Wild News Just Dropped For Alita: Battle Angel

In 2019, fans rejoiced when the Alita: Battle Angel film finally brought the beloved manga to the big screen after languishing in development hell for years and years. Unfortunately, the movie underperformed at the U.S. box office, and as a result, the nascent franchise's future has been up in the air.

Alita: Battle Angel is by no means a bad film.

Though professional critics gave it rather mixed reviews, audiences have rated it extremely well, and there's some pretty major talent involved. The movie was directed by Sin City and From Dusk Till Dawn helmsman Robert Rodriguez — and was almost directed by James Cameron himself. The cast was about as stellar as any movie could hope to have. Rosa Salazar anchored the movie as the uncannily wide-eyed titular cyborg warrior, and her surrogate father and mentor Dr. Ido was played by two-time Academy Award winner Cristoph Waltz. Jennifer Connelly and Mahershala Ali brought a couple more Oscars into the mix as Chiren and the antagonistic Vector, and many of the other roles were played by reliable genre actors like Ed Skrein and Jackie Earle Haley.

Still, at the end of the day, Alita: Battle Angel failed to live up to its financial expectations, and usually, that would be the end of the IP's big-budget Hollywood travels — at least, unless something dramatic happens.

Watch this video to find out what wild news just dropped for Alita: Battle Angel!

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