The Last Airbender | |
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Directed by | M. Night Shyamalan |
Written by | Screenplay: M. Night Shyamalan Original story: Michael Dante DiMartino Bryan Konietzko |
Produced by | M. Night Shyamalan Frank Marshall Kathleen Kennedy Sam Mercer Scott Aversano |
Starring | Noah Ringer Dev Patel Nicola Peltz Jackson Rathbone Shaun Toub Aasif Mandvi Cliff Curtis |
Cinematography | Andrew Lesnie |
Edited by | Conrad Buff |
Music by | James Newton Howard |
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Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release dates | New York City premiere: June 30, 2010 United States: July 2, 2010 |
Running time | 103 minutes[1] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $150,000,000[2] |
Box office | $198,691,000[3][4] |
The Last Airbender is a 2010 American adventure fantasy movie released on 2 July 2010.[5] It is a live-action movie adaptation based on the first season of the Avatar: The Last Airbender. The movie stars Noah Ringer as Aang, the main hero of the story. Aang and his friends, Katara and Sokka, journey to the North Pole to find a Waterbending master to teach Aang and Katara how control the water. At the same time, Fire Lord Ozai, the current Fire Lord of the Fire Nation, is waging a seemingly endless war against the Earth Kingdom, the Water Tribes, and the already vanquished Air Nomads. The movie also stars Nicola Peltz, Jackson Rathbone, and Dev Patel.
The first of a planned trilogy, The Last Airbender was created by Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies.[6] Development for a movie began in 2007; it was adapted into a movie by M. Night Shyamalan, who also directed and produced. Other producers include Frank Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy, Sam Mercer and Scott Aversano.[7] The series from which it was adapted (the first season of Avatar: The Last Airbender) was created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko. Filming began in mid-March 2009; the movie was released in both traditional two-dimensional projectors, as well as in 3D (using the RealD 3D format).[8][9][10]
The Last Airbender was made for $150 million and marketed with a budget of $130 million, making total costs at least $280 million.[2] Other estimates put the cost between $100 million and $110 million, while various news sources reported the whole Last Airbender trilogy would be made for around $250 million.[11][12] Premiering in New York City on 30 June, 2010, it opened in the USA the following day, grossing an estimated $16 million.[13][14] The movie had extremely negative reviews and is widely considered to be one of the worst movies of all time. It won 5 razzies in 2011, including Worst Picture and Worst Eye-Gouging Mis-Use of 3D.