Last Airbender Movie in 2010
A few years ago the Cartoon TV network Nickelodeon started to broadcast a new animate TV sho titled 'Avatar: The Last Airbender' (also known as 'Avatar: The Legend of Aang' in several countries). It has since been a real success winning both critics' appraisal and public acclaim.
So no wonder that Hollywood is already working on a live-action trilogy adaptation. The project is tackled by Director M. Night Shyamalan who has been introduced to the show by his own daughter who is a dedicated fan of Aang's adventures.
But a dispute with James Cameron's film Avatar regarding title ownership resulted in the first movie being titled The Last Airbender.
The Last Airbender is slated for a release in Summer 2010.
The Plot:
"The story follows the adventures of the successor to a long line of Avatars who must put aside his irresponsible ways and stop the Fire Nation from enslaving the Water, Earth and Air nations." (Source: IMDb)
If you are not yet familiar with Avatar the Last Airbender, then have a look to this opening of the TV show:
I suppose I have more free time on my hand than M. Night Shyamalan, because I did not wait for my children to tell me about the show. Yeap, actually my children get interested in the Last Airbender through me. No joking! :)
I am really glad to hear about this movie adaptation of Avatar The last Airbender. But I hope he won't be as disappointing as with The Happening, the last Shyamalan movie... I would be quite sad if he does not respect the original show and bring us a stupid B-movie....
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15 comments:
In each generation, only one bender is solely capable of controlling all four elements. That bender is the Avatar. The Avatar is the spirit of the world manifests in human form. When the Avatar dies, it reincarnates into the next nation in the cycle.
The guy who's playing edward in the twilight movie is playing sokka
yes,yes we all know that!
I too hope that M. night gets this one right, the show is very, very good and I would hope that if his daughter likes the show that he would put time and work into making this just as good, if not better.
I have no doubt whatsoever that this trilogy is going to be phenomenal...There are so many things to say about this upcoming movie, but I'll only say one; I hear that the teaser trailer for the last airbender is coming out in the Transformers sequel!!! I can't wait to watch this, so I guess I'll have to deal with x-men and star trek until then. M. Night, I am your biggest fan and one day I hope to meet you and possibly work with you
-NNN
sorry anonymous, hate to burst your bubble, but it is Not rob pattinson who is playing sokka, it is Jackson Rathbone. get it right. and rock on! Hope this movie is awesome!!
Noooo! I have serious concerns about M. Night Shyamalan. Mostly that his last few movies have been terrible and I don't want him to ruin my favorite anime. Avatar deserves an epic production.
Furthermore, there better not be a bunch of white people cast in this movie. It's supposed to be multi-ethnic teenagers.
i really hope m.night makes this movie great.... bcos all his movies have been a big flop..
i hope he doesn't spoil the avatar saga...
I understand why everyone has reservations about M. Night directing; however, I have to point out that his Directing style is perfect for this... It was his Writing that did his past few movies in. With Avatar:LAB he may be providing Screenwriting, but the source material is NOT his. Which is why I have greater confidence that he will be able to focus primarily on Directing and do Avatar the justice it deserves.
As for the multi-ethnic background, I like what they appear to be doing so far - assuming they aren't given a makeover for the role.
Earth = Oriental
Air = Aang, looks like a mix.*
Water = Northern European
Fire = Persian/Latino
Ok, this is different from the intended representations; however, logically this makes the Nations more readily distinguishable on the big screen. However, if correct, it will make one part of the story difficult to explain - Zuko and Uncle Iroh living/hiding among the Earth Nation in Ba Sing Se.
*Its a shame David Carredine has passed. He would have made an excellent Avatar Roku in my mind, even if it were only a cameo.
Looking forward to the Trailer.
I am a huge avatar fan and i'm 24. I am a little worried about M. Night Shyamalan directing this he has the potential to do something that would be great but I have seen some of his movies that have potential and then end up mediocre.
I just can wait to see all the visual effects they used for these movies. I have high expectations and they better be met.
Guys honestly quit worrying about m. night! Gees He is working with the guys who came up with the show. so if their is anyone to blame if the movie goes south, blame the guys who created the Avatar. They are the ones he is looking at to get a general idea of what to put in and leave out... Anyway even if he put everything in it would be a 7 hour movie.No one is going to watch a seven hour movie. This is going to be a 2 hour movie so something has to be left out.
Seeing the trailer for the movie, hope floats that the movie might do the series justice... at least as far as special effects are concerned. :-)
Still far too many levels to possibly disappoint the multitudes of fans though.
I'm seriously worried about M. Night. I haven't seen any of his movies, but I really was expecting the movie to be in anime. :( The guy they hired to play Aang is totally unfit for the role. >/ I think I won't even watch the movie because I'm afraid it will lower my satisfaction in the original series.
This is awful. Did anyone even see the kid they got for Zuko? no. just no. And no offense to M. Night, but I still have some reservations. I'm 19, and I love this series so much. For an American anime, it is amazing. Making a live-action adaptation is such a horrible mistake and is going to ruin it. They've already destroyed so many others, ESPECIALLY Harry Potter (even if that is a book series rather than a cartoon series). Do they really have to violate Avatar, too?
and anonymous before Troy, I understand what your saying, but, if you've seen any other film adaptations, you should know that as well as necessary cuts, pointless changes and cuts are ALWAYS, without exception, made, many of which ruin at least some aspects of the original, if not the entire movie.
I may boycott the movie altogether for fear it would upset me more to see it than ignore it.
BOO M. Night Shyamalan is going to make this into something worse than a B movie. He is making an anime into a live action movie. He is going to destroy the series. How can the creators let this happen?
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