By: Dominic La-Viola
“Robert Rodriguez and I have sworn a blood oath to do at least one more Alita movie. In fact, we’re thinking of an architecture that bridges to a third film, but we’ll be satisfied if we can make one more. And we’re making progress on that.”
James Cameron told Empire Magazine in an interview when asked about a sequel to the 2019 film “Alita: Battle Angel”.
To which he thanked the fans for their devotion and loyalty to Alita.
Continuing with “Now that I have a home in Austin, Texas, about three miles from [Robert’s] place, I think we’ll probably get more serious about that as soon as I wrap the mix here in a few weeks,” referring to his newest film “Avatar Fire and Ash” which hits theaters this December.
Blood oath or not, I find it hard to believe that a sequel is coming. The first film came out almost 7 years ago, and they’re not even done with a script for the second.
Not to be a Debbie downer, but at this rate, I don’t see the film getting made.
The film did do well at the box office, with a 404 million dollar worldwide earnings on a 107 million dollar budget.
Which shows promise, the studios are always willing to make sequels to films that already have a fan base and established IP. Although waiting this long for a sequel is never a good thing.
So for now, only time will tell if we will ever actually get a sequel to this cult classic hit.
Source- Empire Magazine