Back in 2019, audiences were left wanting more when the cyberpunk action flick Alita: Battle Angel came to its teasing end. Since then, fans have been pushing hard for a sequel, and they aren't the only ones, as star Rosa Salazar has revealed that she is still doing all she can to get Alita 2 off the ground — even bugging and badgering both James Cameron and Robert Rodriguez.

“I harass them all the time. Like, it might become a legal issue soon. I email with James Cameron a lot. … And he's always like, ‘I'm so down.’ Which is crazy to hear someone like James Cameron be like, ‘I'm so down!’ When we were in South by Southwest, I went over to Robert (Rodriguez)'s house and had tea, and was just talking about Alita.”

Speaking with Cinemablend, Salazar continued, offering some promising air to the idea of Alita 2 ever gracing the silver screen, and revealing that she, Cameron, and Rodriguez have far from given up on bringing the beloved cyborg back.

“All three of us have so much love for it. It’s never outside of our line of vision, ever. Everything we do, we're just sort of like, ‘How do we get back there?’ … We're trying like hell to get her back out there because we know how much, just like (Undone), her story means so much to women, to young girls, to boys, to everybody. I think she represents something that transcends race, gender, all of that. So we're working on it, man!”

Alita: Battle Angel Ends on the Promise of More to Come

Alita Battle Angel
20th Century Studios

Directed by Robert Rodriguez and produced by James Cameron, Alita: Battle Angel is based on Yukito Kishiro's manga Gunnm and follows a young girl named Alita, a battle cyborg who awakens with no memory of who she is in a future world she does not recognize. She is taken in by Ido, a compassionate doctor who realizes that somewhere in this abandoned cyborg shell is the heart and soul of a young woman with an extraordinary past. Alita then sets out to learn about her past and find her true identity. Frustratingly, Alita: Battle Angel ends on something of a cliff-hanger, with Alita vowing to take the fight to the world's oppressors.

Rosa Salazar stars through performance-capture animation as Alita, with Christoph Waltz, Jennifer Connelly, Mahershala Ali, Ed Skrein, Jackie Earle Haley, and Keean Johnson starring in supporting roles. Alita: Battle Angel was a moderate success, bringing in $401.7 million worldwide, which was not enough to automatically ensure that a sequel would be greenlit. The movie was initially met with mixed reviews but has since gone on to garner a passionate fanbase desperate to see the adventures of Alita continue.

Alita: Battle Angel was released by 20th Century Fox, and with the studio now under the Disney umbrella, could fans finally see a sequel take shape on Disney+? If anyone can get things moving on Alita 2, it is undoubtedly the trio of Rosa Salazar, James Cameron, and Robert Rodriguez.