This December sees Robert Rodriguez and James Cameron’s Alita: Battle Angel movie get released, and now check out a new image still.
Rosa Salazar plays the cyborg with a mysterious past, the heroine of Yukito Kishiro’s post-apocalyptic manga series.
“It’s important to show how dynamic women are in general,” Salazar told the LA Times. “She’s so vulnerable. She leaps first. She has no regrets in that way. She’s really going through this journey leading from the heart and that gives me chills every time.”
The article notes Alita’s own journey of self-discovery offers a new twist within the genre.
Robert Rodriguez added: “It wasn’t a very heartfelt character discovering their warrior spirit, it was the flipside — It was someone who was remembering and realizing she has a pure warrior spirit and is actually finding her heart.”
Alita: Battle Angel
Alita: Battle Angel has a December 21, 2018 release directed by Robert Rodriguez starring Rosa Salazar as Alita, Eiza González as Nyssiana, Michelle Rodriguez as Gelda, Jennifer Connelly as Chiren, with Christoph Waltz as Dr. Dyson Ido, Jeff Fahey as McTeague, Ed Skrein as Zapan, Mahershala Ali as Vector, Casper Van Dien as Amok, Lana Condor as Koyomi and Jackie Earle Haley.
From visionary filmmakers James Cameron (AVATAR) and Robert Rodriguez (SIN CITY), comes ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL, an epic adventure of hope and empowerment. When Alita (Rosa Salazar) awakens with no memory of who she is in a future world she does not recognize, she is taken in by Ido (Christoph Waltz), a compassionate doctor who realizes that somewhere in this abandoned cyborg shell is the heart and soul of a young woman with an extraordinary past.
As Alita learns to navigate her new life and the treacherous streets of Iron City, Ido tries to shield her from her mysterious history while her street-smart new friend Hugo (KeeanJohnson) offers instead to help trigger her memories. But it is only when the deadly and corrupt forces that run the city come after Alita that she discovers a clue to her past – she has unique fighting abilities that those in power will stop at nothing to control. If she can stay out of their grasp, she could be the key to saving her friends, her family and the world she’s grown to love.
