THE LAST AIRBENDER Trailer and Shyamalan Goes 3-D

From Apple (via Trailer Addict) comes this exciting new feature trailer for M. Night Shyamalan’s upcoming fantasy THE LAST AIRBENDER.

Air, Water, Earth, Fire. Four nations tied by destiny when the Fire Nation launches a brutal war against the others. A century has passed with no hope in sight to change the path of this destruction. Caught between combat and courage, Aang (Noah Ringer) discovers he is the lone Avatar with the power to manipulate all four elements. Aang teams with Katara (Nicola Peltz), a Waterbender, and her brother, Sokka (Jackson Rathbone), to restore balance to their war-torn world.

Last week The Hollywood Reporter posted the story that Paramount and Shyamalan would be converting the film to 3-D with the help from a company called Stereo D, the same company that worked on the conversion of James Cameron’s AVATAR. According to Variety, Paramount is expecting a huge payday and once Shyamalan saw some of the conversion work done on his film and gave the go-ahead, the studio shelled out the extra $5 to $10 million. After the news broke, AIRBENDER’s producer, Frank Marshall, confirmed the 3-D upgrade on Twitter (http://twitter.com/LeDoctor):

We have been looking at the 3-D for months. The movie was designed to take advantage of the conversion and the filmmakers will supervise.

Good. I’m all for it, especially seeing this will be the director’s first foray into the 3-D world. Look for THE LAST AIRBENDER and discover your element on July 2, 2010.

Courtesy: Trailer Addict