The next Last Airbender film! Reboot?

[Lord]

The Last Airbender sucked, it was really bad, but there might a sequel, and if that happens Shyalaman will probably be involved.
The original tv series was really great and while the entire series formed a great trilogy, even book 2 felt like the empire strikes back, but i think they should remake the film series as 6 films, 2 hours each, because each season has 20 episodes and you have to pick the 6 most important episodes and that's difficult to do when each episode introduces important chararacters and elements to the story.
So if there were 6 films you could divide the episodes in 6 parts, making each film based on 10 episodes and so you could shoose the best 6 out of there.
The actors should be good, remember harry potter when they were just kids and knew how to act, that's exactly how it should be like.
Film one should also seem to act as a stand alone film, zuko would be the villain while Zhao doesn't appear that much.
As for the elements they should take, the first 2 episodes are a must, then there should be more drama with when Ang discovers that the other airbenders are dead with elements from the 3rd episode.
The episodes "The Warriors of Kyoshi", "The King of Omashu" "Imprisoned", and "Jet" could serve as the middle but mixing them all together wich means Bumi should show his identity without making games, soka trains with the kyoshis and katara is imprisioned at the same time, with the ending of Jet also serving as the begining of the last part of the film, this would be particularly based on the winter solestice part 1 and 2.
Zuko should in the end be put unconshious by Ang as people could see this also as a stand alone, since in the first star wars Darth Vader's ship is hit and after the death star is destroided some thought he could have died until empire strikes back came, zuko's duality could be aluded in the first film while the 2nd could make him more a anti hero and becoming the blue spirit.
So what do you guys say, another shyalaman movie, a reboot as another trilogy, a reboot as 6 films or more, or absolutelly nothing, what do you boys and girls want the next Avatar: The Last Airbender films to be?

 

[MadVillainy]

THey should leave it as a cartoon

 

[Apollo]

I'm pretty sure the Last Airbender movie was the LAST Airbender movie...

 

[Project862006]

a reboot should not happen for a long time and the storyline would be the same anyways this is'nt like rebooting batman or superman who have years of comics to take from

TLA just has the one storyline in the tv series to take from

just leave it be that ship has sailed

 

[Nathan]

Reboot. In 20 years.

 

[Catman]

There won't be another adaptation for ATLEAST another decade. And that's if we're lucky. Look at He-Man. There hasn't been another adaptation since 1987's Master of the Universe. Look at the Ninja Turtles. The last live-action feature was in 1993. That was 18 years ago. So... let's not hold our breaths.

 

[SuperAl]

i hope one day there will be one. With shamalamaomkafda far far away from it. I hope they would hire the original writers to pen the script, instead of getting someone who wants to change everything

 

[Ipodman]

Reboot with a completely new cast and director would be nice, any other director could make a better TLA movie... (except Zack Snyder maybe, his style is too similar to Shaymalamsadsaf)

 

[Lord]

In some places outside the superhero hype i found many wanting a reboot made by Steve Jackson, while i doubt he would ever do it they shoud do what he did with the lord of the rings, he wanted to do it realistically and reflecting the culture from wich it is based on.
And that includes no white washing, the fire nation shouldn't be Persian, for gods sake, Ozai seemed more like a gangster than a firelord.
But if i remember correctly wasn't the water nation based on american and indians? If that so then to make others watch the film they could only keep that one nation with american actors but the others shouldn't.

 

[Sloth7d]

There won't be another adaptation for ATLEAST another decade. And that's if we're lucky. Look at He-Man. There hasn't been another adaptation since 1987's Master of the Universe. Look at the Ninja Turtles. The last live-action feature was in 1993. That was 18 years ago. So... let's not hold our breaths.

Those movies bombed though, didn't they? TLA made twice it's budget worldwide despite getting bad word of mouth(when I went on opening night, an entire crowd left a showing completely pissed), criticisms of "race-bending" and negative critic reviews. If it can still pull through all that, I doubt it'll go the way of those films.

 

[cronosred]

THey should leave it as a cartoon

Agreed. There is just to much story to try and fit into a two hour movie.

 

[Sloth7d]

Agreed. There is just to much story to try and fit into a two hour movie.

That's what they said about half the Harry Potter books and Watchmen.

 

[Lord]

That's what they said about half the Harry Potter books and Watchmen.

Exactly, and the same was even said for the lord of the rings, the truth is, it can be handled by the right person, i think that 6 films are the best, it's time to introduce the important characters and to be at the same time original.

 

[mr. peasant]

Exactly, and the same was even said for the lord of the rings, the truth is, it can be handled by the right person, i think that 6 films are the best, it's time to introduce the important characters and to be at the same time original.

Except, it's very difficult to plan and project that far in advance - especially when the brand in question isn't as big a powerhouse and recently active as Harry Potter (the fact that the books were still coming out when the movie franchise started almost certainly helped maintain interest in the subject).

 

[Timstuff]

Shyamalan pretty much killed the brand as far as film goes. Maybe an animated film isn't out of the question, but this franchise had one shot at the big screen and Shyamalan blew it.

