Yep, it finally happened. But was it really all that shocking? Avatar: The Last Airbender trailing a movie such as "Dragonball: Evolution" wasn't all that shocking to a plethora of hardcore fans out there. The movie is directed by M. Night Shyamalan and is scheduled to be released late 2010 or early 2011. The cast was announced last week and here they are:




Karate star Noah Ringer (discovered in a Texas open casting call) will play Aang, the Avatar (the spirit of the planet manifested in human form), the last surviving Airbender and a monk of the Air Nomads, a race of people with the unique ability to manipulate the air around them. He is assigned with the task of keeping the Four Nations at peace.



Jackson Rathbone (Twilight’s Jasper Hale) is in talks to play Aang’s friend Sokka, a warrior of the South Pole’s Southern Water Tribe, a race of people who can control and manipulate water.



Nicola Peltz (Deck the Halls) has been cast as Sokka’s fourteen-year-old sister Katara, the last remaining Waterbender of her entire Tribe.



Pop/R&B singer Jesse McCartney is in talks to play the Fire Nation’s evil prince Zuko. Exiled from the Fire Nation by his father, Zuko is sent to capture the Avatar in order to restore his honor and right to the throne.

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I like Avatar, I didn't watch it in its entirety but I caught most of it. Needless to say, the casting decisions have left the fans...less than pleased. Seriously...no Asians? And Jesse McCartney as Zuko? 3 cheers to a diverse multi-cultural avatar-verse...hip hip...

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