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ATLA Live Action Film: ** Gran Gran & Yue Casting** UPDATED 04/05/2009**

Will you see the teaser trailer?

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    snowprincess456

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    panthean wrote:
    Water78 wrote:

    after reading this i became a bit nervous

    Aang's sister Katara will also be played by an unknown, named Nicole Peltz.

    WHAT?!?

    wow, I'm not so nervious I guess since Shyamalan is the director... and yet I am nervous... so very nervous


    I am pretty sure it was a typo...They even spelled sokka wrong...and if they DID alter the plot to have katara as Aang's sister..then that means....ZUTARA!!..heh heh...
    As for jessie..I am puking as we speak...hopefully they make zuko's scar cover his face and make him unable to talk...
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    gilvatar

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    bl0ndi3girl18 wrote:
    gilvatar wrote:
    just out of curiostiy, how many people, besides me think Jesse might surprise us? raise your hand.

    I'm raising my hand too. At first i was a bit worried about Jesse's acting skills. But after looking up some of his stuff on youtube I'm pretty happy with him and the rest of the cast. As of now i have no problems with those chosen for the main roles. Except the kid playing Aang... I still have no clue who he is, what he looks like or if he can act.
    They should just have the actual kid play him. I mena he's liike 13-14ish. And it's not like he'll have to hid boobs of something.
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    XODaY_LiiTeXo

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    uhhh, are they serious? jesse mccartney as....Prince Zuko? and i wish there was at least a picture of noah somewhere, has he been in any movies or somethin? forget the "new fresh talent" i think i speak for all of us when i say "i want the movie to be good"
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    MasterBender

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    snowprincess456 wrote:
    panthean wrote:
    Water78 wrote:

    after reading this i became a bit nervous

    Aang's sister Katara will also be played by an unknown, named Nicole Peltz.

    WHAT?!?

    wow, I'm not so nervious I guess since Shyamalan is the director... and yet I am nervous... so very nervous

    I am pretty sure it was a typo...They even spelled sokka wrong...and if they DID alter the plot to have katara as Aang's sister..then that means....ZUTARA!!..heh heh... As for jessie..I am puking as we speak...hopefully they make zuko's scar cover his face and make him unable to talk...

    I'm pretty sure it's a simple mistake. The person writing this knows nothing at all about Avatar, he's just reporting on the movie. The mix-up is understandable- Katara is the sister of another main character, after all.

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    shadowysea07

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    gilvatar wrote:
    DrAvatar wrote:
    gilvatar wrote:
    Excerion_666 wrote:
    MandaPanda67 wrote:
    This is what I think about a related topic. Nickelodeon is linked to MTV. Jesse is a regular on MTV (I just saw him today, btw). The movie will get big advertisment and promotion on MTV and attract Jesse fan girls and other teenaged fans.
    So instead of a good movie we a bunch of 14 year old fan girls who drag their boyfriends along and spend the whole movie going "why is he doing this? Why did he do that? Why does Jesse not have hair?" I understand that the movie will get attention and they will make money off selling tickets, but it's a shame it'll be because of fan girls and not fans of the series
    Well, maybe it'll grow into a love of the series. That's like a batman fanatic saying to people who went to see The Dark Night "Hey, you better be seeng this because you love batman, not because you love heath Ledger".
    If Heath Ledger can pull of the Joker then maybe Jesse can pull off Zuko.
    exactly. But hopefully Jesse will live to see the premire. RIP Heath. We miss you.
    gets great idea
    come on jessie die so that this movie will be good
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    Kas_dude

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    Ok, im sure the actors might do a great job- but WTF?!?!?! im sorry, but theres a few issues here- eg- NONE of the actors are asian!!!!! im sorry, but thats kinda a bit of an issue people!!!

    btw- my first post in ages
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    theredrobin

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    To quote Sokka from A:TLA:TAS, "Holy crap muffins!"

    And I don't mean that in a good way.

    snowprincess456 wrote:
    ...if they DID alter the plot to have katara as Aang's sister...
    If that wasn't a typo, than Shyamalan is stoned. Out-of-his-mind stoned.

