In a short news update, Avatar director James Cameron told the All Things Digital conference yesterday that he “expects to release his next film in three to four years” and it could be “some other big film” that uses 3D, not Avatar 2. [THR]

He also said to expect better 3D as he wants to “push 3D technology to new levels with whatever project is next.” Claaaaasic James Cameron. For that don’t know about Battle Angel, check out the Amazon description below.

In the first volume of Yukito Kishiro’s Battle Angel Alita, Daisuke Ido discovers a badly damaged cyborg in the trash heap beneath the floating city of Tiphares, which he rebuilds and names Alita. She has no memory of her previous life, but when she is drawn into a battle with the monster Makaku, Alita realizes that she must uncover the dark secrets of her past.

Kishiro’s story is much more than a science-fiction adventure. Woven into the violent, roller-coaster plot is a strand of philosophical speculation. Battle Angel Alita takes us to a world where technology blurs the boundaries between human and machine, begging the question “What makes us who we are?”

Does this sound like a good Cameron project? Would you rather see Avatar 2?

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