Avatar and The Last Airbender

scaeagles · 08-20-2009, 05:13 PM

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 · 08-20-2009, 05:48 PM

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 for the Cameron movie "Avatar" looks nothing short of awesome + rad.

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

Alex · 08-20-2009, 06:01 PM

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

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innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	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 for the Cameron movie "Avatar" looks nothing short of awesome + rad. (That would be radsome, but it sounds like a cheap hotel chain)
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Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	M. Night's is based on a childrens book/Tv series. No connection beyond similar title.
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