Even though M. Cameron has a heavily busy schedule for the next 4 years, as Avatar 2 & 3 are targeted for release at december 2014 and 2015 respectively, he has reitered his commitment to adapting the GUNNM manga to the silver screen (aka Battle Angel Alita). In his own words : "And so I had to consider, do I hand this project off to another director? And then I thought, ‘No, I love it too much.’†Not only that, but he WILL include the MOTORBALL into the movie !! That's BLOODY F***ING AWESOME !!!!!! "What I’m going to do is take the spine story and use elements from the first four books. So, the Motorball from books three and four, and parts of the story of one and two will all be in the movie." Couldn't ask for more ... What we've been dreaming of for years since we learnt that Cameron had the movie rights for GUNNM. MOTORBALL BY JAMES CAMERON !!! Source : http://collider.com/battle-angel-james-cameron/73916/