VIDEO : James Cameron and Robert Rodriguez Are Teaming Up!

James Cameron?s more than 15-year journey to bring Japanese comic Battle Angel Alita to the big screen may be nearing an end. Robert Rodriguez is in negotiations to direct the live action adaptation of the manga graphic novels that will be produced by Cameron and his Lightstorm Entertainment partner Jon Landau. Titled Alita: Battle Angel, the project tells of a female cyborg that is discovered in a trash yard by a scientist. With no memory of her previous life except her deadly martial arts training, the woman becomes a bounty hunter, tracking down criminals. Cameron said in a statement, "Robert and I have been looking for a film to do together for years, so I was pumped when he said he wanted to do Battle Angel."