Last night we got our first look at Alita: Battle Angel and we’ve not got the first full trailer. As we already discussed, while this was a long-time passion project of James Cameron, the Avatar director passed the baton off to Robert Rodriguez when it came time to direct. The film has a pretty impressive cast including: Rosa Salazar, Christoph Waltz, Jennifer Connelly, Mahershala Ali, Ed Skrein, Jackie Earle Haley and Keean Johnson, but it’s going to be interesting to see if American audiences have the stomach for another American Anime reboot right now, let alone one with a cast that is distinctly lacking in Asian leads. Beyond that, it’s going to be interesting to see how audiences react to CGI Anime eyes on a live action character. Personally, I’m finding them to be a bit creepy and distracting.
SYNOPSIS
Visionary 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 in the future, the abandoned Alita (Rosa Salazar) is found in the scrapyard of Iron City by Ido (Christoph Waltz), a compassionate cyber-doctor who takes the unconscious cyborg Alita to his clinic. When Alita awakens she has no memory of who she is, nor does she have any recognition of the world she finds herself in. Everything is new to Alita, every experience a first. As she learns to navigate her new life and the treacherous streets of Iron City, Ido tries to shield Alita from her mysterious past while her street-smart new friend, Hugo (Keean Johnson), offers instead to help trigger her memories. A growing affection develops between the two until deadly forces come after Alita and threaten her newfound relationships. It is then that Alita discovers she has extraordinary fighting abilities that could be used to save the friends and family she’s grown to love. Determined to uncover the truth behind her origin, Alita sets out on a journey that will lead her to take on the injustices of this dark, corrupt world, and discover that one young woman can change the world in which she lives.