James Cameron's Battle Angel

Thanks to Runawayman for the heads up on this upcoming movie.

www.comingsoon.net/news/topnews.php?id=7877

What is the basic plot of Battle Angel?
Cameron: 26th century, the story takes place 300 years after a societal collapse caused by a major war, but in that society, it's a technological dark age following a pinnacle of achievement far, far beyond where we are right now. So in a sense it's post-apocalyptic, but it's post-apocalyptic from a very high level. So now, you've got cyborg technology as just a way of life. People are augmented a lot as workers and so on, so being a cyborg is not unusual. The main character is a cyborg. She has an organic human brain, and she looks like she's about fourteen years old. She has a completely artificial body and she's lost her memory- she's found in this wreckage and she's reconstituted by this guy who is a cyber-surgeon who becomes her kind of surrogate father. It's a father-daughter relationship story that just has the most insane action that you can imagine. It will be PG-13 -- lots of blood, but it's all blue."

www.cinecon.com/news.php?id=0512053

This casting call makes it sound as if the lead will be a little older...

JAMES CAMERON SEEKS NEW TALENT FOR A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE

SEEKING: FEMALE LEAD: 16-mid 20s. Any ethnicity, including Caucasian. She moves and behaves with confidence and a sense of nobility. Lithe as a cat. Athletic and agile. She is a warrior. Graceful movement and an ear for languages and dialects are essential.

More info (thanks, Google)...

www.rottentomatoes.com/news/comments/?entryid=130560

www.darkhorizons.com/news05/050110e.php

filmforce.ign.com/articles/573/573256p1.html

movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hp&cf=prev&a...08545153&intl=us

www.imdb.com/title/tt0437086/

www.comics2film.com/ProjectFrame.php?f_id=226

www.killermovies.com/b/battleangel/articles/5702.html

Based on the manga of the same name, no doubt.

Which is so amazingly over-the-top and disturbing that I'm shocked they could make a movie of it... I bet it's going to be dumbed down and made a lot more tame.

If you like ubergirls and don't mind their abilities being non-natural, read the manga. They do some crazy stuff in there, but it's usually 'fast' rather than 'strong' for the lead char- doing damage by martial arts rather than brute force.

Well, maybe Cameron's not making this movie after all...

filmforce.ign.com/articles/682/682407p1.html

WOW this series is really old, I totally forgot about this series! As far as i know there are only 2 episodes of the anime but loads of manga about it, im guessing this series started out as manga first then anime. Here are some things you can expect (from the manga) from battle angel.

1. Alita thinks about hugo emotionally/or how she loves him without even realizing she is crushing a steel banister.

2. a ghoul stabs her in the chest without doing anykind of damage to her. she tries to pull away from him and accidentally pulls both his arms off. []

3. She jumps on top of a guy that is in a steel suit/robot with a man inside. she takes her fists and slams it straight down on top of the head of the suit, crushing both him (alot of gore) and the head of the robot. thats gotta hurt. [xx(]

This is just a small portion of strength feats in the manga! There are a ton more but i can't remember them from the top of my head as this was years ago.

James Cameron told BusinessWeek that he's planning a major video game for development concurrent with his next movie.

www.gamespot.com/news/6143676.html

Nothing really new here except that Cameron's calling it Project 880

news.gaminghorizon.com/media2/1139262660.3340.html

The February 24th issue of Entertainment Weekly is supposed to have an article on Cameron's next project.

www.animenewsnetwork.com/article.php?id=8410

James Cameron's Project 880 is not Battle Angel, but Battle Angel is indeed in the works.

www.thefilmasylum.com/newsitem.php?subac...art_from=&ucat=2