The recent trend of scaling up small screen projects to the movie screen continues with M. Night Shyamalan’s version of The Last Airbender. Originally titled Avatar: The Last Airbender, the producers changed the title fearing that a much smaller, independent arthouse movie that you’ve probably never heard of might confuse moviegoers as to which Avatar they were actually going to see.
The debate surges over whether this can by Shyamalan’s return-to-form after many critics and moviegoers gave a cold reception to his last film The Happening. He’s an excellent filmmaker with serious storytelling chops. With this project he’s mining a world of stories that are beloved to many, well-developed, and sequel friendly. In his hands this could be something spectacular. Our first big peek is just below. Here’s to hoping for a knockout from one of Hollywood’s finest auteur’s.
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