‘Battle Angel’ Adaptation To Follow Sequels To ‘Avatar’

Not long ago word broke that James Cameron and Jon Landau would be doing Battle Angel, an adaptation of Yukito Kishiro’s manga, Battle Angel Alita. But, with all the talk about the Avatar sequels coming out, where does this movie fall into place? It appears that Landau and Cameron’s next film following those Avatar sequels will indeed be Battle Angel. Well, don’t get your hopes up too high fans because you’;; have to wait until 2017 at the earliest to see this adaptation.

Landau spoke with MovieZine and commented on the adaptation:

I am sure you will get to see “Battle Angel.” It is one of my favorite stories, a great story about a young woman’s journey to self-discovery. It is a film that begs the question: “What does it mean to be human? ‘. Are you human if you have a heart, a brain or a soul? I look forward to giving the audience the film.

Landau made sure and pointed out that the sequels to Avatar would be their focus over the next few years:

Who we want to put in the lead role today and who we want to put in the lead role when the time comes, it can be two totally different people who would be right for the role. Now we focus on “Avatar” for the next four or five years. It will hopefully right after that.

If you’re unfamiliar with the manga:

When Doc Ido, a talented cyberphysician, finds Alita’s head in a junk heap, she has lost all memory of her past life. But when he reconstructs her, she discovers her body still instinctively remembers the Panzer Kunst, the most powerful cyborg fighting technique ever known. In the postapocalyptic world of the Scrapyard, as the secrets of Alita’s past unfold, each day is a struggle for survival.

So, will this project ever actually see the light of day or will it join the projects that people want to but never actually end up happening?