Cameron to direct Gunm (battle angel Alita) movie

lkraan

James Cameron's next film is confirmed by NPR over the weekend to be a movie based on Battle Angel Alita.
Exciting stuff! Finally a big budget film based on anime.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/news04/041122b.php

adam

This COULD be a good thing, but I have a feeling Cameron is going to make this a bastardization of the manga. Not too mention it might be seen as cheese since its going to be done in 3D - which is generally kept for children movies, theme parks, or documentaries.

I should mention BA:A is the greatest thing I've ever read so I'm really skeptical on this. Guess we'll have to wait and see.

MacD

Well...3d Alita needn't be a bad thing...look for the following file (on goole or wherever...maybe that rippersanime.com link?...I can't remember where /I/ got the file from):

[Anime] Battle Angel Alita - Motorball CG Movie [DVD-Rip] [Rippersanime.com].avi

The filename really tells it all, and whilst some of the editing is just a tadd off, it does show what a full CG Alita movie could look like: damn cool

The main problem is how Cameron interprets/condenses the story; Hollywood has a way of distorting good stories and spewing out crap (I, Robot, anyone?).

Steve Schulze

Read it again. Only Alita herself is going to be full CG. The rest is presumably live action. I can't see why they'd need to do this, given the character is completely human looking. All they'd need to do is get an asian girl and strap some metal-looking plates over her arms and they'd be done.

I shan't be holding my breath for this one not sucking horribly.

lkraan

I'm sure that Cameron will bring along budget to make a CG Alita look believable. I am wondering what the story will be like and how and if it will still relate to the original story.