With the success of Avatar there’s an ongoing speculation as to what will be James Cameron’s follow-up project. This is a man whose last two films has made a combined 4.2billion dollars (unadjusted) worldwide in theater box-office. There’s already talk of him doing a sequel (or prequel) to Avatar with him as producer and someone else directing.  The one project which seems to be popping up again and gaining traction as Cameron’s next directing gig is the film adaptation of the classic manga title, Battle Angel Alita.

Jon Landau, producer of Cameron’s last two film’s, have spoken to MTV Splashpage about the possibility that Cameron will make the film adaptation of Battle Angel Alita as his next 3D-epic with script collaborator Laeta Kalogridis helping flesh out the screenplay. If the film does become the next Cameron gig then the script will concentrate on the early volumes of the nine-volume manga. A part of the series where the character of Alita has lost her memories and no idea of where she came from and who she really is. One aspect of using this part of the series’ as the core part of the script includes Alita’s time as a participant in the Motorball games. Motorball being a combination Rollerball and NASCAR but with cyborg participants. As the Youtube video of an example of how Motorball looks like it would definitely translate into an awesome sequence in Cameron’s hands and in 3D.

Everyone who has read about Avatar and it’s history knows by now that Cameron originally wanted to do this film adaptation of Battle Angel Alita as his follow-up to Titanic but decided against it when he realized the technilogy to properly do it wasn’t ready. Cameron opted for Avatar instead and used that film to develop and test the tech he needed for Alita. Now that his new film techniques and equipment have succeeded with flying colors there should really be no reason why Cameron should delay adapting Battle Angel Alita.

I, for one, think this manga and Cameron are perfect for each other. Strong female character, dynamic action story and one that needs a filmmaker at home in doing a huge film heavy on tech. Sounds like a Cameron film to me.

Source: MTV Splashpage