    Edited on 12/17/2008 11:17am
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    DrAvatar

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    MasterBender wrote:
    snowprincess456 wrote:
    panthean wrote:
    Water78 wrote:

    after reading this i became a bit nervous

    Aang's sister Katara will also be played by an unknown, named Nicole Peltz.

    WHAT?!?

    wow, I'm not so nervious I guess since Shyamalan is the director... and yet I am nervous... so very nervous

    I am pretty sure it was a typo...They even spelled sokka wrong...and if they DID alter the plot to have katara as Aang's sister..then that means....ZUTARA!!..heh heh... As for jessie..I am puking as we speak...hopefully they make zuko's scar cover his face and make him unable to talk...

    I'm pretty sure it's a simple mistake. The person writing this knows nothing at all about Avatar, he's just reporting on the movie. The mix-up is understandable- Katara is the sister of another main character, after all.

    The original article cleary states Katara is Sokka's sister.
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    ranger8060

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    shadowysea07 wrote:
    gilvatar wrote:
    DrAvatar wrote:
    gilvatar wrote:
    Excerion_666 wrote:
    MandaPanda67 wrote:
    This is what I think about a related topic. Nickelodeon is linked to MTV. Jesse is a regular on MTV (I just saw him today, btw). The movie will get big advertisment and promotion on MTV and attract Jesse fan girls and other teenaged fans.
    So instead of a good movie we a bunch of 14 year old fan girls who drag their boyfriends along and spend the whole movie going "why is he doing this? Why did he do that? Why does Jesse not have hair?" I understand that the movie will get attention and they will make money off selling tickets, but it's a shame it'll be because of fan girls and not fans of the series
    Well, maybe it'll grow into a love of the series. That's like a batman fanatic saying to people who went to see The Dark Night "Hey, you better be seeng this because you love batman, not because you love heath Ledger".
    If Heath Ledger can pull of the Joker then maybe Jesse can pull off Zuko.
    exactly. But hopefully Jesse will live to see the premire. RIP Heath. We miss you.
    gets great idea
    come on jessie die so that this movie will be good


    thats not right
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    snowprincess456

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    ranger8060 wrote:
    shadowysea07 wrote:
    gilvatar wrote:
    DrAvatar wrote:
    gilvatar wrote:
    Excerion_666 wrote:
    MandaPanda67 wrote:
    This is what I think about a related topic. Nickelodeon is linked to MTV. Jesse is a regular on MTV (I just saw him today, btw). The movie will get big advertisment and promotion on MTV and attract Jesse fan girls and other teenaged fans.
    So instead of a good movie we a bunch of 14 year old fan girls who drag their boyfriends along and spend the whole movie going "why is he doing this? Why did he do that? Why does Jesse not have hair?" I understand that the movie will get attention and they will make money off selling tickets, but it's a shame it'll be because of fan girls and not fans of the series
    Well, maybe it'll grow into a love of the series. That's like a batman fanatic saying to people who went to see The Dark Night "Hey, you better be seeng this because you love batman, not because you love heath Ledger".
    If Heath Ledger can pull of the Joker then maybe Jesse can pull off Zuko.
    exactly. But hopefully Jesse will live to see the premire. RIP Heath. We miss you.
    gets great idea
    come on jessie die so that this movie will be good


    thats not right

    if not die...then let him be jessica!
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    xtruexforxallx

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    bl0ndi3girl18 wrote:
    gilvatar wrote:
    just out of curiostiy, how many people, besides me think Jesse might surprise us? raise your hand.
    I'm raising my hand too. At first i was a bit worried about Jesse's acting skills. But after looking up some of his stuff on youtube I'm pretty happy with him and the rest of the cast. As of now i have no problems with those chosen for the main roles. Except the kid playing Aang... I still have no clue who he is, what he looks like or if he can act.

    I'm sure all of us would want to know more about Noah Ringer. I was actually hoping for this kid to be Aang mainly because of how talented he is in martial arts especially for someone his age. He's trained in under Northern Shaolin (haha, Firebending) but his mother, who owns the account and the one who posted the vid, said that he's a fast learner and could do well doing Ba Gua (Airbending). His acting skills could use a little work, but other than that, I thought he could have been a really great Aang in the movie.

