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Updated February 22, 2010, 8: 13 p.m (Philippine time)

After its great success over its animated series, the Nickelodeon’s Avatar: The Last Airbender is now adopted into a live action film which is expected to be released on July 2, 2010.

Produced by Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies, it is planned to be the first film in the novel’s trilogy.

The series is influenced by Asian art, mythology and various martial art fighting styles created by Martin Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko and was adapted by Frank Shyamalan who will also direct and produce the film along with Frank Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy, Sam Mercer and Scott Aversano.

The ‘The Last Airbender’ is about Aang, a reluctant young boy known as the last airbender (controller) and the avatar. The avatar is the physical embodiment of the world with the ability to control all four elements (water, earth, fire and air) and drawn upon the combined power, knowledge and experience of the Avatar’s previous incarnations. Aang is expected to maintain peace between the four nations in the world (Water Tribes, Earth Kingdom, Fire Nation and Air Nomads) and in the spirit realm, ensuring that the world remains in balance, a balance threatened by Fire Nation’s war. With the help of a waterbender named Katara and his brother Sokka, Aang begins a journey to find teachers in helping him to control the four elements to prepare for the incoming war against Fire Nation. Standing against them is Fire Nation’s ambitious Admiral, Zhao and the vanished prince of Fire Nation, Zuko who seeks to capture Aang to regain his honor.

Aang will be played by Noah Ringer, Sokka to Jackson Rathbone; Katara to Nicola Peltz; and Zuko to Jesse McCartney. Isaac Jin Solstein is playing an earthbending boy. Aasif Mandvi will play Commander Zhao, Shaun Toub will play Uncle Iroh, Cliff Curtis will play Fire Lord Ozai, and Keong Sim has been cast in the role of an Earthbender.

Above: Noah Ringer(click for large preview)




Links:

www.thelastairbendermovie.com/
www.imdb.com/title/tt0938283/
en.wikipedia.org/.../The_Last_Airbender/
oks.ph/movies/the-last-airbender-movie-trailer/
www.slashfilm.com/2010/02/.../the-last-airbender-movie-trailer/