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NEWS: James Cameron's Alita: Battle Angel Film Casts Nashville's Keean Johnson




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PostPosted: Mon Oct 03, 2016 7:30 am Reply with quote
Hmmm. Sounds like the movie is going to be condensing plot points. (In the original manga, Alita got into Motorball in part because spoiler[Hugo died], not because Hugo had showed her the ropes.)

Not that I have a big problem with that. Any reasonable live-action adaptation of the manga couldn't be done literally, and that seems like a reasonable compromise.
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 03, 2016 9:06 am Reply with quote
spoiler[Hugo's story and the motorball arc were two very different stages in Alita's development. Here's hoping too much isn't lost in the process of condensing those bits together.][/spoiler]
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 05, 2016 2:08 am Reply with quote
Good for cast updates but we still have to wait until 2020 or later before it's finally released. Honestly, I would just scrap it if it's taking this long to produce the movie.
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