September 1, 2009
Despite the many protests hurled against the casting for the upcoming Avatar: The Last Airbender movie, the trailer released a few months ago in June was another thing altogether. The near two-minute preview drew raves from fans, and it was all but one scene and one character! When the casting photos were released, however, the enthusiasm induced by the release of the trailer quickly died. And now discussions mostly involve racism, the inspiration behind the
August 12, 2009
The brouhaha involving the casting in the upcoming Avatar: The Last Airbender movie has no doubt drawn harsh criticisms from both sides of the debate, some quite logical, some just totally - excuse me - stupid.
August 9, 2009
Filming and production en route to the July 2010 release of the Avatar: The Last Airbender movie is currently in full swing (complete with a bunch of licensing deals with toy and publishing companies), as if there isnt any ongoing debate in regards to its controversial casting decisions. So far, no Paramount people has even remotely acknowledged the presence of any controversy, much less bothered to address it.
August 7, 2009
Toronto-based toy company Spin Master has nabbed an exclusive deal with Nickelodeon and Viacom Consumer Products to be the master global toy licensor for all the forthcoming action figures, vehicles, and play sets en route to the theatrical release of the
July 6, 2009
Clearly, good things take time.Some time after the release of the first trailer for the Avatar: The Last Airbender movie, producer Frank Marshall revealed to Starlog that the prodigious process that comes with writing and conceptualizing the planned trilogy would most likely entail a lot of time that can take up to six years.
June 29, 2009
En route to its July 2, 2010 launch, the Avatar: The Last Airbender movie called The Last Airbender is quickly gathering hype, thanks to the trailer released recently. More than a year before
June 22, 2009
The much-anticipated trailer for The Last Airbender, which is based on the highly successful Nickelodeon animated TV series Avatar: The Last Airbender
April 1, 2009
Every year, the Peabody Awards honor excellence in television, and this year’s recipients represent a broad range of genres. From news to satire, from the Olympics to a period miniseries, from sci-fi to animation, the Peabodys are honoring a little bit of everything.
January 6, 2009
Part 1 of BuddyTVs four-part countdown of the 100 best episodes of television for 2008.
October 22, 2008
THQ has announced that Avatar: The Last Airbender - Into the Inferno, the video game that follows the storyline of the third season of Nickelodeons acclaimed and highly successful TV series, is now available for the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system and Nintendo Wii home video game system. The much awaited game is also expected to be made available for Nintendo DS on Monday, November 24.