FIRST LOOK

HOLY SHIT he looks like he's 5 years old. This is interesting to say the least.

Er.... what!?!? Crap cast!

WHAT THE HELL IS UP WITH THAT KID? HE LOOKS LIKE HE'S 5!!!!

FAIL.

This is a fictional land based on a children's cartoon. Yes it has eastern inspiration but nowhere is it noted that all the actors are specifically east Asian. Everything regarding this movie is looking good so far. Hope the trailer will be exciting enough to garner more attention.

Hmm basing off of how comfortable and focused he looks in that picture I would say he's going to do fine in this movie

This definitely isn't going to be Dragonball/Street Fighter, guys. Just look at the director and the producers alone. Two of the producers have produced more than half of Spielberg's movies, one of them is the highest grossing producers of all time for that reason. The creators of the show are producers, aswell.. The cast is solid, too, aside from the fact everyone wants to bitch about their races. Get over it, really.. kids movie. Honestly, it's not like the show comes out once and claims that the races from any of the 4 nations are based on any real life races. Similiarities are similarities, and nothing more. The Last Airbender trilogy will be fine, and when it turns out fine everyone that's bitching about races or other issues will jump on the bandwagon, as well.

It's not even anime, which is probably why everyone thinks the characters are supposed to be asian. It's not an asian show. It's a us-produced animated show made to look like anime. Farmed out to an asian animation studio? Maybe. I doubt it, but maybe. Some of teh hellboy stuff was animated in japan or korea, iir... regardless, from what I know, two of the characters are supposed to be some sort of Inuit race and I think that's about as much as they say. There might be some asian decor and shit, but honestly I think that's just the US production team getting desperate for any sort of asian shit they can throw into the show, cause you know the kids all love that asian shit.

I dunno, doesn't look like the show close enough

Yes #3 you took the words out of my mouth. His head looks photoshopped onto his body! These pictures look stupid.

I have to agree with #3 and #20. It does look kinda fake.

oh my god some of you people are the biggest cry baby losers ever . This looks fine. Hell Im surprised at how good it looks . No there not supposed to be asian it never said that in the cartoon and was never hinted at that . Get over it people quit crying it's not like any of you bitching about this make movies so shut up you cant do better . It's fine to have creative critisim but you people just bitch at the first chance .

People are basing their opinions on Shyamalan's past work and not the concept or photos seen above which is trivial and nieve. I'm willing to give M Night another shot in a different genre after being typecasted and never being able to live up to the expectations people had for him after The Sixth Sense. This could be the perfect project for him to break back into the industry and if Patel is interested then something tells me it's a badass script because he had his choice of projects after Slumdog.

According to this website this P.O.S has reserved the 4th of July weekend next year for its release. What kind of world do we like in where this is true?! Someone please tell me that is a mistake.

Everyone seems to be passing on the fact that its MNS involved with this... Like everyone suddenly forgot how horrible the happening was... The dude has been enjoying his own farts so much that its made him retarded.

I love how people that don't know anything about the cartoon are upset over the casting. Avatar is all about hindu and budist ideology. If you had to drop the show somewhere on Earth, it would be right smack in the middle of Euro-Asia. Whites, black, indian, asians. All nationalities wouuld be in that area. The pics look great. Can't wait to watch what MNS does with this. The man has crashed and burned before, but so has Spielberg. A.I. anyone.(I liked it, but know most people did not)

First off, Avatar is not an anime, it originated in the United States. They took elements from , Chinese, Japanese and Western culture. It is never stated that the characters are Asian,(and please don't say they are jst because of their names). Also in a lot of anime, they purposely make the characters look white, so for those anime's that do make there characters white, it only make since to have a white actor for a movie version. Examples... Cowboy bebop, Big O, Lupin the third, Ghost in the shell, etc.

@33. Now its Jackson Rathbone, Jasper from Twilight.

WHAT A TWISTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT -i just had to say that

#39 Except it's Dev Patel, who isnt bad ass looking at all.

ok so ive been dissing dev patel he looks better than i expected still animated zuko is HOT HOT HOT (he also had a real HOT voice) yes im in love with a cartoon character

It's funny how everyone says that the show is American, so it's OK to have an all white leading cast. Last I heard, there were plenty of Asian Americans in the US. Also there are about 15 million Asian Americans in the US. That said, despite the fact that all websites for the cartoon including the Nickelodeon site say that this show is based in an "Asian mythological land," all the main characters are white fighting those evil people of color. In the cartoon, the fire benders were the most pale, and the water tribe people, now played by white characters, had dark skin. It's crazy how Hollywood is trying to show how ethnically diverse this cast is, but all the people of color are the bad guys while the white guys are all good people.

dam it, i just want to kill myslef.

