Blending practical sets and computer generated vistas, Alita: Battle Angel feels like the type of series that could very easily save itself some money in the future – as the basic bones of this world are already built.
A lot of times sequels go bigger, but I’m not sure Alita 2 would have to, although there’s a fine line between cheaper and cheap.
Furthermore, with an audience more familiar with Alita: Battle Angel’s potential as entertainment, even the marketing spend could be eased back, so as to save some room in the budget for any and all new worlds to conquer in Part 2.
With Robert Rodriguez still retaining the physical sets used in the film, and the digital constructs for anything that wasn’t physically crafted also being on stand-by, it shouldn’t cost that much to return to a world that has already been built.