Battle Angel Movie Still On Cameron’s Roster
So James Cameron has been babbling on about doing a movie based on Battle Angel Alita for forEVER. And apparently it’s actually still something on his to-do list! I stumbled upon this article on MarketSaw. Although I don’t fully know what the hubbub was about– apparently the script for a Battle Angel scene got leaked, and it featured an action scene that angered fans because it featured cars and bullets, both of which are illegal in the worldsetting of the original manga.
According to the source that provided the scene, it was from an old draft of someone else’s script that Cameron had to rework in a snap. Since then he has apparently reworked it further to match the manga, with the aforementioned action scene no longer a part of the film at all.
Another delicious little tidbit: at least one actress Cameron has on board, presumably the one who would play Alita, is also a big fan of the manga.
This is all, of course, 100% unconfirmed, but it’s still kinda fun to speculate, no? Who do you think she might be?
Tags: adaptations, battle angel alita, james cameron, live-action
March 17th, 2008 at 9:12 am
It would be funny if it turns out to be Jessica Alba.
March 17th, 2008 at 10:20 am
Ooh, nademagnet: if by “funny” you mean “most likely”, I think you’re on to something. Maybe that chick on “Alias”? My guesses: someone way too old for the part (as above), or some twit who’d be completely unbelievable in the role (however, I’m so out of US pop culture that I can’t come up with a name).
March 20th, 2008 at 6:13 pm
I really hope he get this one right. We’ll have an inkling when his next film, “Avatar,” comes out.
Avatar and Battle Angel were going to be his two next films and decided to got with Avatar because the scpecial effects would be easier for it then Battle Angel. He will be doing pre-production on it as he is finishing up post-production on Avatar.
April 2nd, 2008 at 12:04 pm
Well this is the first posting I’ve seen with any new Battle Angel info for a long time, granted those tidbits above are very scant. I Google for B.A. info every few weeks and have had no results for so long I figured it was not going to happen.
Come on JC, throw us a bone - I’m tired of the constant rounds of “who’s playing Alita/Gally?”
is Max/AlitaGally/Yoko. To me
April 10th, 2008 at 11:15 pm
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April 21st, 2008 at 8:15 am
maybe julia volkova from tatu, she as the look and with some makeup i think she gonna look like alita
May 13th, 2008 at 4:00 am
Apparently James Cameron did Dark Angel to test the waters and throw some ideas around.
I doubt Jessica Alba will be Alita. She’s too big a name now (but she certainly has the octopus lips right).
I’ve also heard Ellen Page’s name get bounced around. Probably wishful thinking.