the last airbender is a 2010 american action fantasy adventure film written , co-produced , and directed by m. night shyamalan .

it is based on the first season of the nickelodeon animated series of the same name .

the film stars noah ringer as aang , with dev patel as prince zuko , nicola peltz as katara , and jackson rathbone as sokka .

development for the film began in 2007 .

it was produced by nickelodeon movies and distributed by paramount pictures .

premiering in new york city on june 30 , 2010 , it opened the following day in the rest of the country , grossing an estimated $ 16 million .

the film was panned by critics upon release , with many reviewers citing inconsistencies between the plot , screenplay , and source material as well as deriding the acting , writing , casting , and dialogue .

however , some praised the visual style , james newton howard 's soundtrack , and the performances from dev patel , aasif mandvi , and shaun toub .

the film swept the golden raspberry awards in 2010 , with five " wins " including worst picture ; the film is sometimes considered one of the worst ever made .

despite the negative reviews , the last airbender opened in second place at the box office behind the twilight saga : eclipse .

produced on a $ 150 million budget , the film grossed $ 131 million domestically and $ 319 million worldwide .

it is currently the fourth highest grossing nickelodeon film , behind the spongebob movie : sponge out of water ( 2015 ) , teenage mutant ninja turtles ( 2014 ) , and the adventures of tintin ( 2011 ) .