    Edited on 12/17/2008 11:41pm
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    bl0ndi3girl18

    [2212]Dec 18, 2008
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    I think everyone should stop worrying about Jesse McCartney and start worrying about Noah Ringer.. We no absolutely nothing about him except that he is a "Karate Star".
    Edited on 12/18/2008 2:24pm
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    DrAvatar

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    A new interview has come out from producer Frank Marshall.

    Here are the Main Points:

    Everyone has committed for all 3 films.

    Filming starts in March

    They will start in Greenland, then go to Pennsylvania and hopefully the Far East

    Movie will come out Late 2010 or Early 2011 (so there is a chance of the release date being pushed back)

    Cast will be announced after the Holidays (Not sure when the interview was done but expect the rest of the cast to be announced after the Holidays)

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    bl0ndi3girl18

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    sweet i can't wait until they announce the cast and we actually have some confirmation Are they announcing the ENTIRE cast or just the main characters? We pretty much already know the main characters... lol
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    snowprincess456

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    bl0ndi3girl18 wrote:
    sweet i can't wait until they announce the cast and we actually have some confirmation Are they announcing the ENTIRE cast or just the main characters? We pretty much already know the main characters... lol

    except for iroh, zhao, and...well that all the main ones I can think of other than the cabbage mechant and foaming mouth guy...
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    SalKing2

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    Oh my God! I don't come on in a few months and I find Jesse McCartney playing complex Prince Zuko? I'm shocked!!! This just can't be... I'm crying inside....

    I saw the casts' photos in the article... Katara and Sokka seem okay, but I haven't really been exposed to their acting skills. But they better dye their hair for their movie or do some sort of coloring to their skin. Katara and Sokka are copper-toned and have brown hair. The actors are pale white!

    I really do wish we had a picture of this Noah Ringer. Too bad... Hopefully he has genuine talent. But still, Jesse McCartney as Zuko!?

    Any news on Hugh Jackman as Zhao?

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    Water78

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    how about jacko as momo
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    SalKing2 wrote:

    Oh my God! I don't come on in a few months and I find Jesse McCartney playing complex Prince Zuko? I'm shocked!!! This just can't be... I'm crying inside....

    I saw the casts' photos in the article... Katara and Sokka seem okay, but I haven't really been exposed to their acting skills. But they better dye their hair for their movie or do some sort of coloring to their skin. Katara and Sokka are copper-toned and have brown hair. The actors are pale white!

    I really do wish we had a picture of this Noah Ringer. Too bad... Hopefully he has genuine talent. But still, Jesse McCartney as Zuko!?

    Any news on Hugh Jackman as Zhao?


    Isn't zhao's voice actor playing him?
    thats what is says on imdb..although that isnt always true...
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    Eman5805

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    Jason Issacs, to me, seems to be the most logical choice for Zhao. Fans of the show can't say the part was miscast as the voice they're most familiar with will be coming out of his mouth and just slap some sideburns on him and he'll look like him too.

    All he needs is to hit the Total Gym and get on that Eman workout plan and get himself some upper body muscle.
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    DrAvatar

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    LOTS OF NEWS GUYS

    First of all I haven't seen anything to back up imdb's claim that Zhao's voice actor is doing the live action film. Unless someone has inside information and isn't telling us then this is pure rumor.

    Second someone is claiming to have information on Noah Ringer. Apparently he is 8-12 years old, has no acting experience, and just recently got or attempted to get his blackbelt and is very good at martial arts. They also say he is caucasion but looks a lot like Aang. Here are the details but remember it is the internet.

    http://avatarmovie.wordpress.com/2008/12/16/noah-ringer-details/

    Finally The Track Team has been pushed aside by the guy who did the music for most of Shyamalan's other movies, James Newton Howard. His most recent work was with Hans Zimmer on The Dark Knight. On top of that he has 7 Oscar nominations. The bottom line is that it could be a lot worse even if the Track Team isn't doing the soundtrack.

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