The Last Airbender has a new teaser trailer up. (Apparently) based on an animated Nickelodeon TV series, it’s directed and produced by M. Night Shyamalan.
As lame as I thought this trailer was at the beginning, I have to admit the last 5 seconds or so makes me want to watch it.
I said ‘apparently’ above as I had no clue that the source material even existed before it was announced that Shyamalan was attached to the (at that point ‘a’) film.
Starring Noah Ringer, Nicola Peltz, Jackson Rathbone, Dev Patel, Jessica Jade Andres, Aasif Mandvi, Shaun Toub, Cliff Curtis and Keong Sim, The Last Airbender is to be released on July 2nd (2010).
Synopsis:
In a world where the four elements can be controlled by people known as “Benders”, the Fire Nation is waging a ruthless, oppressive war to control the other great nations. The only hope for stopping the brutal war led by the Firebenders rests on the shoulders of a reluctant young boy named Aang (Noah Ringer). The last known survivor of the peaceful Air Nomads, also known as Airbenders, Aang is also the world’s “Avatar”. The “Avatar” is the physical re-incarnation of the world itself, with the power to manipulate all four elements. Aided by a protective teenage Waterbender named Katara (Nicola Peltz) and her bull-headed brother Sokka (Jackson Rathbone), Aang begins a perilous journey to restore balance to their war-torn world. Standing in their way are Fire Nation Admiral Zhao (Aasif Mandvi) and Prince Zuko (Dev Patel), the banished prince of the Fire Nation who seeks to capture the young Avatar to regain his honor.
