Laeta Kalogridis

Date of Birth

1965-08-30

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Robert Rodriguez is holding out hope for more Alita: Battle Angel

Posted 6 years ago

James Cameron had been developing Alita: Battle Angel for decades, but when it came time to pull the trigger, Cameron elected to focus on the Avatar sequels and handed the directing reins to Robert Rodriguez while remaining onboard as producer...

Alita 2 bilboards pop up in L.A. as fans campaign for a sequel

Posted 6 years ago

Fans of ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL are very passionate and they're doing all they can get a sequel made to the film. The latest move is a series of new billboards that have been erected in Los Angeles that are calling...

Christoph Waltz puts his support behind campaign for Alita: Battle Angel 2

Posted 6 years ago

James Cameron had been developing ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL for decades, but the lengthy development of AVATAR led to the project being pushed back again and again. Cameron finally chose to focus on the AVATAR sequels and handed the project off...

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We visit Weta Digital to get mo-capped & talk Alita: Battle Angel

Posted 7 years ago

This week sees the release of James Cameron's long-in-development adaptation of ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL, helmed by Robert Rodriguez and produced by AVATAR's Jon Landau. Based on Yukito Kishiro's Manga series, the film required an effects house that could make the...

Review: Alita: Battle Angel (Bumbray)

Posted 7 years ago

Read Paul Shirey's review HERE PLOT: Five hundred years into the future, after a catastrophic war has left earth almost uninhabitable, only the poor are left to wander the surface, while the wealthy live in the sky city of Zalem....

Alita: Battle Angel launches to $32 million in Asia ahead of US release

Posted 7 years ago

20th Century Fox's cyberpunk extravaganza, ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL, kicked off the Year of the Pig in style this past weekend, by opening to the tune of $32 million in eleven different markets within Asia. While some are attributing Asia's love for...

Take a detailed look at Hot Toys’ stunning Alita: Battle Angel figure

Posted 7 years ago

The time has come for all of you Sideshow aficionados to whip out your wallets, open wide, and be prepared to eat Top Ramen for the month of February, because pre-orders for Hot Toy's Sixth-Scale figure for ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL...

Alita: Battle Angel featurette explores impressive motion capture tech

Posted 7 years ago

Even people who are on the fence about ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL have to admit the movie looks visually arresting, using motion capture technology to bring to life the unique look of the title hero. The new featurette for the movie...

Heroes and villains revealed in Alita: Battle Angel character posters

Posted 8 years ago

I should know never to bet against James Cameron, but I'll admit to being hesitant about ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL. It'd be all too easy to assume that Cameron's long-delayed passion-project, which he finally passed to Robert Rodriguez, has all the...

Check out our first reaction to Alita: Battle Angel

Posted 8 years ago

While director Robert Rodriguez's ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL isn't scheduled to hit theaters until this coming Valentine's Day, our own Paul Shirey recently escaped to New Zealand for a screening of the upcoming action-packed romance adventure co-written by Rodriguez, James Cameron,...

Alita unleashes her fury in new Alita: Battle Angel trailer

Posted 8 years ago

Now that ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL has been pushed from its December release to February 2019, that leaves plenty of time to get excited about the new sci-fi action flick from James Cameron and Robert Rodriguez. The movie about a young...

Robert Rodriguez feared letting James Cameron down with Alita: Battle Angel

Posted 8 years ago

Taking over someone else's passion project can be a daunting prospect, but that's exactly where Robert Rodriquez found himself. James Cameron had ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL on his back-burner for decades, but when it became clear that he would be spending...

New trailer for Alita: Battle Angel packs tons of action and sublime visuals

Posted 8 years ago

20th Century Fox has debuted a new trailer for ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL, an upcoming cyberpunk action adventure film based on the manga series "Gunnm" by Yukito Kishiro. The new trailer arrived courtesy of a worldwide live Q&A with ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL's producer James Cameron,...