Avatar has come and... I think is still coming in other cinemas, but how about that other project Cameron was talking about since 2005 a film called‘Battle Angel: Alita,’. Now that James Cameron has finished his "magnum opus" his producing partner, Jon Landau, says they can now give some attention on what Cameron is passionate about and that is Battle Angel.
Though Mr. Landau was quick to point out that Cameron is planning to shoot an “Avatar” sequel first. But he gave as the affirmation that the filmmaker’s intends to adapt Yukito Kishiro’s manga classic after that.
“We had a wonderful writer who came in and collaborated with Jim, Laeta Kalogridis, who worked on it; Laeta brought to our attention that there was much more to this world of Battle Angel than we ever knew,” Landau said.
“We were familiar with the anime that had been produced, we were familiar with one of the main books. But she opened us up to the other nine books that exist, and how rich that world is.”
“We really wanted to take our time in developing a large arc-ing story that really encompasses the whole world,” Landau said.
“We were very close to doing that movie before we did ‘Avatar,’ and I think you’ll see that resurface. That’s a story in our minds about: What does it mean to be human? What does it mean to fall in love? Are you human if you have a heart? Are you human if you have a mind? Or are you human if you just have a body? It’s a journey of self-discovery for a young girl.”
It was reported from the past few years that Cameron and co. will drop the name "Alita" from the title and simply call the film “Battle Angel.” But according to Landau, that will not be the movie’s name — and for good reason.
“I’m telling people that we have to call it ‘Alita: Battle Angel,’ because Jim only does T&A movies,” Landau jokingly said then listing the examples. “’Titanic,’ ‘Aliens,’ ‘Terminator,’ ‘Abyss,’ ‘True Lies,’ ‘Avatar.’”
“So, we can’t call it ‘Battle Angel’,” he insisted. “We have to call it ‘Alita: Battle Angel.’”
Or they can call it "
The Battle Angel". Again forgive me for my ignorance I haven't read this manga or even watch the anime. I personally isn't really fond of the style, but I know a lot of you out there digs this, so this might be good news for you.
But from the sound of things there's an A.I. element to this, but probably the manga came before A.I., so there's a pinochio element to this with Pinochio resembling more the Blue Fairy.
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