The Robert Rodriguez-directed live-action adaptation of Yukito Kishiro's Battle Angel Alita manga has another new actor to add to the cast. Following up on the recent announcement of Jackie Earle Haley as a monstrous cyborg, we have another villain going to actor Ed Skrein. Skrein …Read more »
The casting continues. Jackie Earle Haley has been added to the cast of Alita: Battle Angel , the live-action version of Battle Angel Alita , also known as Gunnm , it was reported today. The actor will play “a monstrous cyborg in a villain role …Read more »
Inglorious news, indeed. It’s been reported that actor Christoph Waltz is in early negotiations to co-star in Alita: Battle Angel , the long-gestating live-action version of Battle Angel Alita . Waltz’s mission, should he accept it, would be to play Doctor Dyson Ido, the scientist …Read more »
James Cameron has been dreaming up a live-action adaptation of Yukito Kishiro's Battle Angel Alita manga for a long time, and plans recently started heating up more and more. Following earlier news that put Robert Rodriguez ( Sin City , Once Upon a Time in …Read more »
Want a bucket of digital manga? Want to support charity? Kodansha Comics has you covered. You may have heard of the Humble Bundle, the pay-what-you-want service that packages (“bundles,” if you will) digital games, books and apps to help support various charities. Kodansha, the English …Read more »
James Cameron and Robert Rodriguez’s Hollywood adaptation of Battle Angel Alita , which Cameron has been attempting to get off the ground for years, is inching towards becoming a reality, with three actresses testing for the main role, reports the Hollywood Reporter. Actresses Zendaya ( …Read more »
Over the years we've heard plenty about Yukito Kishiro's Battle Angel Alita manga being one of the dream projects of director James Cameron ( Terminator , Aliens , Avatar ). He's busy with the Avatar sequels, though, so while he's still on board to produce …Read more »
Here we’ve got yet another buried treasure of Japanese animation, bubbling back to the surface thanks to the reticence of a certain King of the A$$holes World, James Cameron. Superstar producer/director Cameron has a lot of irons in the fire, and when he announced his …Read more »
With the recent success of Edge of Tomorrow and the release of Godzilla , it’s clear Japan’s pop culture franchises can be adapted into big-budget Hollywood films. While neither Edge of Tomorrow or Godzilla were based on anime or manga properties, Japanese cartoons and comics …Read more »
As I noted in the pages of Otaku USA, the trouble with Ergo Proxy is that Re-l Mayer isn't the main character. Contrary to the advertising, the series is not actually about a young girl blasting robots to smithereens throughout the war-torn, post-apocalyptic future. Post-apocalyptic …Read more »
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