The group arrives at an Earth Kingdom village controlled by the Fire Nation. Katara's pleas bring Aang out of the Avatar State. In despair, Aang enters the Avatar State and finds himself in the Spirit World where he encounters a Dragon Spirit. The trio travel to Aang's homeland at the Southern Air Temple, where Aang learns he was in the iceberg for a century and that the Fire Nation wiped out the other Air Nomads, including his guardian Monk Gyatso. Aang surrenders himself to save the village, but escapes the Fire Nation ship and flies to Appa, brought by Katara and Sokka. Zuko, the disgraced prince of the Fire Nation, detects the light from Aang's release and arrives at the Southern Water Tribe to demand the villagers hand over the Avatar: the only person capable of manipulating, or "bending", all four elements of air, water, earth, and fire. Breaking into the iceberg releases a beam of light and reveals a 12-year-old boy named Aang and his pet flying bison Appa. Sokka and his younger sister Katara, who live in the Southern Water Tribe, discover an unusual iceberg. The Last Airbender was originally envisioned as the first of a trilogy of films based on the three seasons of the series, but due to the negative backlash and disappointing box office performance of the film, the planned trilogy was ultimately scrapped.Ī century has passed since the Fire Nation declared war on the other three nations of air, water, and earth in their attempt to conquer the world. Produced on a $150 million budget, the film grossed $131 million domestically and $319 million worldwide. The film was lambasted by critics, audiences and fans of the animated series who criticized the screenplay, acting, direction, casting, effects, editing, action sequences, story, unfaithfulness to the source material, characters, and 3D conversion, and was named the worst film of 2010 and even one of worst films of all time by several publications. The Last Airbender premiered in New York City on June 30, 2010, and was theatrically released in United States the following day. The name Avatar was dropped from the title to avoid confusion with James Cameron's 2009 film Avatar. Post-production began in August and took several months due to extensive visual effects. Filming began on March 2009 and ended on September 2009, with a preliminary schedule held in Greenland for two weeks, and the rest of the film were shot in major locations across Pennsylvania, United States. The film tells the story of Aang, a young Avatar who must master all four elements of air, water, fire and earth and restore balance to the world while stopping the Fire Nation from conquering the Water Tribes and the Earth Kingdom.ĭevelopment for the film began in January 2007, and the casting and pre-production process happened during 2008. Based on the first season of the Nickelodeon animated television series Avatar: The Last Airbender, the film stars Noah Ringer as Aang, with Dev Patel, Nicola Peltz and Jackson Rathbone playing Prince Zuko, Katara and Sokka. Night Shyamalan, produced by Nickelodeon Movies and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The Last Airbender is a 2010 American action- adventure fantasy film written, co-produced and directed by M.
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