M. Night Shyamalan on directing the Last AirbenderSo maybe you've heard of this other Avatar movie coming out. It is a live action version of Nickelodean's cartoon series, which M. Night Shyamalan got hooked on while watching it with his 7-year-old daughter:
“She made us watch as a family and all four of us were hooked. I was like, This would make a killer movie. And my wife who really has been kind of in neutral about my career was insane about it. Insane about it: You have to do it. This is it. This is the one.”
“Aang himself needs to find balance to be the Avatar and to master each of these elements," the filmmaker said. "We get to see the process of someone mastering themselves through the three seasons to get to peace.”
The Sixth Sense director was drawn to the Buddhist philosophies in the cartoon and noticed similar spiritual undertones in movies like Star Wars and The Matrix.
“In the first 'Matrix,' you realize that what you’re seeing is all false. Those are really ancient ideas. Basic old, old religion. This has that as well. So if you go on the journey and you’ll feel that epiphany on top of a great roller-coaster ride. It’s going to be something."
The Last Airbender comes out in theaters this July.
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