The first trailer for Robert Rodriguez's Alita: Battle Angel falls squarely into the uncanny valley
For more than a decade, James Cameron was working on an adaptation of Yukito Kishiro's manga Battle Angel Alita, before handing off directing duties to Spy Kids / Machete / Sin City director Robert Rodriguez. That project is finally moving forward: Alita: Battle Angel is scheduled to hit theaters next year, and today, 20th Century Fox released an initial trailer, in which its main character falls squarely into the uncanny valley.
The story is set in the 26th century, and is about a female cyborg, Alita (played by Maze Runner: The Death Cure’s Rosa Salazar), who is rescued from a trash heap and repaired by Dr. Dyson Ido (Inglourious Basterds / Downsizing star Christoph Waltz). She discovers that her adopted father moonlights as a bounty...