FROM MTV MOVIES: The lavish ice palace had gone silent. The Fire and Water nations were no longer waging acrobatic battle between its frosty walls, and from the snow covered steps to the blown-glass chandeliers hanging above the balconies, a beautiful tranquility had descended.
Meanwhile, the production was in full, hectic swing across town, where another massive hangar housed another set for M. Night Shyamalan's gargantuan, fantastical adventure story, "The Last Airbender." Packs of extras wearing Samurai-like battle gear wandered here and there. Workers drilled and sawed and hammered. And Shyamalan and his star, Dev Patel of "Slumdog Millionaire" fame, were in the middle of it all, filming a pivotal fight scene.
Take after take, they kept at it, kept pushing to get it perfect, until the director decided to move on. "We'll live with it," Shyamalan said with a smile as MTV News watched from the sidelines.
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The new trailer for M. Night Shyamalan's "The Last Airbender" has hit the 'Net, and we have your first look at it here on Splash Page!
Now, even though the new trailer keeps things simple and doesn't reveal too much about the story, that doesn't mean there aren't some things we can learn about Shyamalan's live-action adaptation of the award-winning animated series. Heck, we're pretty sure there are some of you out there who probably haven't even heard of "The Last Airbender" until now -- but that's going to change.
Here's a quick breakdown of "Airbender" alongside some shots from the new trailer. Consider it "Airbender 101" for the uninitiated. Read more...
M. Night Shyamalan's "The Last Airbender" doesn't hit theaters until next July, but we have your first look at the trailer here on MTV.com! (Click here for the high-definition version of the trailer.)
Set in a world full of martial arts and magic, "The Last Airbender" is a live-action adaptation of the award-winning Nickelodeon animated series "Avatar: The Last Airbender." In the series, the last survivor of a race of nomads who can "bend" air sets out to bring peace to warring nations that each control one of four elements: air, water, earth and fire. "Slumdog Millionaire" star Dev Patel stars as the villainous Prince Zuko, heir to the throne of the Fire Nation. Read more...
On the surface, it might look like M. Night Shyamalan has moved on from "Unbreakable," the director's fourth feature film. After all, he's already hip-deep in production on "The Last Airbender," his adaptation of the popular animated series -- does he really have enough room in his geek bone to revisit the moody superhero film?
During a recent press event, Shyamalan addressed that very question as put forth by MTV News -- is he still considering "Unbreakable 2"? According to the director, that answer is a resounding yes. Read more...
"Unbreakable" director M. Night Shyamalan has long declared his plans to make a movie version of "Avatar: The Last Airbender," the beloved animated series, but it's only recently that the filmmaker has actually taken his shot at the franchise.
But for those who doubted that the project would ever get off the ground, doubt no more -- USA Today has posted images from "The Last Airbender," the first film in a planned trilogy. The paper revealed two images from the movie, depicting the main character Aang and his arch-rival Prince Zuko (played by "Slumdog Millionaire" star Dev Patel). Read more...
As reported last month, recently we spoke to "Unbreakable" writer/director M. Night Shyamalan and one of the stars of the film, Samuel L. Jackson, about the possibility of a sequel to their years-before-its-time superhero movie. Well, it seems as if that sequel talk has become a popular topic of conversation with Shyamalan, as he offered up a few more thoughts about the notion of "Unbreakable 2” during a conference call regarding this week's release of "The Happening."
"I want to write it right now, but I want to write it for the right reasons," Shyamalan told reporters. "I want a story to pop into my head that is organic and expressive of who I am. You know, these are all kind of journals of where I am emotionally, so it's kind of hard. I'm kind of trying to go back to the journal that existed in 1999 for me. But I know me: As soon as I give up on it is when the idea will come to me." Read more...
Love his work or hate it, there's no denying that M. Night Shyamalan always seems to be one step ahead of the curve with his films -- from the twist no one saw coming in "The Sixth Sense," to finding new ways to scare the crap outta moviegoers with "Signs" and "The Village." And he was even years ahead of the current comic book movie boom (for better and for worse) when "Unbreakable" hit theaters in 2000.
So that being said, is it time for Shyamalan to take a step back for a change and revisit his superhero/supervillain film with a sequel, given the rampant popularity of the superhero genre?
"I tell you I get asked about it all the time, so it’s not [an idea] I ever forget," Shyamalan told MTV News. "I genuinely just asked this question the other day -- should I make 'Unbreakable 2’?"
If Shyamalan does indeed decide to revisit "Unbreakable," he'll have at least one of the original film's stars ready and willing to join up -- Samuel L. Jackson, who played the very-breakable villain, Elijah Price, in the movie. Read more...
