Fans really want that Alita: Battle Angel sequel to get made, and there is definitely some movement on it. James Cameron, Robert Rodriguez, and producer Jon Landau have been really hyping this sequel in recent months and they all want it to happen. Cameron and Rodriguez even swore a blood oath to get it made!
Lana Condor, the actress who played Koyomi in Alita: Battle Angel recently talked about the movie and teased the sequel saying there’s a lot more to explore in that world, which I think we can all agree with. She told CB:
“When we filmed Alita: Battle Angel, that whole world was so beautiful. I haven’t heard of any plans to continue that storyline, however, that’s seriously been something in my heart that I’m hoping would start up the conversation again. I feel like we can explore a lot more of that world, and obviously the original IP is vast.”
Well, the conversation has been started and it’s something that’s actively being worked on. Landau previously said, “We’re working on it,” and shared:
“We’re very excited about that prospect. Alita is a movie that even now having recently like re-watched it for what we had, we’re really proud of that movie. And we think that there are more stories to tell with her character and that’s why we want to go back to it.”
The producer also explained that when they do make the movie, they will utilize the filmmaking technology that was created to help bring Avatar 2: The Way of Water to life:
“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.”
So, the wheels are in motion, things are happening! The creative team does have a plan for the next chapter of the story as Cameron wrote out 1000 pages of notes for a whole trilogy when they were initially planning it out.
The film is based on the manga series Gunnm by Yukito Kishiro. The story is set several centuries in the future, the abandoned Alita is found in the scrapyard of Iron City by Ido, a compassionate cyber-doctor who takes the unconscious cyborg Alita to his clinic. When Alita awakens, she has no memory of who she is, nor does she have any recognition of the world she finds herself in. As Alita learns to navigate her new life and the treacherous streets of Iron City, Ido tries to shield her from her mysterious past.
I’m sure that when they actually do get the greenlight on the project, they’ll fill Condor in on what’s going on.
