‘We’re happy with it,’ say makers of big-budget ‘Alita’
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — Bigbudget action film “Alita: Battle Angel” may have garnered lukewarm reviews, but the filmmakers behind the mangainspired movie envisioned by James Cameron say they are delighted with how it has turned out.
The movie from 21st Century Fox about a cyborg heroine in a postapocalyptic world has been more than 15 years in the making with a budget of between $150 million and $200 million.
Co-producer Jon Landau said the makers would not judge its success by box-office numbers and felt they had delivered the movie they wanted.
“We are our biggest critics,” Landau told Reuters. “If we’re happy with the movie, we’ve done our job. I think not only are we happy with it, but James Cameron is happy with it and (manga creator) Yukito Kishiro, who could be our biggest critic of all, is thrilled with it.”