The cameras have been cranking on Robert Rodriguez' manga adaptation Alita: Battle Angel for a while, and yet still the casting announcements come. Jennifer Connelly has now been confirmed as part of the team.
With Rodriguez directing and James Cameron producing (after years developing this, he's chosen to focus on more Avatar movies), the film adapts Yukito Kishiro's original manga. Battle Angel Alita, as it was called in print and anime form, is the story of an amnesiac female cyborg in the 26th century who becomes a bounty hunter, after being rescued from the rubbish dump and rebuilt by a professor of cybernetics. Rosa Salazar is playing Alita, while Christoph Waltz will be the professor.
They'll be facing the villainy of Jackie Earle Haley and Ed Skrein and Moonlight's Mahershala Ali. As for Connelly, there's nothing official regarding her character yet, but she likely won't be aiding our heroes.
Alita: Battle Angel will be out on 20 July 2018. Before that, Connelly has true firefighting tale Granite Mountain (once known as No Exit), which will be out in the UK on 22 September.