Entertainment news source The Hollywood Reporter revealed on Monday that actor Mahershala Ali (Luke Cage, House of Cards) is in negotiations to join the cast of James Cameron’s Alita: Battle Angel, the live-action film of Yukito Kishiro’s Battle Angel Alita (GUNNM) manga.
The newest manga, Gunnm: Kasei Senki (Battle Angel Alita: The Martian War Chronicles), launched in Kodansha’s Evening magazine in 2014.
Set in the 26th century, Alita: Battle Angel tells of a female cyborg that is discovered in a trash yard by a scientist.
Film news websites Collider and The Hollywood Reporter stated in May that the film has cast Rosa Salazar in the lead role.