Filmmaker James Cameron has confirmed that at least one sequel, if not more, is in the works for “Alita: Battle Angel” – and the reveal is all due to a real estate listing.
The dystopian future-set “Alita” follows an amnesiac cyborg who rediscovers her past life as a battle droid. The 2019 film, adapted from Yukito Kishiro’s original “Battle Angel Alita” manga, was well-received critically and performed well at the box-office with an over $400 million haul worldwide.
However, its sizeable budget meant it wasn’t the profit-generating hit 20th Century Fox had hoped for at the time.
Today, a feature piece in Forbes has the “Avatar” filmmaker talking about selling his $33 million Gaviota Coast ranch in California. It’s there he seemingly confirmed that not one, but multiple “Alita: Battle Angel films” are being planned to join his commitments to the three further “Avatar” sequels.
Asked about why he and his wife are selling their current home, Cameron says it’s due to his work commitments to different projects:
“On Avatar, I’m working in Wellington and Los Angeles. And on the new Alita: Battle Angel films, I’ll be working in Austin, so it just didn’t make sense for us anymore.”
Fellow producer Jon Landau has been open about talks of a potential “Alita” sequel in the past. In December, he said: “We’d love to circle back and do a sequel to [Alita]. Been talking to Robert [Rodriguez] about that, and hopefully that comes to fruition.”
