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After months of teasing, producer Jon Landau finally confirmed that a sequel ofAlita: Battle Angelis in the works. As fans know, Landau has expressed his desire to work on this sequel before as well duringAvatar: The Way of Water‘s premiere. Although he hinted that the live-action movie might return to the screens soon back then, it is only recently, in an interview that he gave the confirmation.
Allegedly,Alitawould not only come equipped with the technological advancements ofAvatar: The Way of Waterbut will also be made on a big budget. As such, fans of the manga and the live-action both are over the moon with this news.
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Jon Landau saidAlita: Battle Angelis only possible because ofAvatar
Noting their overwhelming success in theAvatarfranchise,Jon Landaumentioned,“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.”And this is the exact formula they have utilized and will use again inAlita‘s sequel.As Landau explained,
“Alita would not have been possible, but for what we did on Avatar. Avatar: The 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.”
Thankfully, it seems that Jon Landau, James Cameron, and the original movie’s director Robert Rodriguez, are all returning for the project.
Landau noted,“We’re talking to Robert [Rodriguez, who directed the original] and talking to Rosa [Salazar, who portrayed Alita] and all is good.”This inevitably made the fans campaigning for it extremely hopeful about experiencing their favorite character going on adventures on the big screen.
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Jon Landau and James Cameron’s billion-dollar collaborations
Alita: Battle Angelis not Jon Landau andJames Cameron‘s only collaboration project. In fact, they have a history of turning their collaborations into some of the most important movies in the entire cinema history.
Starting fromTitanicin 1997, they made a movie that is still equally just as relevant and appreciated among the audience.Not to mention that with its recent re-release, its box office collection turned into a whopping $2.28 billion.
The other most notable one is obviously the firstAvatarmovie that completely reset the world of fantasy science-fiction and amazed the world to such a degree that it remains to this date the highest-grossing movie of all time at a staggering $2.9 billion, withAvatar: The Way of the Watercoming in third at $2.3 billion box office collection.
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Naturally, the interest Jon Landau and James Cameron took in Yukito Kishiro’sGunnmmanga made waves. And the anticipation turned fruitful when the live-action movie was released in 2019 gaining $405 million at the box office and a massive fan following. As a result, Landau’s recent comment,“We’re working on it,”has finally put their fears to rest.
Alita: Battle Angelis available for streaming on Disney+
Source:Screen Rant
Anushree Banerjee
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Anushree Banerjee is an Anime Writer at FandomWire with over 550 published articles. She has a post-grad in English and years of experience working with some of the biggest companies on the pop culture, and anime scene, such as, Sportskeeda, Pinkvilla, and MovieWeb. Staying on top of everything anime consumes her days, while bingeing on everything horror, and thriller keeps her up at night. Be it superhero flicks from Marvel and DC, or Shonen, and Seinen, like Bleach, The Apothecary Diaries, and Attack on Titan, she can probably state facts about them faster than she can recite her home address.
