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American film
The Last Airbender
Directed byM. Night Shyamalan
Written byScreenplay
M. Night Shyamalan
Television Show
Mike DiMartino
Bryan Konietzko
Produced byM. Night Shyamalan
Frank Marshall
Kathleen Kennedy
Mike DiMartino
Bryan Konietzko
Sam Mercer
Scott Aversano
Distributed byParamount Pictures
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Last Airbender is a live action film based on the Nickelodeon cartoon series Avatar: The Last Airbender, coming out July 2, 2010. On January 8, 2007, it was announced that Shyamalan would write, direct and produce the live-action adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender, an animated a series influenced by Asian art, mythology and various martial-arts fighting styles. The movie will be produced for Paramount Pictures' MTV Films and Nick Movies. On April 15, 2008, Paramount and Nickelodeon announced the official title for the film will be The Last Airbender.

Development

According to an interview with the co-creators in SFX Magazine, Shyamalan came across Avatar when his daughter wanted to be Katara for Halloween. Intrigued, Shyamalan researched and watched the series with his family. "Watching Avatar has become a family event in my house ... so we are looking forward to how the story develops in season three", said M. Night Shyamalan. "Once I saw the amazing world that Mike and Bryan created, I knew it would make a great feature film."

Avatar co-creators Mike DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko have come forward to voice their opinion within an interview regarding M. Night Shyamalan writing, directing and producing the film. The two displayed much enthusiasm over Shyamalan's decision for the adaptation, stating that they admire his work and, in turn, he respects their material.

Production

Filming is set to begin in February of 2009 in Greenland. Shyamalan will need four or five large soundstages for production. It is possible that The Last Airbender and its two sequels will be filmed at the same time.

Release

The film will be released July 2, 2010. The Last Airbender is currently the only movie announced for the July 4th holiday weekend of 2010.

See Also

  1. "Nickelodeon's Avatar Returns to Restore Peace to The Four Corners of the World and Prepares to Face Off With the Fire Nation Once and for All"
  2. Mike Szymanski (2007-03-17). "Avatar Creators Praise Night". Sci Fi Wire. Retrieved 2007-03-17. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)