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"James Cameron has revealed that his big screen adaptation of Yukito Kishori&amp;#039;s manga Battle Angel Alita is nearly ready to film. Speaking to MTV, the Avatar director said that he has already assembled test footage for the science fiction blockbuster. &amp;quot;We&amp;#039;ve got a very good script, we&amp;#039;ve done about a year of production design, and we&amp;#039;ve put together an art reel that shows the arc of the film,&amp;quot; he explained. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s pretty much &amp;#039;just add water&amp;#039; and we&amp;#039;re ready to go.&amp;quot; He added of the 3D technology he hopes to employ: &amp;quot;Shooting live stuff in 3D and then adding CG characters and landscapes beyond that is a little tricky.&amp;quot; Avatar opens in cinemas worldwide this week. &amp;gt; Complete Coverage: Avatar "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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