Who actually owns the IP rights to Avatar & Alita Battle Angel?

Who is in the Rights?

Movie rights in Hollywood are not always clear-cut from the perspective of an outside observer. When considering the Marvel Cinematic Universe or Star Wars, it is immediately obvious who owns those IPs. Disney bought Star Wars from George Lucas in 2012, which in turn led to the decanonization of the Extended Universe as the franchise was reworked by its new owners. So it is quite obvious who owns that IP. The same is true with the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Disney can go in whatever direction they want with the respective stories & characters of said IPs. Yet when it comes to properties in which James Cameron is involved, especially Avatar and Alita Battle Angel, most media outlets report, and readers believe with the same conviction that these IPs are owned by Disney. In reality, this assertion is very likely to be far from the truth. 

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Watch Alita: Battle Angel On Disney+ (Canada) In April

According to What’s On Disney Plus, Alita: Battle Angel will be on Disney+ in Canada soon:

“Disney has announced that the 20th Century Studios film “Alita: Battle Angel” will be coming to Disney+ in Canada on Friday 2nd April.”

Months ago there was an alleged leaked video that showed Alita: Battle Angel coming to Disney+ in the U.S. on April 23. Some dispute the authenticity of the leaked video. If it had some truth to it, we could be seeing Alita on Disney+ soon. That would be a huge deal given that the film performed poorly financially in the U.S. where it needed to succeed the most.

Rematch: Alita vs Uncut Gems Poll

Help Alita win this rematch in a movie poll. As of now, Alita is trailing with only 26% of the votes. Vote and share the poll around. Let’s do it!

Vote in the poll linked below:

Let Anime News Network Know What You Love About Alita!

Comment under the tweet below:

Let’s Encourage HISHE To Make A Video About Alita!

How It Should Have Ended (HISHE) is a popular web series on YouTube with animated videos that can reach thousands of people. If we could get them to make a video about Alita it would be great exposure for her. There are a number of ways we can get their attention. You can try one or all of these methods:

1. Tag HISHE in a tweet asking them to make a video about Alita

2. Go to their “Contact Us” page and send a request by email. The link is here: https://www.howitshouldhaveended.com/about

3. Comment in the following Twitter thread where we have already begun asking them for a video about Alita:

4. Ask them in the comment section of their most recent video, linked below:

That should just about cover it. Let’s hope they hear us and respond with a “yes”.

Radio KAOS Episode #054: The Connections Between Alita, Riddick, And John Carter Of Mars

Join us this Saturday at 7:00 pm EST as we discuss the commonalities between Alita, Riddick, and John Carter Of Mars.

Did you like Pitch Black (and Riddick) and/or John Carter? Can you spot any similarities in the main characters & their movies fortunes?

Comic Watch: Valentine’s Day is More than Chocolates and Roses for the #AlitaArmy – #AlitaAnniversary 2.0

Our very own wordsmith Ray Duell wrote a piece for Comic Watch about the Alita Anniversary celebration on February 14. The Alita Army will be taking to social media on the second anniversary of the U.S. release of Alita: Battle Angel to share their love of the film and to let the film studio know that we still want an #AlitaSequel!

Read Ray’s commentary at the following link: https://comic-watch.com/news/commentary-valentines-day-is-more-than-chocolates-and-roses-for-the-alitaarmy-alitaanniversary-2-0/amp