther creator Neil Cross had been tapped to pen the reboot/prequel to John Carpenter’s Escape from New York, and now Cross has provided an update on the project during an interview with Deadline, revealing that his script has received the seal of approval from Carpenter himself.“Robert Rodriguez is […]

Alita: Battle Angel pushed back to 2019

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It looks like we’re going to have to wait a little longer to see producer James Cameron and director Robert Rodriguez’s Alita: Battle Angel, as 20th Century Fox has pushed back the release of the manga adaptation.Alita was originally set to open on July 20th of this year, before being pushed back to December 21st. […]

Alita: Battle Angel gets a stunning new trailer

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20th Century Fox has released a brand new trailer for the Robert Rodriguez-directed, James Cameron-produced manga adaptation Alita: Battle Angel, and you can check it out here…https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCup41IzMJIVisionary 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 […]

Robert Rodriguez explains Alita: Battle Angel’s anime eyes

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While James Cameron messes about on Pandora, he has handed the directorial duties of his years-in-development Alita: Battle Angel over to Predators director Robert Rodriguez. When the trailer debuted the other day, amongst the most striking features of the sci-fi epic were the rendering of Rosa Salazar’s eyes.Speaking to Empire about the trailer, Rodriguez addressed […]

Jackie Earle Haley to play villain in Robert Rodriguez’s Alita: Battle Angel

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It looks like Jackie Earle Haley is the latest actor to join the cast of Robert Rodriguez’s Alita: Battle Angel, as The Hollywood Reporter claims that he has signed on to play a “monstrous cyborg” villain. The report also states that a fair amount of CG and greenscreen will be required to bring the Preacher […]