Avatar: The Last Air Bender Movie
The first trailer for the movie Avatar: The Last Air Bender has been released. The animated series film adaptation is being directed by M. Night Shyamalan, well known movie director (The Sixth Sense, Lady in the Water, The Happening).
Initially there were some worries about “someone known for making movies with contemporary supernatural plots that usually climax with a twist ending” directing a movie about an “anime style” kids show based on East Asian culture; those worries had calmed down after an interview were he stated that he watched the show with his daughters and they were all big fans.
Thought the trailer looks promising there has been some people, including fans and Asian rights groups, calling for a boycott of the movie if they do not change the cast. It appears that the actors selected for the role of the four main characters of the show: Aang, Katara, Sokka, and Zuko are all Caucassian. In the show, the character Aang has Tibetan/Shaolin features, while the siblings Katara and Sokka have Inuit features, and the villian (later friend) Zuko has East Asian features. Recently, the actor for the character Zuko (originally cast as Jesse McCartney, a blond, blue-eyed popstar), has been changed to Dev Patel (actor from the movie Slumdog Millionaire), which although being of Indian descent, it hasn’t calmed the protest groups.
The movie is set for release on summer 2010.
(Let’s just hope that this doesn’t end like other film adaptations of animated series.)
In: Entertainment, Movies · Tagged with: Avatar, M. Night Shyamalan, movie, The Last Airbender
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on June 25, 2009 at 10:29 pm
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Nice, I just hope I didn’t see a bald midget in that trailer, lol.
on June 25, 2009 at 10:37 pm
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I think it looks like Dragon Ball Z the movie except it will suck even more…
on June 25, 2009 at 11:31 pm
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niceeeee!
this looks way better than Dragon Ball!
and at least the kid looks like the character of the series
I CANT WAIT TO SEE IT!♥
on June 26, 2009 at 12:27 am
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Hmmm, I dont trust M Night Shyamalan movies anymore.
on June 26, 2009 at 3:26 am
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As we’ve seen from the DBZ movie, Anime should not be made into Hollywood films.
on June 26, 2009 at 10:02 am
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Well, they’re already acquiring rights for the “real-live” adaptations of: Cowboy Bebop, Death Note, Full Metal Panic!, and Ninja Scroll.
on June 26, 2009 at 10:11 am
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Leonardo DiCaprio (and Warner Brothers) are producing the Ninja scroll movie. He said that they were gonna do an all- Japanese cast to be loyal to the anime. Mandalay Pictures has acquired the rights to Full Metal Panic! movie. They intend to give the leading role of “Sousuke Sagara” to Zac Efron. Warner Brothers have acquired the rights for the Death Note movie, they said they intend to stay true to the manga. And finally 20 Century Fox are making the Cowboy Bebop movie. The role of the leading character “Spike Spiegel” will be played by Keanu Reeves.
on May 12, 2010 at 1:03 pm
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on June 10, 2010 at 11:36 pm
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Dev Patel and that indian chick really rocks on the movie Slumdog Millionaire.,*,
on July 16, 2010 at 1:02 am
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Dev Patel gave a great performance in the movie Slumdog Millionaire.-,”