With the creative team behind the original movie confirming talks are still ongoing, Jeff Fahey has an optimistic update for Alita: Battle Angel 2. Fahey starred in the 2019 adaptation of the manga of the same name as McTeague, a Hunter-Warrior who appears in a single scene in which he aids Rosa Diaz's eponymous heroine against the criminal cyborg Grewishka. Though the movie was only seen as a modest box office and critical success, director Robert Rodriguez and co-writer/producer James Cameron have remained devoted to making a sequel happen, with fans of the movie similarly campaigning for a follow-up.
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