After being quite successful as Jubilee in X-Men: Apocalypse, newcomer artist Lana Condor is steadily stepping into the world of Hollywood cinema. According to Variety, Condor has joined forces with another comic-based adaptation project namely Alita: Battle Angel. The young artist will be joined by Rosa Salazar, Christoph Waltz, Ed Skrein and Jackie Earl Haley. She will play the role of an orphaned girl named Koyomi who lives and grows up in a junkyard. Previous,
A manga/anime adaptation film project produced by James Cameron, Alita: Battle Angel back to adding to the lineup of players. This time, the Marco Polo series player, Leonard Wu, has just joined this film project. Wu will play the role of Kinuba who is the defending champion in the cyborg coliseum arena.
Leonard Wu is an actor who has acted in films such as 17 Again and Revenge of the Green Dragons.While on the small screen, this actor has appeared in the series Bones and Veronica Mars. He then raised his name by playing the role of Orus the son of Kaidu in the series Marco Polo which is broadcast by Netflix.
About Alita: Battle Angel
Manga Battle Angel Alita or Alita: Battle Angel is the work of Yukito Kishiro which has long been planned to be filmed by James Cameron. But since the Avatar sequel project caught the attention of the filmmaker, this project has been neglected. To avoid problems with the production preparation of this manga adaptation, Cameron appointed Robert Rodrigez to handle this project, while Cameron and his partner Jon Landau will serve as producers. The manga adaptation project will be supported by Cameron’s company Lightstorm Entertainment along with 20th Century Fox.
Robert Rodriguez is an eccentric director who is no stranger to comic adaptations. In 2005 Rodriguez had directed a comic adaptation titled Sin City. Previously, this director was known for his works in the form of Spy Kids, The Falcuty, The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl, Planet Terror, and Machete. He is close friends with the equally unique producer and director, Quentin Tarantino.
This film hassettings in a future world that tells the story of an amnesiac female cyborg who is dumped in a garbage dump and then treated and repaired by a doctor and named Alita. Unfortunately, there is nothing that Alita can remember, other than her excellent martial arts skills. He then uses this to eradicate evil and make Alita a Hunter Warrior.