Airbender Super Bowl Teaser!

WooHOOO!! The Avatar: The Last Airbender movie teaser that will play during the Super Bowl has been released. I am super excited! Can you spot Appa? There is a glimpse of firebending, waterbending, airbending, and earthbending. If you think this is cool, there is supposed to be a 2-minute spot coming out a week after the Super Bowl! Giddy!

2 Cool Avatar: The Last Airbender Videos

I was just searching around for some of the latest Avatar: The Last Airbender movie news, and I came across a video on youtube. Well, one thing led to another, and I ended up watching Avatar videos for an hour.

Cool Avatar Trailer:

This movie trailer is posted by Savari07 on Youtube. It’s a trailer made by a fan, featuring music from the Chronicles of Narnia. The publisher did a great job of integrating the music with the scenes from Avatar, especially the parts where the characters are talking. This video really makes me want to see the movie!

Avatar: The Last Airbender Requiem for a Dream Video

I think it’s almost a standard now that there is a “Requiem for a Dream” video produced for any hot movie. The first one I ever saw was a Lord of the Rings version, and I have been hooked ever since. I don’t know what it is about that song, but it makes me want to yell out a war cry. While the production of this avatar requiem for a dream video isn’t quite as good as the avatar movie trailer video above, the song makes up for it . I’m thinking of making my own video soon, so stay tuned for that!

Avatar Last Airbender Super Bowl Commercial

According to Advertising Age, Paramount Pictures has purchased ad time during this years Super Bowl for The Last Airbender. The commercial will probably be between 30 and 35 seconds. Avatar: The Last Airbender is scheduled to be released approximately 4 months after the commercial airs, on July 2, 2010. The Super Bowl commercial is going to kick off the hype-machine that will ensue. With 97 millions viewers last year, and as much or more expected for this year’s Super Bowl, the general public will get a great taste of what is to come.

While some of the general public will be exposed to the Last Airbender for the first time, many fans of the animated Avatar series are highly anticipating the Super Bowl commercial. There has not been much information leaked, or many live action scenes released yet. Some fans, myself included, really don’t know what to expect on July 2, 2010, when M Night Shyamalan’s film will make its debut. This commercial will at least give us a taste of what is to come!

The commercial will air some time during the Super Bowl on February 7, 2010 on CBS.

Images for Eager Avatar Airbender Fans

Avatar fans are eagerly awaiting the release of Avatar: The Last Airbender in July of 2010. LastAirbenderFans.net recently posted some images from a spread done by Empire magazine. The spread features a behind-the-scenes look at Avatar” The Last Airbender.

The images look pretty cool, but seeing these images doesn’t make up for the disappointing announcement that the newest Airbender Trailer is delayed. The images show Aang (Noah Ringer) doing some flying or floating special effects, Aang in his temple surrounded by candles (as seen in the first trailer), and a picture of M Night Shyamalan hanging out by a window.

Shyamalan’s attempt to bring the animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender to life has already had some bumps in the road. Besides the Trailer being delayed, there has been some controversy about the cast chosen by Shyamalan to represent some of the main characters. One character of particular concern has been Katara, who will be played by Nicola Peltz. Katara is pretty dark-skinned in the animated series, while Nicola Peltz is very light-skinned. Some fans are not happy with this, and are hopeful that Peltz’s performance can trump the fact that she does not look exactly like the animated Katara.

Avatar: The Last Airbender is set in a world divided by four elements; water, air, fire, and earth. There are powerful people in this world who are able to manipulate the elements. The story is about Aang, the Avatar. The Avatar can control all four elements. The Avatar’s duty is to protect the balance of the earth.

Aang fits Noah Ringer

Noah Ringer, the young man playing Aang in the M. Night Shyamalan’s Avatar: The Last Airbender, was selected to play the role of Aang in a bit of an unconventional fashion.

“Typically I’ll find the actor and then mold the part to fit the child, but this was a pre-existing character, and I had to hope that this person existed,” Shyamalan told Variety.

The search for the right child to play Aang was a long and difficult one. Shyamalan needed to find a young, accomplished martial artist. After a year-long search, Shyamalan got lucky and came across Noah Ringer. Ringer heard about an open audition through his tae kwon do club. Shyamalan remarked that he wanted Aang’s character to fit Ringer, instead of the other way around. Because the two seem to be so similar, I think it will work pretty well.

Ringer is a first-degree blackbelt who is proficient with Eastern weapons. He already had a shaved head, just like Aang. One of the things that most drew Shyamalan to Ringer was the fact that Ringer is gentle by nature. He felt it was important for the actor portraying Aang was gentle, because Aang is a lighthearted individual in the Nickelodeon series Avatar: The Last Airbender.

Airbender has Impact on Philadelphia

“The Last Airbender” helped Philadelphia generate $500 million in economic impact for 2010, according to the Greater Philadelphia Film Office.

Pennsylvania offers large tax credits to movie productions done in the state. “Avatar: The Last Airbender” is one of 11 productions that took place in Philadelphia this past year. Other films that helped the influx of $500 million include Law Abiding Citizen, and a yet-to-be-determined James L. Brooks production.

The Greater Philadelphia Film Office reports that $3 billion in economic impact has been generated by film production since 1992. This means that this one year ($500 million) represents 17% of total production spanning 16 years! You can bet that M. Night Shamylan’s “Avatar” was a huge reason for this awesome year in Philadelphia film production.