The Last Airbender

The Last Airbender
Directed byM. Night Shyamalan
Written byScreenplay:
M. Night Shyamalan
Original story:
Michael Dante DiMartino
Bryan Konietzko
Produced byM. Night Shyamalan
Frank Marshall
Kathleen Kennedy
Sam Mercer
Scott Aversano
StarringNoah Ringer
Dev Patel
Nicola Peltz
Jackson Rathbone
Shaun Toub
Aasif Mandvi
Cliff Curtis
CinematographyAndrew Lesnie
Edited byConrad Buff
Music byJames Newton Howard
Production
companies
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release dates
New York City premiere:
June 30, 2010 (2010-06-30)
United States:
July 2, 2010 (2010-07-02)
Running time
103 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
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.

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  9. Stephenson, Hunter (April 15, 2008). "M. Night Shyamalan's The Last Airbender Gets Release Date, Director Update, "Avatar" Dropped From Title". /FILM. Archived from the original on September 1, 2017. Retrieved June 29, 2008.
  10. Schuker, Lauren A.E. (April 22, 2010). "'The Last Airbender' to Get 3-D Treatment". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved April 24, 2010.
  11. "Iron Man 2 leads the charge this summer: Rediff.com Movies". Movies.rediff.com. 2010-05-04. Retrieved 2010-06-08.
  12. "Four more land 'Airbender' roles". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 2009-04-05. Retrieved 2010-08-17.
  13. "'Eclipse' Dips on Thursday, 'Airbender' Debuts Solidly". Box Office Mojo. 2010-02-07. Retrieved 2010-07-02.
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