The Last Airbender is an upcoming 2010 Action-adventure fantasy film based on the first season of the highly successful Emmy-winning animated television series, Avatar: The Last Airbender. It is a live-action film adaptation of the animated television series produced by Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies. It is planned to be the first film in the The Last Airbender trilogy. The series, influenced by Asian art, mythology and various martial arts fighting styles, was created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, and was adapted by M. Night Shyamalan, who will also direct and produce the film along with Frank Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy, Sam Mercer and Scott Aversano. Filming began in mid-March 2009; the movie is scheduled to be released on July 2, 2010.

The film stars Noah Ringer as Aang, a reluctant hero who prefers adventure over his job as the Avatar. Aang, and his friends Katara and Sokka journey to the North Pole to find a Waterbending master to teach Aang and Katara the secrets of the craft. 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 film also stars Nicola Peltz, Jackson Rathbone, and Dev Patel.

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Directed by: M. Night Shyamalan
Produced by: Frank Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy, Sam Mercer, Scott Aversano
Written by: (Screenplay: M. Night Shyamalan), (Original Story: Michael Dante DiMartino, Bryan Konietzko)
Starring: Noah Ringer, Nicola Peltz, Jackson Rathbone, Dev Patel, Shaun Toub, Aasif Mandvi, Cliff Curtis
Music by: James Newton Howard
Cinematography: Andrew Lesnie
Editing by: Conrad Buff
Studio: Nickelodeon Movies, Kennedy/Marshall, Blinding Edge Pictures
Distributed by: Paramount Pictures
Release date(s): July 2, 2010
Country: United States
Language: English