First Images from Shyamalan’s ‘Last Airbender’

What is it going to take to get M. Night back to his original glory?   I know, with the dwindling returns from his last couple of movies, people are even going back to his earlier works and claiming they aren’t as good as originally thought.   Personally, I still love everything the guy did before ‘Lady in the Water,’ and ‘The Last Airbender’ could just be what he needs to get him back to making great movies.

Today, we bring you these two pics from the film.   They come to us courtesy of USA Today.   In addition to the above pic of Dev Patel as Zuko, a firebender, we have this pic of Noah Ringer as Aang, the lead character.

Check it out:

Evidently, Ringer’s nickname at school was “Avatar,” because he looked so much like the main character of the cartoon series.   Like the series’ lead character, Ringer keeps his head shaved for martial arts.

“It keeps me cool when I’m doing tae kwon do,” Ringer says.

‘The Last Airbender’ is set for release on July 2nd, 2010.   It is a planned first entry of a trilogy of films.

Source: USA Today