The official website of The Last Airbender was updated today with a new layout, new wallpapers, new IM icons, and more. Of particular interest are the new images of Suki, Sokka and Katara!
Thanks to reader jxiang for the heads up.
Archive for the ‘Jackson Rathbone’ Category
Official Site Updated
February 4, 2010Sokka Goes Green
January 28, 2010New photos have surfaced over at Last Airbender Fans featuring Jackson Rathbone as Sokka taken from the Greenland set early last year.
Promotional Quad Image
July 14, 2009Via Examiner.com, a new promotional image has surfaced, featuring our first glimpse at Katara waterbending. Thanks to kek for bringing it to our attention.
Update
The image has been removed at the request of Paramount Pictures.
Sokka and Katara Headshots
July 14, 2009Headshots of Katara and Sokka have shown up online at Der Herr der Elemente, an Avatar fansite, along with two new headshots of Aang and Zuko.
Update
The images have been removed at the request of Paramount Pictures.
Pictures of Noah Ringer & Co. Are Coming
April 9, 2009According to Producer Frank Marshall’s Twitter, a press release and photos of the cast are due out in June! If there aren’t any leaks between now and then, we’ll be getting out first look at the Noah Ringer as Aang and the rest of the Gaang in just two months.
Spears and Meat, Purty Sweeeet!
April 8, 2009Amanda Bell of the Twilight Examiner sat down with Jackson Rathbone for a little chat, discussing topics ranging from his role in Twilight, to his upcoming role as Sokka in The Last Airbender.
“I’ve been training in various styles of Kung Fu since December, and I love it! It connects the body and mind in a way a textbook could never achieve . . . I can kill from 10 feet away with a spear . . . Purty sweeeeeetttt . . .”
This is a Warrior’s Wolf-Tail!
April 7, 2009
Pictures have found their way online of Jackson Rathbone sporting his Sokka hairdo!
“Well, it certainly tells the other warriors that you’re fun and perky!”
McCartney Banished, Dev Patel is Prince Zuko!
February 2, 2009In a rather unexpected turn of events, Variety reports that Jesse McCartney has pulled out of M. Night Shyamalan’s The Last Airbender due to scheduling conflicts with his musical career. What a twist!
“Jesse had tour dates that conflicted with a boot camp I always hold on my films, and where the actors here have to train for martial arts,” Shyamalan said.
Stepping into the role of the banished Prince Zuko is Taekwondo blackbelt and Slumdog Millionaire star Dev Patel! Shyamalan on choosing Patel to take over the role…
Patel was “already one of the guys I was interested in. Then I saw ‘Slumdog Millionaire,’ and the kid just grew in my eyes,” he said.
On a related note, Jackson Rathbone has worked out his scheduling conflicts with the Twilight sequel also filming later this year, and will be playing Sokka.
Jesse McCartney Speaks Out…Sorta
February 1, 2009Once again, MTV caught up with one of the stars of The Last Airbender; this time they spoke with the live action Prince Zuko, Jesse McCartney.
First he touched upon the whitewashing controversy, his training, how he first discovered Avatar, and his meeting with director M. Night Shyamalan…
“I heard a lot about this online,” McCartney said, referring to fans’ criticism. “There’s a lot of hard-core fans out there [who] probably know more about it … I’m still learning. This is M. Night’s vision and this is what he wants. To all the fans, I can tell you I’m putting my best foot forward.”
“I’ve been in kung-fu training for the last month and half-learning all the moves. I’m looking forward to it.”
“I heard about the series from my little brother who’s an avid ‘Avatar’ fan,” he explained. “I heard about the project, and that Night was directing it. He flew me out to Philly to read with him. I worked with him a lot on the character. He called me on my phone and was like, ‘I want you to play this character.’ And we took it from there.”
He then spoke on co-star Jackson Rathbone…
“He was there for the reading and he and I have been in training together. We’re flying in a few weeks to start production and then to Greenland to start filming. He’s a super nice guy. We’ve been getting along great.”
Again, more generic talk about the film from one of its stars. Hopefully as we get closer to filming, we’ll begin to get some info with a little more meat.
Open Casting Call in Philly!!
January 24, 2009So you think you have what it takes to be a part of the lovely scenery in The Last Airbender? Well folks, if you’re not white, here’s your chance!
Aspiring actors on campus will have a chance to show off their Hollywood skills this weekend.
Tomorrow there will be a general open casting call for extras in the latest M. Night Shyamalan movie, The Last Airbender.
Shyamalan, a Philadelphia native, has directed a number of box-office hits, including The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable and The Happening.
His newest movie will be a live-action version of the Nickelodeon fantasy TV show Avatar. The casting call will be held at Wachovia Spectrum’s Bullies Restaurant, located at 3601 S. Broad Street, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Deedee Rickets, the casting director for the film, said she is looking to cast men and women ages 18 to 65 and children ages six to 15. Casting officials are seeking candidates with military or martial arts experience, athletes, gymnasts and people of various races and cultures.
“We want you to dress in traditional cultural ethnic attire,” she said. “If you’re Korean, wear a kimono. If you’re from Belgium, wear lederhosen.”
Another way to stand out is to demonstrate skills such as basket weaving, hair braiding, making clay pots, puppeteering, knitting, looming – “any artisan craft,” Rickets said.
She said the set and cast will reflect the alternate world of the film, and not the streets of Philadelphia.
People auditioning do not need to bring pictures or resumes because pictures will be taken at the casting call. Those unable to attend can e-mail lastairbendercasting@gmail.com.
An additional casting call will take place on Feb. 7, but details have not yet been determined.
Once Rickets sees all of the pictures, she will make a collage to present to Shyamalan. There are also possible upgrades for speaking parts or other roles “outside the realm of extras.”
All positions are paid, and experienced extras will receive higher payment.
Positions range in time commitment – shooting begins in mid-March and ends in July. A role could involve being on set for three weeks, then having a break, and then resuming for another three weeks. Alternatively, one could be on set for just a few days.
And then there are the perks of being on the set of a major film – the cast includes Jesse McCartney and Twilight’s Jack Rathbone. The movie is slated to come out in the summer of 2010.
The lead role is being played by up-and-comer Noah Ringer.
Recently, Rickets has worked on the sets of Tropic Thunder and Charlie Wilson’s War.
“All are encouraged to come out and see what’s going on,” Rackets said.
So kimono’s are traditional Korean attire, huh? Mmmkay, it seems like they’re trying to treat an infected laceration with a band-aid now. The outcry over the “whitewashing” of the main cast has clearly reached the ears of the casting director and Mr. Shyamalan. Though I fear it might be too little, too late as far as those offended are concerned. I admit that it’s going to be a little awkward to see a white Gaang mixing it up with the rest of the ethnically diversified population, who won’t be white.
