The studio just released this brand new teaser poster for the upcoming film “The Last Airbender”, based on the hit Nickelodeon cartoon series “Avatar: The Last Airbender”. “The Last Airbender” by director M. Night Shyamalan (The Happening) stars Jackson Rathbone (The Twilight Saga: New Moon), Dev Patel (Slumdog Millionaire), Cliff Curtis (Push) and Seychelle Gabriel (The Spirit).
Synopsis: The film is set in a fantasy world where the four elements of earth, air, water, and fire can be controlled through martial arts called bending, and the ruthless flame-manipulating Fire Nation is waging war to control the other nations of the world. At the same time a young boy named [...]

The first look at “The Last Airbender”, the live-action adaptation of the hit Nickelodeon cartoon series “Avatar: The Last Airbender”, is online now. You can see the trailer below, courtesy of the film’s producers.
The film follows the journey of a young boy named Aang, a member of the Air Nomad tribe, who have power over the wind called airbending. The last airbender, Aang is the Avatar, a physical representation of the world he lives in and able to bend all the elements around him, not just air but also fire, earth, and water. As the brutal firebending Fire Nation seeks him out to destroy him and conquer [...]

Slashfilm has a brand-new picture from the upcoming M. Night Shyamalan adaptation of the Nickelodon cartoon “Avatar: The Last Airbender”. You can see the picture of Dev Patel as the fire-manipulating Prince Zuko below.
“The Last Airbender” stars Noah Ringer as Aang, Dev Patel as Zuko, Nicola Peltz as Katara, Jackson Rathbone (The Twilight Saga: New Moon) as Sokka, Cliff Curtis as Ozai, Shaun Taub as Iroh, and Aasif Mandvi as Zhao. Based roughly on the first season of the cartoon, the film follows named Aang, a wind manipulator called an Airbender and last of his kind. He and his friends set out to stop the [...]

Coming to us via cellphone no doubt, here’s a brand new set photo from the upcoming film “The Last Airbender”, based on the hit Nickelodeon cartoon series “Avatar: The Last Airbender”. “The Last Airbender” by director M. Night Shyamalan (The Happening) stars Jackson Rathbone (The Twilight Saga: New Moon), Dev Patel (Slumdog Millionaire), Cliff Curtis (Push) and Seychelle Gabriel (The Spirit).
Synopsis: The film is set in a fantasy world where the four elements of earth, air, water, and fire can be controlled through martial arts called bending, and the ruthless flame-manipulating Fire Nation is waging war to control the other nations of the world. At the same time [...]

USA Today has some exclusive pics from the live-action adaptation of “The Last Airbender”, based on the hit Nickelodeon cartoon series “Avatar: The Last Airbender”. You can check the pics out of Noah Ringer as Aang and Dev Patel as Zuko below.
The film is set in a fantasy world where the four elements of earth, air, water, and fire can be controlled through martial arts called bending, and the ruthless flame-manipulating Fire Nation is waging war to control the other nations of the world. At the same time a young boy named Aang, the last surviving wind manipulator or Airbender and is also the Avatar, the physical incarnation [...]

The hit films “Twilight” and “Slumdog Millionaire” get ready to battle it out as MTV: Music Television announces this year’s final nominees for the “2009 MTV Movie Awards.” Pitting Hollywood vampires against the Mumbai slums, the movies’ rabid fans proved their loyalty as they sent both flicks to the head of the cinematic pack with each film receiving nominations in six award categories including “BEST MOVIE,” “BEST KISS” and “BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE MALE.”
MTV will up the cinematic fun quotient this year by debuting the two new categories “BEST SONG FROM A MOVIE” and “BEST WTF MOMENT.” Fans will get the chance to vote on such movie soundtrack hits as “The [...]

2009 OSCAR WINNERS
Best Picture - Slumdog Millionaire
Best Actor - Sean Penn - Milk
Best Actress - Kate Winslet - The Reader
Best Supporting Actor - Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
Best Supporting Actress - Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Best Director - Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire
Best Original Screenplay - Dustin Lance Black - Milk
Best Adapted Screenplay - Simon Beaufoy - Slumdog Millionaire
Best Animated Feature - Wall-E
Best Animated Short Film - La Maison De Petits Cubes
Best Live Action Short Film – Spielzeugland
Best Foreign Language Film – Departures
Best Documentary – Man on Wire
Best Documentary Short Film – Smile Pinki
Achievement in Art Direction – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Achievement In Costume Design - [...]

Actor Dev Patel has officially joined the cast of M. Night Shyamalan’s new film The Last Airbender.
Patel, who has recently gained attention from his role in Slumdog Millionaire, will star in the Paramount- and Nickelodeon-produced film alongside newcomer Noah Ringer, Nicola Peltz, Jackson Rathbone and Jessica Jade Andres.
Production on the television series adaptation begins in mid-March in Greenland.
It’s also reported that Patel is taking over for the role that singer/actor Jesse McCartney was set to play 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 [...]

Nominees of the 2009 Orange British Academy Film Awards, better known as the BAFTA Awards, have been announced today.
And the nominees are:
BEST FILM
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
FROST/NIXON
MILK
THE READER
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
DIRECTOR
CHANGELING - Clint Eastwood
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON - David Fincher
FROST/NIXON - Ron Howard
THE READER - Stephen Daldry
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE - Danny Boyle
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
BURN AFTER READING - Joel Coen / Ethan Coen
CHANGELING - J. Michael Straczynski
I’VE LOVED YOU SO LONG - Philippe Claudel
IN BRUGES - Martin McDonagh
MILK - Dustin Lance Black
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON - Eric Roth
FROST/NIXON - Peter Morgan
THE READER - David Hare
REVOLUTIONARY ROAD - Justin Haythe
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE - Simon Beaufoy
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
THE BAADER [...]

Fox Searchlight has announced that due to their wins at the Golden Globes and preparation for Oscar season, it will extend the theatrical releases of Slumdog Millionaire and The Wrestler.
Slumdog won four awards: Best Picture - Drama, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Original Score. It will be playing in roughly 1,300 theaters starting January 23rd.
Searchlight won’t begin its national TV campaign for Slumdog until next week.
The company also mentioned that it will also up The Wrestler’s runs from about 60 to 160 on Friday, eventually playing in roughly 400 theaters by Jan. 23. The film’s star, Mickey Rourke, took home the award for Best Actor in a Drama.
Searchlight [...]