Jennifer Connelly Joins Cameron’s ‘Battle Angel’

This is a movie I thought would never see the light of day, especially since James Cameron has about 17 further Avatar movies in the pipeline.

Jennifer Connelly has been cast in James Cameron’s Alita: Battle Angel along with Rosa Salazar, Jackie Earle Haley, Eiza Gonzalez, Lana Condor, Mahershala Ali, Ed Skrein, and Christoph Waltz.

Robert Rodriguez is directing and Cameron is producing with Jon Landau through his Lightstorm Entertainment banner. Cameron and Laeta Kalogridis wrote the screenplay, based on Yukito Kishiro’s manga series. The film is currently shooting in Texas.

The story is set in a 26th-century dystopian future and follows an amnesiac cyborg — played by Salazar — who’s rescued from a scrap heap and becomes a bounty hunter tracking down criminals. Fox has already set a July 20, 2018, release date for the movie.

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