LOS ANGELES : Mahershala Ali, who plays the villain Cottonmouth on Netflix series “Luke Cage”, is in negotiations to join the cast of “Alita: Battle Angel”.
Rosa Salazar, Christoph Waltz, Jackie Earl Haley, Ed Skrein and Keann Johnson are already on board for James Cameron’s adaptation of the manga graphic novels, according to The Hollywood Reporters.
Cameron, 62, is producing with his Lightstorm Entertainment partner Jon Landau, while Robert Rodriguez, the filmmaker behind the “Sin City” will director the film.
If deal gets finalised, Ali will play one of the movie’s villains, a man named Vector who runs and fixes matches in a gladiator-style combat game called Motorball. (AGENCIES)
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