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The Humans and Robots of Alita: Battle Angel
Director Robert Rodriguez (SIN CITY) and producer James Cameron (AVATAR) bring us the wild and wonderful world of ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL. Based on a popular Japanese comic book series, the story, set in a dystopian future, follows a brilliant scientist who discovers the remains of a robotic woman in a scrapyard. He puts her back together and names her Alita.
On her journey toward remembering who she is and where she comes from, Alita finds new friends and fierce enemies — some of whom are human and several that are more metal than man. Featuring spectacular special effects and an all-star cast of favorites, ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL, opening February 14, is primed to be one of the first big hits of 2019. Here’s the human and robot cast of this exciting new cinematic adventure.
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Played by Rosa Salazar (MAZE RUNNER: THE DEATH CURE) via motion-capture, Alita is a cyborg with no memories of her past life or where she came from. The only thing she seems to remember is how to fight — and she’s an immensely skilled and powerful martial artist, which indicates that there’s much more to Alita than meets the eye.
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Christoph Waltz (INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS) is Dr. Dyson Ido, a brilliant robotics doctor who finds Alita in a scrapyard while scavenging for parts and decides to give her a new body. Ido becomes Alita’s caretaker and father figure and tries to help her find her place in this new, post-apocalyptic world.
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Dr. Chiren is Ido’s former romantic partner. Played by Jennifer Connelly, Chiren is also an intelligent scientist. Along with Ido, she escaped from Tiphares — a floating city above that houses upper-class citizens — once they learned the sinister truth behind its utopian exterior. Now living on the ground below, Chiren has become disenchanted with the concept of freedom.
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“Nashville” star Keean Johnson plays Hugo, a human and Alita’s first real love interest. He teaches Alita how to play the intense spectator sport known as Motorball — a gladiator-style game that pits cyborgs and robotically enhanced humans against one another.
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Academy Award® winner Mahershala Ali (currently starring in HBO’s “True Detective”) plays Vector, a man who makes a living by rigging the Motorball matches.
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Zapan and Nyssiana are a pair of formidable cyborg assassins tasked with tracking Alita down and killing her — yet another indicator that Alita has a very important past. They’re played by Ed Skrein (DEADPOOL) and Eiza González (BABY DRIVER).
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Based on a character from the original ALITA anime movie, Grewishka is a massive cyborg played by an unrecognizable Jackie Earle Haley (WATCHMEN) via motion-capture performance. The anime version of the character was a former Motorball champion who had a bounty placed on his life after developing a murderous habit.
As we learn more about Alita’s past, one of the big connections is to her experiences on Mars and the tutelage of a cyborg warrior named Gelda, played by Michelle Rodriguez of FAST & FURIOUS fame. Rodriguez previously starred in director Robert Rodriguez’s MACHETE films.
Alita: Battle Angel bursts into AMC® theatres on February 14.