Battle Angel Alita News
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Deadpool actor Ed Skrein has signed on to play the villain in director Robert Rodriguez' Alita: Battle Angel. Skrein joins Rosa Salazar (Insurgent), Christoph Waltz (Spectre), and Jackie Earl Haley (Preacher). Rodriguez is adapting the Japanese manga with famed director James Cameron on board as producer through his Lightstorm Entertainment, along with his producing partner John Landau.Skrein will play the villain cyborg, Zapan, who wields a powerful weapon known as the Damascus blade.
- Comic Book Movie: DEADPOOL's Ed Skrein Signs On For James Cameron's ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL
- ScreenRant: Alita: Battle Angel Casts Deadpool’s Ed Skrein as a Villain
- JoBlo: Ed Skrein joins the cast of Robert Rodriquez's Alita: Battle Angel
- AintItCool: Deadpool really disliked him, now he's to take on BATTLE ANGEL ALITA!!!
Anime and manga fans have spent many years watching as fans of American comic books and animation get all their wishes granted at the box office. Everything from Marvel and DC Comics to Transformers and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles get film after film, year after year, while fans of Japanese storytelling often get left out in the lurch. That trend is about to change.
The box office will see an infusion of anime and manga inspired properties adapted for the American cinema for the first time. The titles include Ghost In The Shell, Full Metal Alchemist and of course Alita: Battle Angel.
- Deadline: Rosa Salazar To Topline Robert Rodriguez’s ‘Battle Angel Alita’
- AintItCool: The James Cameron Produced Robert Rodriguez Directed ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL has found its star!!!
- SlashFilm: Rumor: Rosa Salazar Will Suit Up as ‘Alita: Battle Angel’ For Robert Rodriguez
- IGN Movies: Maze Runner Star May Be Battle Angel Alita
- Dark Horizons: Rosa Salazar To Topline "Battle Angel Alita"?
- Variety: ‘Maze Runner’ Star Rosa Salazar to Topline James Cameron’s ‘Alita: Battle Angel’
- HitFix: 'Battle Angel Alita' learns nothing, casts non-Asian actress as the lead
- MovieWeb: Alita: Battle Angel Wants Maze Runner Star Rosa Salazar as the Lead
- Entertainment Weekly: James Cameron's 'Alita: Battle Angel' casts Rosa Salazar as lead
- Screen Crush: 'Battle Angel Alita' Casts Rosa Salazar to Play Battle Angel Alita
- Screen Crush: Fox Gives 'The Predator,' Two Untitled Marvel Movies and 'Alita Battle Angel' New Release Dates
- MovieWeb: Predator 4 & Alita: Battle Angel Get New 2018 Release Dates
- Dark Horizons: Fox Shifts "Predator," "Alita" Release Dates
A big bit of casting new for you before your holiday weekend: Collider reports that James Cameron and Robert Rodriguez have found their star for their big-budget, live-action movie version of Battle Angel Alita. It’s Rosa Salazar from The Maze Runner franchise (and the upcoming movie version of CHiPs). Salazar beat out finalists Maika Monroe (Independence Day: Resurgence) and Zendaya (Spider-Man: Homecoming) for the role.
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- Dark Horizons: Rosa Salazar To Topline "Battle Angel Alita"?
- Deadline: Rosa Salazar To Topline Robert Rodriguez’s ‘Battle Angel Alita’
- JoBlo: Has Rosa Salazar landed the lead role in Alita: Battle Angel?
- Bleeding Cool: The Scorch Trials’ Rosa Salazar Reportedly Cast As Battle Angel Alita Lead
- Latino Review: Rosa Salazar Cast in Lead Role 'ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL'
- SlashFilm: Rumor: Rosa Salazar Will Suit Up as ‘Alita: Battle Angel’ For Robert Rodriguez
- Entertainment Weekly: James Cameron's 'Alita: Battle Angel' casts Rosa Salazar as lead
- HitFix: 'Battle Angel Alita' learns nothing, casts non-Asian actress as the lead
- Hollywood Reporter: 'Scorch Trials' Actress to Star in James Cameron's 'Battle Angel' Movie
Maze Runner star Rosa Salazar has reportedly been chosen to take the lead in Alita: Battle Angel for James Cameron and Robert Rodriguez.
- We Got This Covered: The Maze Runner Star Rosa Salazar Closing In On Battle Angel Alita Lead
- Comic Book Movie: MAZE RUNNER Actress Rosa Salazar Lands Lead In Robert Rodriguez And James Cameron’s ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL
- ScreenRant: Battle Angel: The Maze Runner’s Rosa Salazar Reportedly Cast in Lead Role
- Coming Soon: Rosa Salazar Reportedly Cast in Alita: Battle Angel
- Badass Digest: Rosa Salazar To Sala-Star In BATTLE ANGEL ALITA
- JoBlo: Has Rosa Salazar landed the lead role in Alita: Battle Angel?
- Bleeding Cool: The Scorch Trials’ Rosa Salazar Reportedly Cast As Battle Angel Alita Lead
- Latino Review: Rosa Salazar Cast in Lead Role 'ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL'
- HitFix: 'Battle Angel Alita' learns nothing, casts non-Asian actress as the lead
James Cameron sets Robert Rodriguez to direct his long awaited adaptation of sci-fi comic book Battle Angel
- MovieWeb: Robert Rodriguez Directing 'Alita: Battle Angel' for Producer James Cameron
- JoBlo: James Cameron is getting Robert Rodriguez to direct Alita: Battle Angel
- Screen Crush: James Cameron and Robert Rodriguez Teaming For Live-Action 'Battle Angel Alita'
- The Playlist: Robert Rodriguez To Direct Long-Gestating James Cameron Project ‘Alita: Battle Angel,’ Cameron Producing
- Entertainment Weekly: Robert Rodriguez will direct 'Alita: Battle Angel' for James Cameron
- Twitch: BATTLE ANGEL ALITA: Robert Rodriguez May Direct James Cameron Produced Manga Adaptation
- SlashFilm: Robert Rodriguez to Direct ‘Alita: Battle Angel’ for Producer James Cameron
- ScreenRant: Battle Angel Alita: Robert Rodriguez To Direct; James Cameron Producing
- Latino Review: 'Battle Angel Alita' Movie Coming From Robert Rodriguez and James Cameron
- FirstShowing.net: Robert Rodriguez Takes Over James Cameron's 'Battle Angel' Movie
- Empire Magazine: Robert Rodriguez On To Direct Battle Angel Alita
- Comic Book Movie: SIN CITY Director Robert Rodriguez Set To Helm ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL
- HitFix: James Cameron still making 'Battle Angel Alita' whether we like it or not
- Bleeding Cool: Robert Rodriguez To Direct Battle Angel Alita
- Cinema Blend: James Cameron Passing One Of His Passion Projects To Robert Rodriquez