The Hollywood Reporter reported on Friday that 20th Century Fox has pushed back its release date for Alita: Battle Angel, James Cameron and Robert Rodriguez’s live-action film of Yukito Kishiro’s Battle Angel Alita (GUNNM) manga.
The film was scheduled for a wide release on December 21, 2018 after an earlier delay from July 20.
James Cameron and his Lightstorm Entertainment partner Jon Landau are producing the project, and Shutter Island’s Laeta Kalogridis penned a script.
The film will star Rosa Salazar in motion capture as Alita.