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Ever since its theatrical inception, fans of Alita: Battle Angel have been holding out hope that Robert Rodriguez and crew would return for a sequel. Despite the film not being a huge box office blockbuster, it developed a massive fan base that’s hungry for a continuation. In the past there have been rumblings that a sequel may still happen. Producer Jon Landau recently revealed during a discussion with Screen Rant that talks are still underway and that the project could very well be a thing! Considering that the movie ended on a massive cliffhanger, we’d love to see where the story goes.
When speaking with SR, Landau had this to say:
“We’re working on it.
I think what we’ve learned from Avatar is how much more facial nuance and subtlety that we can get into characters that we want to be emotional and emote that are humanoid. Alita would not have been possible, but for what we did on Avatar. Avatar: Way of Water would not be what it is but what we did for Alita. And now let’s put that back and give it back to Alita. We’re talking to Robert and talking to Rosa and all is good.”
From his comments, it seems that they have been making some plans to use the technology they created for the Avatar sequels to advance the world of Alita in a potential continuation. We’ll be holding out hope that it still happens.
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