Battle Angel takes inspiration from Yukito Kishiro's manga series Battle Angel Alita. Starring Christoph Waltz, Ed Skrein, Keean Johnson, Jennifer Connelly, Mahershala Ali, and Rosa Salazar as a ...

Ed Skrein, Jackie Earle Haley, and Keean Johnson. The film was written by James Cameron and Leta Kalogridis, and it is produced by Cameron alongside Jon Landau. "Alita: Battle Angel" opens Dec. 21.

But to accomplish her true purpose, she must fight and kill. And that is where Alita's true significance comes to bear. She is an angel from heaven. She is an angel of death.

Yukito Kishiro's legendary cyberpunk manga is compiled across six hardcover volumes totaling nearly 2,400 pages.