{"id":24218,"date":"2020-06-04T10:59:48","date_gmt":"2020-06-04T17:59:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=24218"},"modified":"2021-06-15T14:09:46","modified_gmt":"2021-06-15T21:09:46","slug":"fans-begin-campaigning-for-alita-battle-angel-sequel-with-billboards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=24218","title":{"rendered":"Fans Begin Campaigning for “Alita: Battle Angel” Sequel With Billboards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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When Alita: Battle Angel <\/em><\/strong>first hit theaters on February 14, 2019, fans quickly responded to the futuristic story of a young warrior on her quest for self-discovery and justice. The film was deemed a moderate success, with a box office take of $404.9 million USD on a budget of $170 million USD. Fans assumed the film would get a sequel under 20th Century Fox<\/strong>, but when Disney<\/strong> finalized their purchase of Fox shortly after, any talks of a sequel went into flux.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following the recent success<\/a> of the fan campaign for Zack Snyder’s Justice League<\/em><\/strong> and the announcement of its impending release, fans have begun to feel like their cries could be heard by studios and new life could be put into projects that had fallen out of priority. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a similar fashion to the #ReleaseTheSnyderCut<\/strong> movement, fans began using the hashtag #AlitaSequel <\/strong>on social media and raising money for the placement of a billboard (see below), as well as raising money for Action Against Hunger <\/strong>and Feeding America<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hey Disney, these ads are running today on a billboard in Koreatown in downtown Los Angeles. They're saying that the Alita Army wants an Alita sequel. @DisneyStudios<\/a> @20thCentury<\/a> #AlitaSequel<\/a> @doc_ido<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/cNNE7LYADh<\/a><\/p>— Charlie Schmidt (@CharlieSchmidt1) June 1, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote>