While James Cameron has been busy as a bee on his last two “Avatar” installments, he’s now talking up the idea of “Alita 2,” a sequel to Robert Rodriguez‘s “Alita: Battle Angel,” by suggesting that he’s made a “blood oath” with the director about making “at least one more” story with these cyberpunk characters.
“I appreciate the loyalty of the ‘Alita’ fans,” Cameron told Empire Magazine and shared one of the more promising updates on “Alita 2” that should make the rabid online fanbase happy as punch. “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.”
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Cameron adds that now that he’s living in proximity to Rodriguez and his Troublemaker Studios, the director’s own stage facility (where the first “Alita” was mostly shot) in Austin, Texas, and is putting the finishing touches on “Avatar: Fire & Ash,” he may start to take the sequel talk a bit more seriously and talk in greater detail with him.
“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.”
The last installment had a cliffhanger ending where Nova, played by Edward Norton, was revealed as the dastardly and powerful puppet master behind the film’s main antagonists, who was teased as the next villain of the second film that would have seen lead actress Rosa Salazar return as well.
Considering how well 20th Century Studios‘ PG-13 sci-fi actioner “Predator: Badlands” (landing the biggest opening for the franchise) did with global audiences, it might be the best time for them to revisit the sequel at the studio.
Funny enough, his filmmaker pal Guillermo del Toro was the one who introduced him to the original anime adaptation of the cyberpunk manga, and the two once tried to develop it together early on. He would plan out a trilogy of films with the aim to direct, helming early test footage, only to hand those reins to Rodriguez when the “Avatar” sequels became his main priority, but would stay on as co-writer and producer alongside the late Jon Landau.
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