Alita: Battle Angel is a 2019 American cyberpunk-action film based on
Japanese manga artist Yukito Kishiro's 1990s series Gunnm and its 1993
original video animation adaptation, Battle Angel. It was directed by
Robert Rodriguez, produced by James Cameron and written by Cameron and
Laeta Kalogridis. Rosa Salazar stars through performance-capture
animation as Alita, a female cyborg who awakens in a new body with no
memory of her past and sets out to uncover her destiny. Christoph
Waltz, Jennifer Connelly, Mahershala Ali, Ed Skrein, Jackie Earle
Haley and Keean Johnson star in supporting roles.Announced in 2003,
production was repeatedly delayed due to Cameron's work on Avatar
(2009) and its sequels. After years of development hell, Rodriguez was
announced as Alita's director in April 2016, with Salazar cast as the
lead the following month. Principal photography began in October 2016
in Austin, Texas, mostly at Rodriguez's Troublemaker Studios, and
lasted until February 2017.Alita: Battle Angel had its world premiere
at the Odeon Leicester Square on January 31, 2019, was released in
Hong Kong, Indonesia, South Korea, Macau, Malaysia, Singapore and
Taiwan on February 5, 2019, marking Chinese New Year. It was released
in the United States on February 14, 2019, by 20th Century Fox in
RealD 3D, Dolby Cinema, 4DX, ScreenX and IMAX 3D formats. It is the
first film produced by Lightstorm Entertainment since Avatar. The film
grossed over $404 million worldwide, making it Rodriguez's
highest-grossing film, but with a reported break-even point of
$350â€"500 million, there is debate on whether it was profitable. It
received mixed reviews from critics, with praise for Salazar's
performance, the action scenes and the visual effects but criticism
for the screenplay.
Japanese manga artist Yukito Kishiro's 1990s series Gunnm and its 1993
original video animation adaptation, Battle Angel. It was directed by
Robert Rodriguez, produced by James Cameron and written by Cameron and
Laeta Kalogridis. Rosa Salazar stars through performance-capture
animation as Alita, a female cyborg who awakens in a new body with no
memory of her past and sets out to uncover her destiny. Christoph
Waltz, Jennifer Connelly, Mahershala Ali, Ed Skrein, Jackie Earle
Haley and Keean Johnson star in supporting roles.Announced in 2003,
production was repeatedly delayed due to Cameron's work on Avatar
(2009) and its sequels. After years of development hell, Rodriguez was
announced as Alita's director in April 2016, with Salazar cast as the
lead the following month. Principal photography began in October 2016
in Austin, Texas, mostly at Rodriguez's Troublemaker Studios, and
lasted until February 2017.Alita: Battle Angel had its world premiere
at the Odeon Leicester Square on January 31, 2019, was released in
Hong Kong, Indonesia, South Korea, Macau, Malaysia, Singapore and
Taiwan on February 5, 2019, marking Chinese New Year. It was released
in the United States on February 14, 2019, by 20th Century Fox in
RealD 3D, Dolby Cinema, 4DX, ScreenX and IMAX 3D formats. It is the
first film produced by Lightstorm Entertainment since Avatar. The film
grossed over $404 million worldwide, making it Rodriguez's
highest-grossing film, but with a reported break-even point of
$350â€"500 million, there is debate on whether it was profitable. It
received mixed reviews from critics, with praise for Salazar's
performance, the action scenes and the visual effects but criticism
for the screenplay.
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