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Fox is host a San Diego Comic - Con 2018 panel forAlita : Battle Angel , but with a turn : attendees have to participate in a pack rat hunt to win slate to the consequence . The sneak peep wo n’t take stead in Hall H either , unlike most of the heavy movie gore at SDCC , and will instead be held in the Regal Theater Horton Plaza on Friday , July 20 . Writer / film director Robert Rodriguez will be heading to San Diego for the event , along with the film ’s stars Rosa Salazar and Keean Johnson ( who recreate Alita and Hugo , respectively ) .
Produced by James Cameron and Jon Landau , Alita : Battle Angelhad pass class in early development , with Cameron planning to finally aim the sci - fi anime / manga adaptation . The filmmaker then turn over the labor off to Rodriguez in 2015 due to his committal totheAvatarsequelsand yield began on the film about a year after , with Salazar and Johnson leading a cast that includes Michelle Rodriguez , Christoph Waltz , Mahershala Ali , Jennifer Connelly , Ed Skrein , andX - Men : Apocalypse ’s Lana Condor , among others . Fox is now using SDCC as a chance to further bone up up sake for the project .
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concord toTHR , Fox is host a scavenger hunt calledAlita : Battle Angel - Pillars of Iron City Searchat SDCC . Attendees can win ticket to theAlitafilm panel by receive a recommendation at the Loot Crate booth and gather up sixAlita - Themed stickers . Landau had the pursual to offerTHR , with respect to the logic behind this interactive approach :
“ It ’s doing something different and unique . It ’s about arrive out there and call for a small group of multitude who are engage . There is nothing untimely with [ Hall H ] , but this felt like the right approach for this . "
TheAlita : Battle AngelSDCC panel will take place at 7:30 necropsy on July 20 and admit antecedently - unreleased footage from the celluloid , as well as a Q&A with Rodriguez and his cast . Further , that have in mind the sneak top will take office afterthe final Hall H picture instrument panel for the day(Sony ’s dual presentation forVenomandSpider - Man : Into the Spider - Verse ) . While there ’s only a fifteen minute break between the events , it will nevertheless be technically potential for SDCC attendees to pay heed the last major film panel in Hall H on Friday , before they rush out to get an early facial expression at Rodriguez ’s new offer thereafter .
In some ways , Alitastands to profit from a near viewing at SDCC more than any other studio film . TheAlitateaser trailerearned an overall middling to lukewarm response and prompted much discussion about Salazar ’s photo - realistic gum anime eyes in the moving picture being off - putting , more than anything else . Moreover , Alitais now set to open on the same mean solar day as four other wide releases in December , includingAquamanandBumblebee(both of which will be hosting Hall H instrument panel at SDCC ) . For these reasons , SDCC will give Fox a hazard to start generating some need positivist buzz and excitement around its big screenAlita : Battle Angel .
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Source : THR
