Posts Tagged ‘Dev Patel’
New Last Airbender Cast Pictures: Aang, Zuko, Sokka and Katara
Monday, July 13th, 2009 by SpecterNew 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.
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- Dev Patel as Zuko
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- Noah Ringer as Aang
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- Nicola Peltz as Katara
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- Jackson Rathbone as Sokka
Images Courtesy Last Airbender Fans, Herr-Der-Elemente.de
“Airbender” Trilogy could take Six Years to Complete
Monday, July 6th, 2009 by SpecterStarlog, 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.
‘Airbender’ memories: The Cast Enjoys Philadelphia
Sunday, July 5th, 2009 by SpecterThursday 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.
M. Night talks The Last Airbender
Monday, June 29th, 2009 by SpecteriF 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.
New Photo of Dev Patel as Zuko Revealed
Saturday, May 23rd, 2009 by Specter
Thanks to Last Airbender Fans for the pic!
That style of helmet is not exclusive to The Lord of the Rings. It’s actually a common style of helmet from many points in history.
First Look at Aang and Zuko in The Last Airbender
Thursday, May 21st, 2009 by SpecterHere it is, the moment we’ve all been waiting for. Pick up a copy of USA Today this Friday. It’s the first time we see Noah Ringer as Aang and Dev Patel as Zuko!
Here’s Noah Ringer as Aang:
Here’s Dev Patel as Zuko:
Dev Patel is Zuko in The Last Airbender
Sunday, February 1st, 2009 by Specter
“Slumdog Millionaire” star Dev Patel has joined the cast of M. Night Shyamalan’s “The Last Airbender,” the Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Films live-actioner based on a Nick TV series.
Dev Patel will is set to play Zuko, a member of the Fire Nation. Jessica Jade Andres has been cast as the Earth Kingdom’s representative, Suki.
Jesse McCartney was knocked out of the role of Zuko by scheduling, much to the relief of Avatar fans everywhere. Jackson Rathbone, who is playing Sokka, managed to work around a conflict with “New Moon,” the sequel to Twilight.
Patel joins newcomer Noah Ringer (Aang), Nicola Peltz (Katara), Jackson Rathbone and Jessica Jade Andres. Production begins in mid-March in Greenland.
In casting Patel and Ringer, a director accustomed to delivering plot twists to audiences got some surprises of his own. Ringer is a complete unknown who was tapped for the title role off an Internet audition. Patel, meanwhile, steps into a role that Jesse McCartney had all but locked up until the actor’s second career as a musician got in the way.
“Jesse had tour dates that conflicted with a boot camp I always hold on my films, and where the actors here have to train for martial arts,” Shyamalan said.
Patel was “already one of the guys I was interested in. Then I saw ‘Slumdog Millionaire,’ and the kid just grew in my eyes,” he said.
Tyro thesp Ringer will play Aang, the film’s lead, who is the last of a race of people who can manipulate the elements of air.
Ringer, a 12-year-old from Texas, landed the part after demonstrating his martial arts skills in an Internet vid that he posted to a website Shyamalan set up for open virtual auditions.
-via Variety
More Information
-Listen to Patel talk to NPR about Slumdog Millionaire
-Updated The Last Airbender Cast List
-Our sister site Last Airbender Fans
Also of note: Patel is a Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do!
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