Plus, the ever-increasing bounty of Mr. Rodriguez’s professional career could also be a key to getting the wind beneath Alita: Battle Angel’s wings.
With Robert Rodriguez ready to jump back in, Paramount could seize this opportunity to save Alita from the scrapyard and let her finish the fight she started in 2019.
Much like with the Monty Python musical, there’s already an existing foundation for Alita: Fallen Angel to take off from, complete with technological tricks and treats that Weta Digital has already honed on two Avatar films and the previous installment of Alita.
Paramount feels like the studio best positioned to provide that golden opportunity for Alita: Battle Angel’s resurrection as a franchise. It doesn’t feel like a mere coincidence that the former members of the 20th Century Fox brass are interested in castoffs from their former home, as Spamalot has proven.