What once seemed a shot in the dark is now becoming a reality, with Alita: Battle Angel packing its cast full of heavy-hitters.
Based on the 1990 Battle Angel Alita manga by Yukito Kishiro, the original series and subsequent anime have long been sought after by Hollywood as a potential sci-fi franchise.
THR is reporting that Jennifer Connelly (American Pastoral) is joining the film as a villain.
The story centers around a cyborg abandoned in a garbage dump called the Scrapyard that’s discovered by a scientist named Dr. Dyson Ido.