The long-awaited Alita: Battle Angel sequel will get a hopeful replace from one of many franchise’s producers that hints Alita Battle Angel 2 may occur.
The possibilities of an Alita: Battle Angel sequel occurring appear robust, as the unique movie’s producer provides a hopeful replace for Alita: Battle Angel 2. twentieth Century Fox launched the live-action film franchise based mostly on the acclaimed manga in 2019 after years of James Cameron creating the movie. Robert Rodriguez in the end directed Alita: Battle Angel, which starred Rosa Salazar as Alita and obtained blended evaluations. Nonetheless, the film earned over $400 million worldwide, giving hope {that a} sequel would occur sooner or later, however followers have principally been left at nighttime over the past three years.
Lastly, a reasonably optimistic replace on the opportunity of Alita: Battle Angel 2 occurring has arrived. With James Cameron getting ready to launch Avatar: The Method of Water, his producing associate Jon Landau spoke to Deadline on the pink carpet of the movie’s world premiere. Landau additionally produced Alita: Battle Angel, and he talked about the sequel as a venture they’re hoping to work on within the close to future. He stated, “Effectively there’s just a little movie referred to as Alita: Battle Angel that we would like to circle again and do a sequel to. Been speaking to Robert [Rodriguez] about that and hopefully that involves fruition.” When requested how far-off the Alita: Battle Angel sequel is from occurring, Landau stated he didn’t need to give a timeline publicly that followers and reporters may maintain in opposition to him.
Why Alita Battle Angel 2 Has Taken So Lengthy
These hoping to see Alita on the massive display screen once more have needed to wait a very long time for an Alita: Battle Angel sequel to maneuver ahead. The film’s launch got here amidst Disney’s acquisition of twentieth Century, which left the franchise in an odd spot. Disney was not concerned within the movie’s improvement, however Alita: Battle Angel was one of many better-performing motion pictures developed by Fox that was launched by the studio after the merger. Though Disney is nearly at all times considering creating and persevering with franchises, doing so with Alita: Battle Angel has not been a precedence. That is partially as a result of many of the film’s essential creatives being extremely busy.
Along with James Cameron giving all of his consideration to Avatar: The Method of Water and the next Avatar sequels, director Robert Rodriguez has been busy elsewhere. He is made a number of motion pictures for Netflix and is engaged on rebooting the Spy Youngsters franchise for the streamer. Rodriguez additionally labored on The Mandalorian season 2 after which oversaw The E book of Boba Fett. Since each Rodriguez and Cameron have been occupied with different Disney franchises, that has left nobody to shepherd the event of Alita: Battle Angel 2. Nonetheless, the 2 had spoken about making the sequel by late 2021.
Avatar 2’s Success May Assist Alita 2’s Possibilities
There’s a probability that an Alita: Battle Angel sequel will start making vital progress after Avatar: The Method of Water‘s launch. James Cameron’s sequel may even assist incentivize Disney to make Alita: Battle Angel 2, because the director may promote the studio on his imaginative and prescient for the franchise. The studio is likely to be extra more likely to grant this want if Avatar 2 dominates on the field workplace as anticipated. It’s not unusual for the success of 1 film to assist get different tasks greenlit, so Cameron may leverage any energy Avatar: The Method of Water‘s success provides him into making Alita: Battle Angel 2.
Supply: Deadline