Alita: Battle Angel Star Rosa Salazar is Still Interested in Returning for a Sequel
Alita: Battle Angel never really went quiet. The 2019 sci-fi adventure ended with its eyes firmly set on a Part Two, and the fandom has kept that torch lit ever since (including us). Now there’s a fresh spark straight from Rosa Salazar, because, in a new chat with Collider, the Alita star says she’s still pushing for a return to Iron City.
Alita: Battle Angel | Photo Credit: 20th Century Studios
“I’m always bringing up Alita,” she said, adding a hopeful temperature check on where things stand: “It still might happen.” Salazar said she’s pressing on because the creative spark is there—and the team’s fondness for the character is real—adding, “I mean, [this story is] just the best. You have James Cameron and Robert Rodriguez, who are friends, who are making this thing together. All the love is there. You have an amazing script. You have an amazing graphics team like Wētā… You have thousands of people working on this thing, and it all comes down to this moment between two… It’s just so amazing. I love a collaborative process, and to be able to do it on that scale?”
The original film, directed by Rodriguez and produced with Cameron, introduced Alita as a wide-eyed cyborg with a fighter’s heart and left major threads—Nova, Zalem, and a higher tier of Motorball—deliberately open. That unfinished business is part of why the update is enough to keep fans excited about the future. And it’s clearly not just wishful thinking from the lead; it’s proof that the story architecture was designed to continue.
Fans have also wanted a sequel since the credits rolled. The #AlitaArmy has organized screenings, trended campaigns, and turned home-video and streaming bumps into regular check-ins on the franchise’s health. Salazar’s comments meet that energy head-on. While there is still no greenlight, hearing the face of the series say she’s actively keeping the conversation alive is exactly the kind of signal that keeps a cult favorite in play. The first film built a core audience that would gladly show up again; that base can also grow, especially now that Alita is a fixture on streaming menus and continues to find new viewers.
For now, at least Salazar’s “still might happen” is something promising to hold onto—and that’s enough to keep hope alive.
