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The Last Airbender is a 2010 live action film based on the first series of the highly successful Nickelodeon cartoon series Avatar: The Last Airbender. Filming will begin in in mid-March 2009, and is planned to be released on July 2, 2010. It is the first film in a planned trilogy. On January 8, 2007, it was announced that M. Night 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 by 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.The film will also be produced by Frank Marshall and James Newton Howard will compose the music.

Production

On January 8, 2007, Paramount Pictures' MTV Films and Nickelodeon Movies announced that they have signed M. Night Shyamalan to write, direct and produce a trilogy of live-action films based on the series; the first of these films will encompass the main characters' adventures in Book One. Shyamalan was attracted to the series because of its inspiring martial arts and spiritual theme,after being introduced to the program by his children. Filming will begin in March 2009 and take place in Philadelphia and Greenland. Producer Frank Marshall stated the film may be moved to later in 2010 or even to early 2011, and that some filming could happen in the Far East.

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 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. M. Night Shyamalan said he will write the second film while preparing to shoot the first. James Newton Howard, who has composed all of Shyamalan's films since The Sixth Sense, will compose The Last Airbender.

Name of Film

The film was in a dispute with James Cameron's film Avatar regarding title ownership, which resulted in the film being titled The Last Airbender.

Reported Cast

It was great. They flew us all out to Philly. I got to meet the other castmembers that they hired on. I got to read with them, even. It was a blast. It was a great chance to get a free trip to Philly and get a chance to meet M. Night. He's an incredibly nice guy, and I think we hit it off pretty well, and now I get to play Sokka

Entertainment Weekly reported Shyamalan offered the roles of Aang to karate-trained Texan Noah Ringer; Sokka to Jackson Rathbone (Twilight); Katara to Nicola Peltz (Deck the Halls); and Zuko to Jesse McCartney. The hiring of white actors triggered negative fan reaction marked by accusations of racism and a letter-writing campaign.

On January 15, 2009, Jackson Rathbone talked about his role as Sokka. Jackson recently went to Philadelphia to meet the rest of the cast and the director. Excited about both the martial arts training and working with M. Night Shyamalan, Jackson also says he is pleased to be doing a family film. The article on VH1.com also confirms that Nicola Peltz and Noah Ringer will be cast in the film. Dev Patel was cast on February 2, 2009 as Zuko, a member of the Fire Nation.

References

1. ^ Stephenson, Hunter (2008-04-15). "M. Night Shyamalan's The Last Airbender Gets Release Date, Director Update, "Avatar" Dropped From Title". /FILM. Retrieved 2008-06-29.
2. ^ McClintock, Pamela (2007-01-08). "Shyamalan's 'Avatar' also to bigscreen". Variety.com. Retrieved 2008-06-29. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
3. http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=52491
4. Sarafin, Jarrod (2008-06-10). "Paramount and M.Night Shyamalan Previews LAST AIRBENDER". Mania Entertainment. Retrieved 2008-06-29.
5. http://www.vh1.com/movies/news/articles/1602757/20090114/story.jhtml?rsspartner=rssYahooNewscrawler
6. http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=52491

See Also

• Avatar: The Last Airbender
• MTV Films
• Nickelodeon Movies

• Avatar: The Last Airbender
• American films
• English-language films
• 2010 films
• Fantasy films
• Films directed by M. Night Shyamalan
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