Fans Campaign Disney for an Alita: Battle Angel Sequel – #AlitaSequel Trends on Twitter

Alita: Battle Angel fans are demanding a sequel to the film and organized a Twitter campaign on Thursday morning to get #AlitaSequel trending.

Twitter user Alita Army announced the campaign on December 3rd saying, “Thursday morning. 0500 Central (1100 UTC). For one hour we tweet. Let Disney hear us.”

They added, “We want more AlitaBattleAngel movies on the big screen! We want the Alita sequel!”

The #AlitaSequel soon began trending on Twitter during the specified time. Numerous fans have weighed in demanding a sequel.

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Actress Rosa Salazar spoke about a sequel back in July noting that she’s ready to play Alita for a long time,Β “I would play Alita β€˜til my last breath.” She added, “I would, and thanks to the performance capture technology, I probably could.”

While Salazar would be up for playing Alita, she had not heard word about whether or not there would be a sequel, but encouraged fans to purchase the Blu-rays in order to move the needle.

“Not yet, but buy those Blu-rays,” she stated. “Not yet, but buy those Blu-rays.”

She also noted that back in July was not the right time for her to call up Disney’s Alan Horn and ask about an Alita sequel.

“Yeah, I mean, they had a crazy merger. People are gaining jobs, people are losing jobs. The whole Disney/Fox acquisition is so involved, this isn’t the right time for me to call Alan Horn and be like, β€˜Hey bro, I know you got a lotta stuff going on, but like what aboutΒ Alita 2?’”

Alita: Battle Angel earned $85.7 million at the domestic box and $404.8 million worldwide. The production budget for the film is estimated at $170 million.

The-Numbers reports the film has sold over $19.8 million in domestic DVD and Blu-ray sales.

Do you want to see an Alita: Battle Angel sequel? Are you participating in the #AlitaSequel campaign?

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