M. Night Shyamalan Fans

Actress Mischa Barton, best known for her role in the hit teen television series “The OC,” has been hospitalized after being taken from her home by police, according to US media.

Police officers were first called to Barton’s home Wednesday “for a medical issue,” said Los Angeles Police Department spokesman Richard French.

“No arrests were made and no one else was involved.”

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Wow, I can’t wait to see this split up into four separate images of bending!

The upper left quadrant features Aang, airbending.  The upper right quadrant features Zuko firebending.  The lower left quadrant features Katara waterbending, and Sokka standing beside her.  And the lower right quadrant features a mystery earthbender, who is potentially Bumi!

See a larger version at Last Airbender Fans

New cast pictures have surfaced of each of the primary cast members from The Last Airbender.  I’ll post comparison shots later, but for now, here are the four shots.

Images Courtesy Last Airbender Fans, Herr-Der-Elemente.de

Starlog, a well-regarded Science Fiction magazine, has quotes from Noah Ringer, Dev Patel, director M. Night Shyamalan and producer Frank Marshall regarding The Last Airbender trilogy.  They speak about the first film in the trilogy as well as a loose outline for the filming of the trilogy.

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Thursday was wrap day for The Last Airbender, the M. Night Shyamalan action flick that spent the last three months in Philadelphia. Herewith, high points of Philly, from six actors: Young Noah Ringer, who stars as Aang, dug the food at Pietro’s Coal Oven Pizza, took in the Liberty Bell and Franklin Institute, and enjoyed a Ride the Ducks tour.

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iF MAGAZINE: What was the plan with this film and what were you trying to achieve, to re-invent yourself?

M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN: I have always wanted to develop a long mythology based franchise like THE LORD OF THE RINGS. I always thought about it, but I had, until now, never found a good one where I could also add a little bit of my personal vision. I really wanted to find a franchise where my accent could be complementary to the piece. So this was the best thing that could have happened is that I didn’t have a real agenda, but I was on the look for it and waited for the perfect situation.

I was offered other franchises, but passed. And then this one came from my own family – it was suggested by my children who loved the TV animated series. When I saw the cartoon I thought it was so well thought out in term of mythology. It had Buddhism, and martial Arts, and CGI [and it was] character based. And so I thought we could do a great job by using ILM and do something with lots of emotions and texture. I knew we could do something that wasn’t going to be just a great treat for the eyes, but also for the mind and the soul. This is my approach when it comes to getting into this type of material, to approach it through the characters and keep it grounded. It has also deeper issues at its core, it talks about Genocide and Balance, and the connection to the Planet. And you know from my other movies that I’m interested with these subject matters — it’s an important movie, not just a blockbuster summer movie.

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It’s been a long wait for the website to finally open, but I got an e-mail today that it’s finally online!  The official website of our favorite director: M. Night Shyamalan!

Visit M. Night Shyamalan’s Official Website!

It’s also the first time I’ve heard anything about the M. Night Shyamalan Foundation.

Visit the M. Night Shyamalan Foundation Website!

Here it is, at long last!

It’s the rumor that won’t quit. It’s been persistent since the release of Unbreakable back in November of 2000, but from what Night is saying, even though the plan originally called for a trilogy, it seems that Night didn’t really have a trilogy thought out, or perhaps he was thinking that a single sequel is enough. He mentions not having the right idea for it yet, meaning that the possibility of two more movies is a little less.

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HOLY CRAP!  The full trailer will be on Entertainment Tonight on Monday! Thanks to Last Airbender Fans for the link!