
I've never seen the critically acclaimed Nickelodeon show,
Avatar: The Last Airbender, that this film is based on, but it's only three seasons long, so I really ought to get around to it over the next year. The
USA Today article is mainly a puff piece, but the
Slashfilm article has a nice film-to cartoon character comparison. The latter article states that the teaser will be debuting with fellow Paramount tent pole spectacle
Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen.

Come what may, this is certainly a shot across the bow to everyone who complains that M. Night Shyamalan never changes his template. I'm not sure I agree with that (truth be told, his only two pure thrillers were
Signs and
The Happening), but it certainly may do him some good to direct someone else's material for a change. I still say he should try a musical. It would be slow, ponderous, filled with empathic characters, and most of the singing would happen offscreen. Anyway,
The Last Airbender opens July 2nd, 2010.
Scott Mendelson