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I’ve gotten quite a few comments and emails about the fact that there may be a new show called Avatar:  Legend of Aang.  According to Wikipedia, the original “Avatar: The Last Airbender” is  “also known in some countries as Avatar: The Legend of Aang“.  So, there isn’t a new show that I am aware of.  I also went on nickelodeon.com and can’t find anything there about a new show either.  If there were real ads for a new series, you would think I could find them on Nick.

However, don’t give up hope.  Avatar has made the company and its creators a boatload of money.  If there is a way to bring back Aang, I’m sure they will find a way.

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Here is some good news, though.  The Airbender movie is progressing nicely.  M. Night Shyamalan recently (Oct. 6th, 2008) sat down and spoke with movieweb.com and spoke about The Happening, and some of his other movies:

Is there anything you can tell us about The Last Airbender?

M. Night Shyamalan: It is gonna be really cool (Laughs). I’m at the stage where we have pre-vized the last act of the movie. Because my normal approach to filmmaking is almost like making an animated movie, you take out every shot and analyze everything, it kind of lays out really nicely for a big CGI movie. That is such a helpful thing in the process with all the pre-viz. I feel like I’m making the movie right now. I’m editing it and stuff because doing the pre-viz, if you were here, I could show you the last 30 minutes of The Last Airbender in animatic form. It’s an amazing and emotional experience, just to watch that. This is so exciting. It’s such a different kind of movie that I’m used to making, but yet, we were all kind of born out of Star Wars, and somewhere in there is a desire to return to fantasy, on that level.

Is it still on track for 2010 then?

M. Night Shyamalan: Still on track for 2010, baby. July 2nd or 3rd or whatever it is.

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A lot of folks have worried about his making the Airbender movie.  However, look at what Sam Raimi did with the first and second Spider-Man movies.  Granted, the third wasn’t up to snuff.  Shyamalan is an excellent director in many respects.  If he respects the source material he should be fine.  Hopefully he will take a clue from the first Narnia movie and the Harry Potter series.

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New for this week is (and how could I avoid it?) Avatar, The Last Airbender: Book 3 Fire, Volume 4. It seems like this has been a hot topic lately so all you rabid fans can go have some happiness for a bit. I was a bit surprised that Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo is already out on DVD, which probably means it’s not that great. I’ll see it anyway though because I love those guys.

Finally, there’s a couple old-school flashback movies that some people might want to see for whatever reason. Lost Boys: The Tribe mainly to see the Frog Brothers back in action killing vampires and War Games: The Dead Code, which is an updated version/sequel to the original with Matthew Broderick.

• Avatar, The Last Airbender: Book 3 Fire, Volume 4
• Beverly Hills 90210: The Fifth Season
• Centennial: The Complete Series
• Dark City
• Doomsday
• Get Smart’s Bruce and Lloyd: Out of Control
• Girlfriends: The Fourth Season
• Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo
• The Hills: The Complete Third Season
• Law & Order Special Victims Unit: Year Seven
• Lost Boys: The Tribe
• Naruto the Movie: Legend of the Stone of Gelel
• Never Back Down
• Phineas and Ferb: The Fast and the Phineas
• Shine a Light
• Stargate: Continuum
• Tiny Toon Adventures: Season 1, Volume 1
• War Games: The Dead Code
• Witchblade: The Complete Series
• Wizards of Waverly Place: Wizard School

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If you want to write to the creators of Avatar The Last Airbender to ask that they do a book 4, here is how to do it. 

Don’t expect them to reply, though!  Also, please don’t visit the studio and expect to see them… I’m sure you wouldn’t do it, but just in case, I thought it would be best to tell you that they have some very nice men with big sticks who probably work there. 

To: Bryan Konietzko and Mike DiMartino

c/o Nickelodeon Animation Studios

231 W Olive Ave.
Burbank, CA 91502-1825

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Bryan Konietzko has indicated there will be a panel on Avatar: The Last Airbender tomorrow, July 25 at the San Diego Comic Con (SDCC), according to this site.   So, if you have been wondering how to contact Bryan Konietzko or Mike DiMartino and happen to be in the San Diego area, you might be able to hear him talk.  Surely he will be discussing some of the questions everyone has as to if there will be an Avatar Book 4.

From the Site:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: One week after the last 10 episodes will air on Nickelodeon, the “Avatar: The Last Airbender” panel will be at the San Diego Comic Con on Friday evening, July 25, 7:30-9:15pm in one of the (big!) 2000 person rooms. Please join co-creators Mike DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko and director Joaquim Dos Santos for a screening of the final chapters 320 & 321 and other fun activities (details to follow shortly on Nick.com and the SDCC website). Friday passes are almost sold out, so please act fast! We really want to see as many fans as possible in the room! On Saturday, Mike and Bryan will do a poster signing (time and details to follow). See you in San Diego!”

Hmmm.  I bet they are already sold out. 

I’m sure some news will come out of this event.  We’ll try and keep you updated. 

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There has been a lot of angst about Avatar The Last Airbender, and the possibility of the series ending with Book 3.  I found this at IGN.com:

Interview: Avatar’s Bryan Konietzko and Michael Dante DiMartino (September 2007)

IGN: What can we expect for Avatar’s third season? Will this season be the final installment to the Avatar world?

MIKE: This particular, three season arc will end in an exciting way that wraps up the story of Aang and Zuko. However, Bryan and I have other ideas to expand the Avatar universe, so hopefully the world will live on for a long time.

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Here is another interview done with Michael Dante DiMarino last October:

NRAMA: How does it feel to see this arc reaching its end? Do you feel like you’ve managed to accomplish all you set out to do? If so or not, why?

MD:It’s been five and a half years since we developed Avatar, so I feel a mix of sadness, accomplishment, and relief as we reach the end of this story arc. Bryan and I set out to create a show with tons of heart, humor, action and drama; a show that would appeal to kids and adults and boys and girls; and a show that raised the bar for American animation. There’s always things you would have done differently, but overall, I’m I feel like we’ve accomplished what we set out to do.

NRAMA: What can you possibly say/tell us about Avatar after this three-season arc? Will it have anything to do about the fate of the Airbenders?

MD: I’m not going to say anything. We’re still in the very early stages of development and ideas are very fluid at this point, but we’re still excited about the Avatar world and have other stories we want to tell within it.

Newsarama Note: The original article stated that there were three more seasons of of Avatar coming. According to Nickelodeon, that is not the case as of this time. We regret the error.

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This seems to suggest that there will be no Book 4.  However, it does appear that other stories will be told in the same universe, including the live action trilogy (this also assumes no book 4), and some animated movies.  

Check out this post, which suggests there will indeed be a Season 4, but again different story line:

Talks are reportedly underway to extend the show beyond just three seasons, which was the original plan by the creators. However, if there is a fourth season, it will likely follow a different storyline other than the Fire Lord and Fire Nation trying to take over the world, as both Nick executives and the co-creators have said season three will be when Aang faces the Fire Lord.”

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