The movie is looking good,it looks like they are gonna stick to the plot.

wow you people really know nothing about this show. From the looks of things M. Knight is nailing everything. the kid (aang) is only 12 in the show that's why they went with a young kid and they aren't "supposed" to be asian. Coming from someone who became instantly obsessed with this show after watching the first episode, I think so far so good. I encourage all of you to watch the show to get a better understanding of how epic this trilogy can really be. This has the potential to be one of the best trilogies of all time the story is already there now it's up to M. Knight to take it from a cartoon to live action. I'm freaking excited!!!!

While it is true that Avatar is an American show and it is never expressly stated that any of the characters are Asian, I think it's a bit naive to try to claim that the ruling family of the Fire Nation don't all look Chinese. Take a good look at Zuko, Azula, Ozai, and Uncle. Those roles should never have been given to people outside the culture they were meant to emulate. That is a real travesty, coming from a huge Avatar fan.

Clearly some of you are just ignorant and know nothing about the show. I am specifically talking about the idiots who continue to used the tired excuse that just because the show is American and it is never mentioned in the show that the characters are Asain, that that must mean they're not. Try taking your logic and applying it to real life, it doesn't work. I'm African American ethnically and culturally. So even if I never mentioned what I was, believe me, no one would mistake me for anything else. In the movie of my life, they wouldn't cast Angelina Jolie as me simply because I never once came out and said "Oh, and I'm Black by the way," then proceed to cast George Lopez as my father in the name of "diversity". So here you have a show based on ASAIN culture, with characters who look the entire spectrum of ASAIN from very pale to very dark, with ASAIN names, ASAIN themes, and ASASIN mythology yet somehow casting all of the main hero's White is ingenious casting.

I just recently fell in love with this show after pushing myself to watch more than the first 4 episodes. Because I just didn't want to put that much time into it. But after I watched the first season I had no problem finding time to watch the entire series. It's an incredible story that just rivets with eastern culture and Asian references and influences. There seems to be a-lot of controversy concerning race and I respect their concerns. I can't say that I agree with you. When I first watched Avatar it was clear that the water tribe resembled Eskimo people who trace their lineage to Asia. The Air Tribe resembles Buddhism and Hinduism which racially can be seen as either Asian or more Indian. The 4 nations have identifiable characteristics that separate them from each other. With the Earth and Fire Kingdom being an exception who are clearly both Asian. These arbitrary lines we draw between the actors and their roles is pretty blurry. If an American Indian was to go to china it wouldn't be hard to confuse him with an Asian native. Same holds true for Mexican Americans. Some people who are distantly related by racial generations can be confused for something completely different. But because of political correctness and a feeling of authenticity we wont allow the idea of someone who is or is not probably very distantly related to a certain ethnicity to play the part of a character. In-fact some are so blinded by a persons origins that we forget that they actually looks the part. Example the kid playing Aang looks exactly like his cartoon counterpart. THAT is why he was cast. Not that because of racism which I'm sure happens often but in this case it was more or less the availability of a kid that looks the part of a bald monk that is trained in martial arts. The real problem was probably the availability of actors. At least he looks legitimate unlike Tom Cruise in the last samurai. If it's the fact you feel betrayed by the fact that they insulted Asian culture by letting a white boy from Texas play the part. You are free to feel that way. But they are actors and bring glory to the stories and influences of Asian culture. So for that some should be thankful not spiteful. I know that people are angry and think that I'm wrong. I would love to hear why. Maybe I can learn from what you guys need to say? Anyway, I wait and see if this director does the series justice and love the level of gritty realism it's allowed to get to sometimes. Hopefully the actors do well and this show succeeds.

i had such high expectations for this movie and these pictures let me down =( the kid looks fine i don't really care what race they are.. saying an actor wont do because hes not of a race is racism because we are all people and good actors are just people... just look, all people im not saying you should except everyone like pussys or there would be no difference in anyone but i saw slumdog million-whatever is was touching but i love zuko and you have to pull off sumthing to make me except you as zuko i thought jessie mcicarty had gotten the role anyway when did they swich to him? so far these pics look like crap -the kid looks like he got that oufit at a holloween store cuz its vary clean and loose fitted -'zuko' looks really cheesy and unless the filming, graphics, and acting are great it will be hard to make this great like the cartoon and how is a vampire going to play a comic relief character???

the story of the avatar originates from hindu culture why the cartoon made them chinese idontknow and now they decide to screw it up even more. lol zuko and aang look like fags . aang looks like a bigger fag. i guess the fire lord will also be indian??? why isnt the avatar indian??? why do there clothes look like it came from the costume isle at walmart?? and why does that kid look so serious like he can fight when hes a girl. m night syhamalan why not make the avatar seem real i mean we already seen the cartoon get on unbreakable 2 and leave aang alone

im reading some of the comments back from may and its utterly ridiculous. "the show didn't imply that the characters are asian". Are you all fucking high? Look at the fucking surrounding. How many white buddhist monks do you see? Animes feature more white characters than they do asian. Look at how many different hair colored people there are in animes. This show is obviously an asian cultured based show. Zuko in the picture looks like he still has his eyebrows, game over. I saw the trailer for this yesterday when i was watching transformers and the kid looks mexican. The rest looks alright but the trailer showed almost no material since its only a teaser. Really dissapointed in these casts of remakes of shows. Accuracy is key when you're doing a remake of ANYTHING. Imagine if they made katara and her brother black, then watch EVERYBODY complain. Hey they were dark skinned in the show right? noone implied they werent black. stupid morons!

yeah, we should also have a remake of the alamo and have the whites played by arabs, blacks by asians, and mexicans by whites. oh yeah and have a european history movie in which all the characters r black. GOD, U PPL R FUCKING RETARDED.

