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First Look: The Cast of The Last Airbender
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... Entertainment Weekly reports that M. Night Shyamalan has found the cast for The Last Airbender, the live-action adaptation of the popular Nickelodeon anime-inspired series Avatar. ...
The Last Airbender casting
Filmstalker —
TheLastAirbender.jpg The first casting has appeared for M. Night Shyamalan's The Last Airbender, and it looks like the film is going for newcomers and casting young unknowns in the various roles. There are some major casting announcements already made and they may seem rather surprising as there's not a big star amongst them. The lead role of the hero Aang and his friend Sokka have been chosen and the character of the evil Prince Zuko is in negotiations. According to Hollywood Insider Aang, the twelve year old ...
Twilight Vampire Sucked Into M. Night's Last Airbender
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Twilight Vampire Sucked Into M. Night's Last Airbender M. Night Shyamalan has just locked up the cast for his next movie, The Last Airbender . No his actors will not be plants, or in the case of Mark Wahlberg blocks of wood. The Last Airbender is based on an Emmy winning anime series which airs on Nickelodeon, about a world full of people who use martial arts and manipulate the elements. Most of you have never heard of it, and according to EW youll also have never heard of his cast. Hes filling the movie mostly with unknowns. The movies star, Aang, will be played by a ...
Avatar Casting
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... Entertainment Weekly reports that M. Night Shyamalan has cast the major roles for The Last Airbender, his big screen version of the Nickelodeon series Avatar: The Last Airbender (Avatar was dropped from the film’s title to avoid confusion with James Cameron’s long-aborning Avatar, which will be seen in theaters sometims in the 21st century). Here’s the news from EW: ...
Shyamalan Casts The Last Airbender
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... live-action film based on the popular Nickelodeon series. Entertainment Weekly reports the casting, which is filled with relative unknowns. ...
M. Night Shyamalan Finally Casts The Last Airbender
FirstShowing.net —
... Although we haven't been actively following the project, M. Night Shyamalan's big screen adaptation of the Nickelodeon cartoon series Avatar: The Last Airbender has been gaining buzz due to its enormous fanbase. Entertainment Weekly claims to finally have the casting details for the film, which includes a handful of young and fairly unknown actors. But as always, we know that Shyamalan claims to want to find the right actors, not big names, and thus he seems to have chosen a few that fit the roles. Paramount is still developing this feature as ...
Shyamalan casts ‘The Last Airbender’
We Are Movie Geeks —
... According to Entertainment Weekly, yours truly’s favorite director, M. Night Shyamalan, has done principal casting for ‘The Last Airbender’. ...
Jesse McCartney and Jackson Rathbone Among 'The Last Airbender' Cast
Aceshowbiz.com - Entertainment News —
Pop singer Jesse McCartney is in talks to join the ensemble, and the Jasper Hale of 'Twilight', Jackson Rathbone, allegedly has been asked to play Aang's friend, Sokka, in 'The Last Airbender'. Writer/director M. Night Shyamalan has reportedly found his cast ensemble for " The Last Airbender . In a casting report, Entertainment Weekly claimed that Jesse McCartney and Jackson Rathbone's names have popped out in the cast ensemble list for the live-action adaptation of animation series "Avatar: The Last Airbender". While McCartney, the "Leavin'" singer who ...
Cast Selected For Shyamalan’s ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’
Screen Rant —
... but overall it was pretty incredible and it is on my list of greatest cartoons ever.
That being said, similar to my thoughts on the new Dragonball Evolution trailer, this will be very difficult to translate into live-action. Shyamalan’s recent track record hasn’t exactly been stellar, so I am eager to see if he can pull this off.
The first installment of The Last Airbender is due out on the big screen July 2, 2010.
Source: Entertainment Weekly
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M. Night Shyamalan Paints ‘The Last Airbender’ White
Film School Rejects —
... Entertainment Weekly is rolling with news that M. Night’s live-action film of the popular Nickelodeon cartoon will star Noah Ringer, a karate star he found in an open casting call in Texas, as the 12 year old hero, Aang. Nicola Peltz (Righteous Kill) will play his sister Katara. I can’t hate too much on those choices when I haven’t seen a ton of either actor’s work. ...
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... [image] * Entertainment Weekly's cast rumor for live actio Avatar seem to be panning out. M. Night Shyamalan's adaptation is said to include Noah Ringer as Aang, Nicola Peltz as Katara, Jesse McCartney as Zuko and Jackson Rathbone Sokka. With the cast's race being a hot button issue for many fans, Jackson Rathbone hasn't don't the project any favors ...
M. Night Shyamalan’s Cast for THE LAST AIRBENDER
Daemon's Movies —
... At the time of EW’s article Jesse McCartney was in negotiation to play Ang’s nemesis, Zuko, the Fire Nation’s evil prince. But it has all changed now, since the part has been recast. ...
