Avatar and The Last Airbender

[scaeagles]

I do not know much about these things, but I thought they were kind of the same thing. I knew that James Cameron has a movie called Avatar coming out, but then I saw that M Shyamalan has a movie called The Last Airbender coming out. Are these things related? Will they be about the same things?

Sorry for my ignorance on the topic.

[innerSpaceman]

From all I can recall, both movies were to be called Avatar, but there was an obvious dispute. I think M. Knight's is based on source material called "Avatar," so it's a shame he apparently lost out on the right to use it.

So the stories are completely different, at least that's what I remember from the dust-up of the movie names from many, many months ago. I'm not familiar with either story.


But the trailer (http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/avatar/index.html) for the Cameron movie "Avatar" looks nothing short of awesome + rad.



(That would be radsome, but it sounds like a cheap hotel chain)

[Alex]

M. Night's is based on a childrens book/Tv series. No connection beyond similar title.