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- Products: The Last Airbender
- Franchises: Avatar: The Last Airbender
- Associated Features: Summer Movies for Men
- Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Notable Characters: Aang, Prince Zuko
- Cast Members: Aasif Mandvi, Cliff Curtis, Dev Patel, Jackson Rathbone, Nicola Peltz, Noah Ringer
- Producer: Bryan Konietzko, Frank Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy
- Writer: M. Night Shyamalan
- Director: M. Night Shyamalan
- Studio: Paramount Pictures
Were you just watching Entertainment Tonight? If so, then you just saw the same kick-ass thing I did. And I’m not talking about Mary Hart’s hair.
The teaser for M. Night Shyamalan’s The Last Airbender just debuted and I am impressed.
I can not tell a lie – I have only trace knowledge of the show, but a lot of people I respect are absolutely nuts for it. I can say that I am ready for M. Night to sink his teeth into a big fat fantasy franchise, strut his stuff and redeem himself after the nightmare that was The Happening.
The trailer, which I'm sure will make its way onto the web by tomorrow morning, opens in a room full of candles. Kinda like the Police video for “Wrapped Around My Finger” for you VH-1 Classic fans out there. There’s a dude in a cloak doing some badass martial arts moves that are so intense that they blow out some of the candles. At least that’s what I thought was happening until I realized that he was bending the air. I guess that’s what the Airbender does. (And this guy may be the last of them!)
Anyway, the cloaky guy pulls down to reveal: he’s just a kid! And he’s bald! He’s like the Star Wars Kid if he was awesome instead of a national disgrace.
We then pull back to reveal The Northern Air Temple under aerial bombardment of the Fire Nation Navy.
Okay, I had to ask some of my Airbending friends what those things were called. But if this movie turns out as cool as this teaser trailer, I may become one of those people myself.
