‘Alita: Battle Angel 2’ release date: Online hype plateaus after petition surpasses 130,000 signatures to demand a sequel

It has been interesting to follow the development of online support from movie fans calling for the production of “Alita: Battle Angel 2.” After seeing better days in late 2019, the number of signatories joining the call for the making of the sequel has been stuck in the 130,000 mark.

‘Alita: Battle Angel 2’ release date, production: What to expect

At this point, the future of “Alita: Battle Angel 2” is still very tentative, especially after Disney and 20th Century Fox’s mega-merger shortly after the first movie’s premiere. With plenty of business factors to consider, fans cannot just wait around and quietly wait for the companies to decide. And so an online petition has been set for the sequel.

There are close to 135,000 fans who signed a Change.org petition for “Alita: Battle Angel 2,” as of this writing. Upon checking, the latest signatures were put in less than an hour, suggesting that more fans are adding to the fanbase dedicated enough to join a petition in the hopes that it would convince Disney and 20th Century Fox.

However, the same petition has had better developments in the last quarter of 2019. Just before October ended, the signature count was just over 88,000. Only a couple of weeks later, that number quickly went up to almost 120,000. From that point, it shows that the online effort to push producers in making “Alita: Battle Angel 2” might be plateauing.

Social media has proven to be a powerful platform where fans can actually demand big companies to make changes. So despite the current status of the online petition, the fact that the number of fans demanding “Alita: Battle Angel 2” is continuously rising is a good thing. If this goes on for the next months, the possibility for the sequel to be made cannot be ruled out.

‘Alita: Battle Angel 2’: Will producers change the way Alita looks?

Since the status of “Alita: Battle Angel 2” is still in limbo, and it might hit the big screen anytime soon, fans might wonder if producer James Cameron would change anything about the Alita (Rosa Salazar). A recent report suggests that it might be unlikely.

Before the movie was released, it was caught up in a minor online issue after some moviegoers did not like the way Alita’s eyes were drawn in the live-action movie. But Eric Saindon, who was one of the visual effects supervisors of the first film, revealed that Cameron and director Robert Rodriguez did not falter. “Both of them said, 'No, we want to go bigger on the eyes,’” Saindon told CinemaBlend. “Jim said, 'F*** the haters,' right?’”