Most manga properties that recieve the North American film treatment have a very rocky history. With more misses than hits, it is almost expected to approach a new film with high degrees of skepticism.One of the more recent films that North American filmmakers are tackling is a live action version of
Yukito Kishiro's
Battle Angel Alita. The film will be helmed by
Robert Rodriguez (
Spy Kids, Desperado) and produced by
James Cameron (
Aliens, Avatar) and
John Landau. After the first trailer the film began to show high degrees of promise for a film based on manga source material. Now with its release coming earlier in the year, a brand new Japanese poster has been release. In the poster there is a close up on
Alita's face with the quote "The angel awakens into a warrior". Check it out below!
Alita: Battle Angel seems to be shaping up to be a successful film based on a manga property. Considering it is so hard to translate so many Japanese properties, this possible success could change everything for the genre! Excited to see the film? Expect
Alita: Battle Angel to release in North America on February, 14th, 2019 and February 22nd, in Japan.