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Jan. 11th, 2007
Ok, that does it
Jan. 11th, 2007 07:41 pmYou know after I saw that dumbass "The Village" flick I had the overwhelming urge to kick M. Night Shyamalan in the nuts, but when I read this I came to the realization that I could settle for nothing less than beating him soundly with a baseball bat. Oh my god he's going to fuck this up so very, very badly:
Shyamalan Readies Own Avatar
M. Night Shyamalan and Paramount are planning their own Avatar, a movie based on the popular Nickelodeon kids' TV series, Variety reported.
The filmmaker has signed a three-picture deal with Paramount's MTV Films and Nick Movies to adapt the animated Avatar: The Last Airbender show for the big screen. He will write, direct and produce the potential kids' franchise. The film version will be live action.
Nick TV's Avatar, which is set in an Asian-influenced fantasy world permeated by martial arts and magic, follows the adventures of the successor to a long line of Avatars who must put aside his irresponsible ways and stop the Fire Nation from enslaving the Water, Earth and Air nations.
Created by Michael DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, Avatar debuted on the Nicktoons lineup in February 2005. Aimed at 6- to 11-year-olds, the show has nabbed strong ratings, including some outside this intended demo. It is among the top 10 animated series on all of TV among kids 6-11 and tweens 9-14.
Paramount confirmed the pact with Shyamalan just hours after Fox Filmed Entertainment announced it is green-lighting James Cameron's Avatar, which has nothing to do with the Airbender project.
Ok, they're fucking over the Dragonlance series, right, whatever, but Shyamalan, you keep your dirty fucking hands off Avatar, you bastard! If anybody's going to bring it to life it should bloody well be Woo-ping Yuen, preferably with a bunch of talented young up and coming Asian martial arts stars. Oh yes, sweet Jesus, I could die a happy woman if that happened.
Shyamalan Readies Own Avatar
M. Night Shyamalan and Paramount are planning their own Avatar, a movie based on the popular Nickelodeon kids' TV series, Variety reported.
The filmmaker has signed a three-picture deal with Paramount's MTV Films and Nick Movies to adapt the animated Avatar: The Last Airbender show for the big screen. He will write, direct and produce the potential kids' franchise. The film version will be live action.
Nick TV's Avatar, which is set in an Asian-influenced fantasy world permeated by martial arts and magic, follows the adventures of the successor to a long line of Avatars who must put aside his irresponsible ways and stop the Fire Nation from enslaving the Water, Earth and Air nations.
Created by Michael DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, Avatar debuted on the Nicktoons lineup in February 2005. Aimed at 6- to 11-year-olds, the show has nabbed strong ratings, including some outside this intended demo. It is among the top 10 animated series on all of TV among kids 6-11 and tweens 9-14.
Paramount confirmed the pact with Shyamalan just hours after Fox Filmed Entertainment announced it is green-lighting James Cameron's Avatar, which has nothing to do with the Airbender project.
Ok, they're fucking over the Dragonlance series, right, whatever, but Shyamalan, you keep your dirty fucking hands off Avatar, you bastard! If anybody's going to bring it to life it should bloody well be Woo-ping Yuen, preferably with a bunch of talented young up and coming Asian martial arts stars. Oh yes, sweet Jesus, I could die a happy woman if that happened.