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Slideshow: 21-Image Action Gallery of ‘The Last Airbender’
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CHICAGO – The ancient martial arts get a workout with M. Night Shyamalan’s live action version of the anime “The Last Airbender.” Featuring Dev Patel – the contestant in the Oscar-winning “Slumdog Millionaire” – and Aasif Mandvi of “The Daily Show,” Airbender uses special effects and action to tell its story.
The “Avatar,” a boy named Aang (Noah Ringer) is unearthed in the south water land in this fantasy version of earth. The sectors are divided by four elements – air, water, earth and fire. The Fire Nation wants earth dominance. Can the Avatar stop their aggressive war machines?
Click “Next” and “Previous to scan through the slideshow or jump directly to individual photos with the captioned links below. All images Industrial Light & Magic for © 2010 Paramount Pictures Corporation
- LastAir1: Aang (Noah Ringer) Makes his Escape in ‘The Last Airbender’
- LastAir2: The Flying Creature Appa
- LastAir3: Nicola Peltz as Katara and Aang in Training
- LastAir4: Aang Conducts a Courtly Demonstration of his Skills
- LastAir5: The Avatar in Battle Against the Fire Nation
- LastAir6: Shaun Toub as Uncle Iroh Demonstrates Some Fire Power
- LastAir7: Aasif Mandvi as Zhao and Cliff Curtis as Fire Lord Ozai
- LastAir8: Katara Creates Her Version of a Water Balloon
- LastAir9: Seychelle Gabriel is Princess Yue and Jackson Rathbone is Sokka
- LastAir10: Aang Gets a Glow About Him
- LastAir11: Dev Patel as Prince Zuko Gets Some Advice from Uncle Iroh
- LastAir12: Prince Zuko Surveys the Land of Water
- LastAir13: Aang, Katara and Sokka Take a Flight on Appa
- LastAir14: Another Scene with Katara (Nicola Peltz)
- LastAir15: Aang and Sokka Prepare for Battle
- LastAir16: Aang Practices his Element Control
- LastAir17: Prince Zuko Strikes a Fighting Pose
- LastAir18: Aang Meets the Fire Nation Army
- LastAir19: The Fire This Time: Dev Patel as Prince Zuko
- LastAir20: Director M. Night Shyamalan with Cast of ‘The Last Airbender’
- LastAir21: Noah Ringer as Aang
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