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lower photo : a scene from “avatar : the last airbender . ” credit : nickelodeon
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claudia eller . the last airbender carries shyamalan into new territory . los angeles times . retrieved on june 25 , 2010 .
the last airbender was nominated choice summer movie for the 2010 teen choice awards [ 7 ] but did not win . [ 8 ]
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in his december 23rd , 2009 “answer man” column , venerated film critic roger ebert publicly condemns the casting of the last airbender film as “wrong . ”
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the last airbender 2 [ nb 1 ] was , at one point , the possible sequel for the live - action film the last airbender . it was the second part in the planned trilogy of films adapted from avatar : the last airbender . it was likely to be produced , written , and directed by m . night shyamalan . other producers may include frank marshall , kathleen kennedy , sam mercer and scott aversano , with co - producer jose l . rodriguez and executive producers michael dante dimartino and bryan konietzko . the film was expected to be mostly based on book two of avatar : the last airbender .
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paramount does not respond , and manaa’s repeated attempts to contact paramount regarding the last airbender and the goods : live hard , sell hard are also rebuffed .
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mark harrison ( august 6 , 2015 ) . the last airbender : what went wrong ? . den of geek . retrieved on august 14 , 2015 .
robinson , tasha ( 2006 - 03 - 07 ) . avatar : the last airbender . sci - fi today . retrieved on may 28 , 2014 .
avatar the last airbender book 3 : fire . trailer high quality . youtube ( 2007 - 08 - 29 ) . retrieved on december 27 , 2012 .
if the last airbender manages to shine as brightly as the nickolodeon tv show , which lasted four three brilliant seasons from 2005 to 2008 , there’s a good chance that shyamalan’s good name will achieve full rehabilitation . especially since the last airbender is only the first installment of what is shaping up to be a crowd - pleasing trilogy .
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the last airbender [ blu - ray ] [ 2010 ] is a good story and effects are believable . shame the next film is unlikely to be made it seems
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mark lee ( july 13 , 2010 ) . racebending : guy aoki on the last airbender casting controversy . overthinking it . retrieved on september 5 , 2015 .
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' mike & bryan interview : the last airbender movie , digital korra & nickelodeon marketing ' . urltoken ( august 20 , 2014 , 8 : 00 ) .
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“the last airbender’’ is a live - action adaptation of “avatar : the last airbender , ’’ an animated series that attracted a devoted following when it aired on the nickelodeon cable channel from 2005 to 2008 . shyamalan’s film was originally slated to be a trilogy , though paramount will doubtless count the box office returns before committing to two more movies .
controversy hangs like a storm cloud over the release of m . night shyamalan’s new film , the last airbender , which is released in theatres on thursday , july 1 .
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is the best winner , er , loser . la times .
photos : top , protesters demonstrate outside the arclight hollywood . bottom , the asian protagonists from “avatar : the last airbender . ” credits : daina beth solomon and animelime . com .
roth cornet ( may 22 , 2015 ) . m . night shyamalan defends his avatar : the last airbender adaptation . ign . retrieved on august 14 , 2015 .
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on july 21st , 2010 , nickelodeon announces that a sequel to the original avatar : the last airbender series has been put in production , avatar : the legend of korra . although no new spin - off content for the movie franchise is planned , dark horse comics announces an ongoing comic book series based on the avatar : the last airbender series in february 2011 .
night ' s vision of ' the last airbender ' includes a large and ethnically diverse cast that represents cultures from around the world ,
paramount said in a statement .
lane brown . vulture breaks the news to m . night shyamalan about the last airbender ' s reviews . new york magazine ; vulture . retrieved on july 1 , 2010 .
this week , m . night shyamalan and his last airbender cast and crew will shoot at the navy yard in south philly on what could be the largest soundstage on the east coast .
an older version of aang ( the last airbender ) as depicted by co - creator bryan konietzko for a poster shared with fans at the san diego comic con after the casting controversy .
a video game trilogy about avatar has been created : avatar : the last airbender , the video game , was released on october 10 , 2006 ; avatar : the last airbender – the burning earth was released on october 16 , 2007 ' and avatar : the last airbender – into the inferno was released on october 13 , 2008 . the three games were loosely based on seasons one , two and three , respectively . players can select characters and complete quests to gain experience and advance the storyline . despite lackluster critical reviews , the games did extremely well commercially ; for example , avatar : the last airbender was thq ' s top selling nickelodeon game in 2006 and even reached sony cea ' s
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ode ( august 15 , 2010 ) . does m . night shyamalan care about the last airbender ' s bad reviews . youtube . retrieved on august 14 , 2015 .
avatar : the last airbender digital comics now available through all dark horse platforms ! . dark horse comics ( 5 july 2013 ) . retrieved on november 30 , 2013 .
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we’ve got rumor that two major roles have been cast for the avatar : the last airbender film . take these with a grain of salt as it has not been officially announced .
photo : director m . night shyamalan with actor noah ringer in new york after the world premiere of
the last airbender .
credit : dave allocca / associated press / starpix
and be sure to check out last airbender fans ‘ ever growing collection of on - set photos , from which the above shot of the rusted over fire nation tank was borrowed .
allan dart ( 2009 - 06 - 24 ) . first last airbender news & trailer . starlog ( via wayback machine ) . retrieved on june 27 , 2009 .
