Post-production began in August and took several months due to extensive visual effects. Filming began on March 2009 and ended on September 2009, with a preliminary schedule held in Greenland for two weeks, and the rest of the film was shot in major locations across Pennsylvania, United States. The film tells the story of Aang, a young Avatar who must master all four elements of air, water, fire and earth and restore balance to the world while stopping the Fire Nation from conquering the Water Tribes and the Earth Kingdom.ĭevelopment for the film began in January 2007, and the casting and pre-production process happened during 2008. Based on the first season of the Nickelodeon animated television series Avatar: The Last Airbender, the film stars Noah Ringer as Aang, with Dev Patel playing Prince Zuko, Nicola Peltz and Jackson Rathbone as Katara and Sokka. Night Shyamalan, produced by Paramount Pictures, Nickelodeon Movies, Blinding Edge Pictures, and the Kennedy/Marshall Company, and distributed by Paramount. The Last Airbender is a 2010 American action- adventure fantasy film written, co-produced and directed by M.
