The conference theme, Next Data Decade, was around the power of data to advance human progress. Read the entire article at the link below:
Live Actors, Real Props: Dell Hosts a Launch Event at Troublemaker Studios
Alita: Battle Angel is nominated for Media Play News’ Home Media Awards
ALITA NEEDS YOUR VOTES
Media Play News presents the Home Media Awards. Alita: Battle Angel is nominated for several categories like Best AV quality, Best 4K UHD BR Disk, Best SciFi Home Release. Voting is open until April 3rd. Vote at the link below:
Voting Is Open for the 2020 Home Media Awards
WhatCulture: 10 Incredible Sci-Fi Movie Universes We Need More Of
Alita: Battle Angel is #9
“Robert Rodriguez delivered a surprisingly big budget adaptation of the Gunnm manga, and it was actually quite good. It has cyborg hitmen, the floating cities of the rich, the ancient fighting style of Panzer Kunst, and Christoph Waltz trying his best to convince the world that he can wield a giant CGI rocket pickaxe.
After a disappointing return at the box office, a sequel to Alita seems unlikely, but with a loyal and vocal fanbase, we can only dream that we will see the big eyed warrior take on the elitist city Zalem and Nova along with it.”
What Culture
See the entire article at the link below:
The Alita Army Interviews David Sobolov, the voice of the Centurions in Alita: Battle Angel
Before our Alita: Battle Angel watch party began, we spoke to voice actor David Sobolov and asked him questions about his experience working on the Alita film. It was a great interview and a fun watch party. The video is linked below:
Fundraiser Update: Open Bionics has received the funds
Now, we wait for someone who is a right fit to be selected.
Rosa Salazar Makes The Top Five In The Critical Blast Poll: The Best Film Actor of 2019
Critical Blast held a contest that some of us voted in, and in the category of Best Film Actor of 2019, Rosa Salazar unfortunately didn’t win but she did make the top 5 with Joaquin Phoenix, Keanu Reeves, Brie Larson, and Taron Edgerton.
See the full article at the link below:
http://www.criticalblast.com/articles/2020/03/04/no-joke-joaquin-phoenix-nabs-best-film-actor-2019
An MMA fighter names herself after Alita: Battle Angel
MMA fighter, Liza Verzosa, spoke with Drake Riggs of mymmanews.com:
“As for the “Battle Angel” moniker, it comes from the 1990s manga series which was recently turned into a feature film as of 2019, Alita: Battle Angel. Verzosa found herself connecting with the character and her spirit for fighting. Therefore the nickname was adopted.”
mymmanews.com
Who says Alita doesn’t inspire women? See more at the link below:
Silence in Violence: Lisa ‘Battle Angel’ Verzosa seeks Invicta FC crown
Alita: Battle Angel Receives A Satellite Award For Best Visual Effects From The International Press Academy
Thank you to the International Press Academy for awarding Alita: Battle Angel with the Satellite Award for Best Visual Effects. Congrats to Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, Richie Baneham, Mike Cozens, Richard Hollander and the entire teams at both Weta Digital and Lightstorm Entertainment for this well deserved recognition.
Jon Landau
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=947054682445182&id=485213865295935
Congratulations to Senior Visual Effects Supervisor Joe Letteri and the entire Alita: Battle Angel VFX team! Alita received the Satellite Award for Best Visual Effects, and Joe was awarded the Nikola Tesla Satellite Award for visionary achievement in filmmaking technology. Thank you to the International Press Academy for an amazing night!
Weta Digital
Unilad: Keean Johnson Wants An Alita: Battle Angel Sequel
“I’d love to watch another one – regardless of whether I’m in it.”
Keean also mentions the #AlitaArmy:
“Then the #AlitaArmy came along and they’re pretty die-hard.”
Read the entire article at the link below:
https://www.unilad.co.uk/film-and-tv/keean-johnson-wants-an-alita-battle-angel-sequel/amp/
Elon Musk Shares An Image Of A Rocket Adorned With Art Of Alita: Battle Angel
Update: A video has been added to the Alita Army YouTube channel explaining how this image ended up being shared by Elon Musk. It’ll be embedded at the bottom of this post.
Link to the tweet: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1232222762023997440
Tues, February 25, Elon Musk got the attention of of Twitter by posting a surprising image. It was a fan art of Alita photoshopped onto the side of a rocket. Naturally, we were excited about the tweet. The photoshop image was created by @JohnnySciFi using fan art from Francesco Canonico on Instagram (linked at the bottom of this post). @ChallengerST had been tweeting the image to Elon repeatedly since the summer of 2019. His persistence paid off.
As of this writing, Elon’s tweet has 98.7k likes. We’re hoping it reaches 99k for #99 (Alita)!
Comicbook.com published an article about Elon Musk’s tweet (while erroneously calling the cyborg Alita an android):
https://comicbook.com/anime/amp/2020/02/25/battle-angel-alita-space-x-rocket-ship-elon-musk-anime/
Jon Landau and Rosa Salazar reacted to the tweet. While Robert Rodriguez and Ed Skrein both retweeted it.
The original artist is found on Instagram at the link below:
A video from the Alita Army YouTube channel:
The Alita Army 