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Live-Action Alita: Battle Angel Opens in U.K. and Ireland on Wednesday

James Cameron, the film's co-producer, had previously been developing since the early 2000s.

The film Rosa Salazar (Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials, The Divergent Series: Insurgent, Man Seeking Woman) in motion capture as Alita. Other reported cast include:

• as Doctor Dyson Ido, "the cybersurgeon who finds the cyborg [protagonist] and becomes her mentor."
• as "a monstrous cyborg in a villain role that will call for plenty of CG and greenscreen."
• as Zapan, "a villainous cyborg who is in possession of a weapon called the Damascus blade."
• as Hugo, the "love interest" and "a young man who teaches Alita how to play a gladiator-style game called Motorball but who also has a secret side job stealing robot parts."
• Eiza Gonzales (From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series)
• as the "cunning and sly friend" of Keean Johnson's character.
• as Koyomi, an orphaned teenage photographer in the manga.
• as Kinuba, a cyborg character in the manga.
• as Ajakutty, a Motorball player who also appears in the original manga.
• OAV adaptation.
• as Gelda.
• as two unspecified roles

The Hollywood Reporter described the film:

Set in the 26th century, Alita: Battle Angel tells of a female cyborg that is discovered in a trash yard by a scientist. With no memory of her previous life except her deadly martial arts training, the woman becomes a bounty hunter, tracking down criminals.

The action-adventure story is meant to serve as a backdrop to themes of self-discovery and the search for love.

Robert Rodriguez (El Mariachi, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, Sin City, Spy Kids) is Laeta Kalogridis penned a script.

In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Rodriguez said that the film is a self-contained story but "it tunes up a world and a character that could go on and on." Cameron originally planned for a film trilogy.