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Robert Rodriguez directed the 2019 film Alita: Battle Angel. He was announced as the director in April 2016 and was tasked with condensing James Cameron's screenplay into a shootable script. Rodriguez filmed the movie at his Troublemaker Studios in Austin, Texas.
The film Alita: Battle Angel was released on the 14th of February 2019. A re-release occurred on the 30th of October 2020 following a fan campaign. The original release date was pushed from July 2018 to February 2019 due to production delays.
James Cameron registered the domain name battleangelalita.com around June 2000. He introduced the concept to the project in the early 2000s but the film languished in development for nearly two decades. Cameron prioritized his Avatar project which delayed the Alita production.
Weta Digital created the visual effects for Alita: Battle Angel. The company redesigned its motion capture methods to capture the subtleties of Rosa Salazar's performance. They utilized the Fusion Camera System and Simulcam technologies to produce a photorealistic CGI creation.
Keean Johnson plays the character Hugo in the film Alita: Battle Angel. Hugo is a scrap dealer who dreams of moving to the wealthy sky city Zalem. He falls in love with Alita and is mortally wounded by Zapan before falling to his death.
The sequel to Alita: Battle Angel was confirmed to be in active development in April 2023. Producer Jon Landau announced that Robert Rodriguez and Rosa Salazar would return for the project. James Cameron stated in November 2025 that he and Rodriguez were working on the script together.