The official teaser trailer for M. Night Shyamalan’s The Last Airbender has been released by Paramount ahead of it’s debut in front of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen in a few days.
Based on the successful Nickelodeon American-anime series Avatar: The Last Airbender, the film follows the adventures of the main protagonist Aang (newcomer Noah Ringer) and his friends, who must save the world by defeating the Fire Lord, Zuko (Dev Patel).
Paramount is hoping this can become a new franchise for them, with an eventual trilogy planned. The original cartoon was well received critically and commercially, winning several Annie Awards (rewarding excellence in animation) and Primetime Emmy Awards.
It also marks a new start of sorts for Shyamalan, after the critical and commercial drubbing last summer’s The Happening took. This is his first film based on the work of another author.
The Last Airbender is scheduled for release July 02, 2010.
Are you a fan of the original The Last Airbender television series? Are you looking forward to this film adaptation?