James Cameron has made three of the most successful movies at the global box office that have ever been created. However, not everything he touches turns to gold. The Cameron-produced Alita: Battle Angel, while it has become a cult hit, wasn’t the success it needed to be in order to get its much-needed sequel, but that second film might still happen. Cameron’s producing partner Jon Landau says conversations about a sequel are happening, and Avatar: The Way of Water is going to help.
There is a very loud contingent of fans who are passionate about Robert Rodriguez’s Alita: Battle Angel, but the movie wasn’t a runaway box office smash, and with Disney’s purchase of Fox, the future of the franchise is still very much an open question. However, Jon Landau tells ScreenRant that he is hopeful that the technical advancements made in producing Avatar: The Way of Water would make an Alita sequel even better. And it’s not entirely theoretical, as there is work being done toward making an Alita sequel happen. Landau said…