 

[Ponyboy]

I picked "Another" because audiences tend to not be so forgiving once they've been so grievously insulted. It will be hard for The Last Airbender to come back after the previous debacle.

 

[Doc Ock]

I haven't even seen the film yet but the cartoon is great. I would like a reboot to be made to do it right.

 

[Sloth7d]

Except, it's very difficult to plan and project that far in advance - especially when the brand in question isn't as big a powerhouse and recently active as Harry Potter (the fact that the books were still coming out when the movie franchise started almost certainly helped maintain interest in the subject).

We also mentioned Watchmen and LotR, two Stories which weren't recently active for decades yet still got adapted in full (for the most part).

 

[mr. peasant]

We also mentioned Watchmen and LotR, two Stories which weren't recently active for decades yet still got adapted in full (for the most part).

But Watchmen was a single, standalone movie (which is different from trying to push six movies from the get go). With LotR, I vaguely remember it nearly bankrupting New Line Cinema at the time; making a make-or-break moment for the company - which was a big gamble. And again, it was three movies and not six movies. Lastly, LotR was adapted from one of the greatest and most elaborate series of books (Tolkien intended it to create English mythology); giving the movie more respectability than 'some cartoon series made by Nickelodeon'; which would have helped get butts onto seats.

More importantly, I said it would making planning and executing a six-movie franchise very difficult; though this is of course not impossible.

 

[Lord Blackbolt]

The crappy thing about this whole ordeal...this could have been a big franchise. Probably on par with Harry potter....or at least the Narnia series.

The first movie...even though utterly horrible still made a lot of money. Imagine if they have actually done a good movie. It probably would have made double the money. They should have had the creators of the cartoon look at the movie before it was released.

 

[Sloth7d]

But Watchmen was a single, standalone movie (which is different from trying to push six movies from the get go).

No one suggested they green light six movies at once. Not sure why you're saying that. The first film will obviously be a stand alone.

With LotR, I vaguely remember it nearly bankrupting New Line Cinema at the time;making a make-or-break moment for the company - which was a big gamble.

I don't remember it nearly bankrupting them, but either way they actually DID plan to release tye trilogy back to back and DID put all of their eggs in one basket by filming all three parts simultaneously. No one is suggesting the absurd idea of filming SIX movies at the eame time. We're suggesting a solid first one be put together and should it make bank (which a faithful, well put together version should if Shamylan's crappy version could pull 300 million world wide; but you never know) then we suggest more installments should get invested into.

And again, it was three movies and not six movies. Lastly, LotR was adapted from one of the greatest and most elaborate series of books (Tolkien intended it to create English mythology); giving the movie more respectability than 'some cartoon series made by Nickelodeon'; which would have helped get butts onto seats.

Considering the amount of people who actually read in comparison to those that watch "some cartoon series made by Nickelodeon" I highly doubt that it would draw the attention of more people.

More importantly, I said it would making planning and executing a six-movie franchise very difficult; though this is of course not impossible.

I didn't suggest you did.

 

[Lord]

Exactly, a reboot could start as a stand alone, remember The Matrix and Star Wars? It would end like that, open ended but if it ended then it would still be great, the difference is that Zuko wouldn't be killed and then the next movies could make his character more 3 dimensional and interesting (exactly what the series did that made it so great).

 

[mr. peasant]

No one suggested they green light six movies at once. Not sure why you're saying that. The first film will obviously be a stand alone.

You did not. However, Lord did mention that it would be ideal if the filmmaker planned for six movies - which is impractical since there are a lot of factors that can throw a wrench into such plans; from actors wanting out, etc.

I don't remember it nearly bankrupting them, but either way they actually DID plan to release tye trilogy back to back and DID put all of their eggs in one basket by filming all three parts simultaneously. No one is suggesting the absurd idea of filming SIX movies at the eame time. We're suggesting a solid first one be put together and should it make bank (which a faithful, well put together version should if Shamylan's crappy version could pull 300 million world wide; but you never know) then we suggest more installments should get invested into.

I was just saying that the idea of requiring six movies in total to complete a story might make the project less enticing to the people bankrolling it (even if it's one movie at a time) since the probability that the franchise would see completion in its entirety would be low. Having a large number of movies/projects attached to an unproven franchise would be seen as a negative.

Considering the amount of people who actually read in comparison to those that watch "some cartoon series made by Nickelodeon" I highly doubt that it would draw the attention of more people.

It's not so much the built-in fanbase but LotR's reputation - which marketing can use to generate hype. It piques people's interest - people who had never read the book and would likely never read it - to watch it to see what the hype is all about. To an extent, Avatar has it as well but not nearly as solid as LotR's (due to age, more than anything).

 

[Drizzle]

I didn't even think the cartoon was popular enough to even warrant a live action adaptation in the first place.

 

[Lord]

I didn't say they should have everything already prepared to release the 6 films fast, that's why the first should try to feel as a stand alone that may or may not have a sequel, because that one would prove if there should be more films.