'Alita: Battle Angel' trailer: James Cameron's next takes audiences to post-apocalytpic cyberpunk future
Based on acclaimed Japanese manga artist Yukito Kishiro's manga 'Gunnm,' the James Cameron and Jon Landau-produced 'Alita: Battle Angels' is scheduled to premiere in theaters on December 21 this year. The cyberpunk action film has been in the works since as far back as 2000, with Cameron having become enchanted with the concept after it was brought to his attention by Guillermo del Toro. The first trailer for the film is finally out, and unsurprisingly, the hype is real, with the video already clocking well over four million views in the span of fewer than two days.
The film stars Rosa Salazar (Parenthood, American Horror Story: Murder House) in the titular role of Alita, a cyborg in a post-apocalyptic future who has lost all her memories but retains the legendary cyborg martial art Panzer Kunst, which leads to her becoming a bounty hunter.