Airbender has a mystic asian feel to it (by asian I mean Chinese, Korean, Japanese etc...) but now the main character is caucasian and the only ethnic character is East Indian...it's a totally different culture...I know I won't be watching this- it will probably erase the characteristics that the cartoon characters have brought to life for me in the animated version.- race shouldn't be an issue with casting and if race wasn't an issue, I'm sure that most people who loved the cartoon would have chosen the cast differently.

ang looks different from the tv series!! he kind-da looks like a freak,why?????? he should a look more cool well i guess u can't change it.... BEST LUCK ON THE MOVIe though (hope it is cool)

Jesus, my brother just told me about this. I hoped he was joking...... wtf is wrong with Night? i mean he has had some good movies in the past, like unbreakable. But i am so disipointed that he would even contemplate making something like this. It will MURDER his reputation more than "Lady in the Water" did. Enough said, this movie will suck balls more than the Dragon Ball movie did. Some things just should not be forged into movies.....THIS BEING ONE OF THEM!!!!! ---Your Moms a Horde!!!---

VIN DIESEL FOR COMBUSTION MAN!!!

Uhhmmm...The last time I checked the country of India is in Asia. So, casting Indians is casting Asians. I know that fans of this cartoon are concerned about sticking to the story. But, it's probably nice to just try to enjoy it for the live action that it is. I was a fan of The Flinstones. When they made a live action film I was a little disappointed in the casting of Barney, but I looked at it anyway....lol In other words, there are more serious things going on in the world.

The film is going to be an outstanding film. Night shyamalan is an amazing & creative director I love him & i love his films.

When is the Official Trailer coming!!!!!!!????? i wanna see if Night. has changed a lil bit in his work...Come on! i am a lil mad that Dev is playing zuko..no resemblance really...and that i hope katara and saka characters got a tan b4 filmin....and i hope the film somewhat closely follows the series...I am praying this movie doesn't suck cause its a really good animated series and i dont want parents and other ppl who never seen this film to think bad about it...come on Night. plz do good in this one..

I have seen a few episodes of Avatar (not the James Cameron film - even tho' that movie is AWESOME), Avatar: the last airbender and i believe i was waiting to see my feature movie presentation (Surrogates) and i saw the upcoming film previews for The Last Airbender and i was like "WHOA!! Cool!!! I cant wait for this film to come out! I believe M. Night will DO this movie justice for twenty-ten! Btw, when the movie comes out and i see it in theatres AND IS a AWESOME film, oh BEST believe i will have this in my movie collection for sure!!!!

#80 There is a website called "Watch Avatar Online" where you can find all the Avatar Anime episodes and watch them for free, start to finish. Please watch them all, you wont regret it. At least when the first movie comes out, you'll know exactly whats going on. Just as an added warning, you cant watch too many episodes at a time and two of them had glitches the last time i checked. They are Book 1:water-Warriors of Kyoshi and Book 2: Earth- The Earth King. Other than that, enjoy ;]

I LOVED IT!!!! Then again, not many people actually knew about this show previously. Especially not many of the reviewers. Most people who rated or wrote reviews already went into it either; A) not liking anime or anime-esk shows or; B) not appreciating M. Night Shyamalan's diverse eye. Keep in mind, if you are not a fan of the show, you obviously don't know that it's 20 Episodes smashed into a short movie.. There was only so much that could be addressed.. To still achieve a just worthy portayal, he worked with the producers of the show and selected the most shaping scenes.. Not to mention, he and his family are HUGE fans of the series.. He also cast people we haven't seen before or seen much of.. (I'm thankful) but because of this, it's safe to assume they have not had much screen time--the kids anyway. I wouldn't expect every movie to be acted well.. It seemed aimless in some respects...okay, most. But overall, true fans appreciated the attempt. *First time actor: Noah Ringer (Aang). The other kids started between '05-'06.* But there is also the fact that they had to pull from limited monologe to stay true to the series. In some fan-based terms--a terrible attempt. In my eyes--decent attempt. Better than we'll probably ever see. I mean lets face it... Who gives Anime or fans the time of day? Not many and not much! (I know Avatar: The Last Airbender isn't "anime". It's Anime-ESK.) I figure, it's left to opinion; but most people, fans or not, expect way too much--that's mine.