"The Last Airbender" to Become a Trilogy

LastAirBenderFilm had a chance to speak to producer Frank Marshall and director M Night Shyamalan about the upcoming "Last Airbender" movie. But even though everyone hopes to turn the film into a trilogy, Marshall said that he is against shooting all three installments at once.

"We're shooting them one at a time, because they're being written one at a time," he explained. "Night is now working on the script for the second movie, but he hasn't had time to write the second or third ones. He's looking at the arc of all three. One of the things we'll be doing is using the sets, ships and elements for each different nation in this film and incorporating them into movies two and three. We're not waiting. There just isn't enough time. Night will finish this movie, then the script and then we'll prepare for the next one. I think it'll probably happen over six years."

Shyamalan added: "The Last Airbender will be a very entertaining movie, a really fun summer film. But underneath that, it's serious and talks about genocide, balance, our connection to the planet and all those things that interest me if you've seen the other movies that I've made. It felt like an important film."