The film adaptation of popular manga “Battle Angel Alita”has signed Christoph Waltz (Dr Dyson Ido), Jackie Earle Haley, Rosa Salazar (Alita) and now Ed Skrein who’s been cast as Zapan, a cyborg antagonist with a grudge against Alita. The film is based on Yukito Kishiro’s 9-volume manga series, which chronicles the adventures of Alita, an amnesiac cyborg with incredible fighting skill in the remains of a futuristic United States. She uses her enhanced abilities to make her way as a bounty hunter and track down dangerous cyborg criminals.