korra creators michael dante dimartino and bryan konietzko guest on channel surfing for an in - depth conversation about the final season and the avatar : the last airbender franchise ' s past and future .
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then there was the last airbender , by m . night shyamalan - a movie which may earn the title as the worst movie this year . from its inception ( pardon the pun ) to its sorry release , airbender has been dogged in the wake of controversial casting decisions . the graphic below neatly summarizes the controversy :
his first film in this genre , the last airbender , shows glimpses of the brash director behind chillers like the sixth sense and signs , movies that prompted newsweek to declare him
the next spielberg .
ever since he first came out of a block of ice in the nickelodeon cartoon series
avatar : the last airbender ,
the other tribes in his fictional , asian - inspired world saw aang and his power over the elements as their last chance for peace after a century of conflict .
while the fate of a possible sequel to
the last airbender
remains in doubt , the small - screen version on which it is based — the nickelodeon cartoon
avatar : the last airbender
— is getting a second life . mtv news has confirmed that the cable channel is prepping a sequel to its popular anime - inspired series , which ran for three seasons and ended in 2008 .
jen chaney ( july 1 , 2010 ) . talking with director m . night shyamalan about the last airbender , race and more . the washington post . retrieved on august 31 , 2015 .
the last airbender has attracted a broad and passionate fan - base over the years , and was eventually succeeded by its well - intentioned but ultimately less satisfying follow - up , the legend of korra .
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asking what happened to her is his second - to - last line in the original series .
the avatar : the last airbender animated series and the last airbender live - action movie follow the epic journey of aang , the avatar . in an ancient world where armies of the four elements—fire , earth , water , and air—are constantly at war , the avatar , a master of the elements , is meant to restore peace and order . aang is the newest reincarnation of the avatar , and is also the last airbender , harnessing the power of air and wind . freed from a century - long sleep inside an iceberg , the 12 - year - old is responsible for saving the world and finds both friends and hostile enemies on the path to his destiny .
i am sure that i speak for many when i say one of the signatures of that amazing series avatar : the last airbender was the soundtrack . . . i would highly recommend the track team .
the cover for the lost adventures was taken from the first edition of avatar ' s own magazine , nick mag presents : avatar : the last airbender , [ 3 ] which ran during the show ' s original airing .
philbert lui . the last airbender : m . night is a terrible father – a banana review . http : / / thebananatimes . com . + retrieved on july 8 , 2010 .
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james newton howard was nominated with five awards from the international film music critics association ( ifmca ) , two of which are related to his work for the last airbender : best original score for a fantasy / science fiction / horror film ( the last airbender , music ) and film music composition of the year ( the last airbender , ' flow like water ' ) . [ 15 ] on february 24th , those two awards were won respectively by daft punk for tron : legacy and by danny elfman for
alice ' s theme
in alice in wonderland . [ 16 ]
m . night shyamalan can ' t catch a break , even with something as seemingly innocuous as a live - action film based on the popular animated nickelodeon television series avatar : the last airbender .
while access was denied , word is shyamalan’s team has spent months constructing an elaborate fantasy world that’s to serve as the backdrop for “the last airbender , ” an adaptation of nickelodeon’s hit animated series .
it should also be noted and remembered that the last airbender is produced by nickelodeon and , as much as one may argue the cartoon series transcends it , created as a children ' s film .
m . night shyamalan has drawn fire for his casting decisions regarding his upcoming film , the last airbender . while most directors get crap over whether they casted a particular actor or not , shyamalan is being questioned for his decision to cast white actors in roles that are clearly not white in the source material , the anime avatar : the last airbender . speaking with io9 , shyamalan finally addressed the controversy :
mns :
their issue isn’t with me . their issue is with the artists that invented anime . the story of
the last airbender
is an ambiguous story . these cultures are not defined .
aasif mandvi , shaun toub and cliff curtis have joined the cast of m . night shyamalan’s the last airbender as fire nation characters , again confirming that the fire nation will be cast using people of color .
avatar : the last airbender ran on nickelodeon from 2005 to 2008 . during that time , the sopranos and the wire were still getting new episodes . walter white would not become heisenberg until after the final episode aired .
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( 2005 ) { sokka ' s master ( # 3 . 4 ) } _ , the tile given to sokka by the butler more closely resembles the first design .
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jc : i want to ask you about noah ringer , who plays aang , the last airbender . i know you found him via a casting call . what spoke to you about him ?
gene luen yang ( may 24 , 2010 ) . gene yang : why i won ' t be watching the last airbender movie . humblecomics . com . retrieved on september 2 , 2015 .
aristotle acevedo ( august 19 , 2014 ) . nerdist writers panel # 154 : legend of korra / avatar : the last airbender . nerdist . com . retrieved on august 17 , 2015 .
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m . night shyamalan referred the sequel as
the last airbender 2
in an mtv interview . [ 1 ] mtv networks is a division of viacom , and a sister division to paramount pictures .
on my recent third viewing of the last airbender , i realized that the most important and affecting relationship on the show isn’t between aang and his powers , or his past lives , or his nemesis ozai , or even his true love katara . in fact , it has little to do with aang at all . the most important relationship on avatar : the last airbender is between prince zuko and his uncle iroh .
these are two forms of media that could have done extremely well with the brilliant , element - bending universe of the last airbender , but the property was butchered into something unrecognizable not once , but twice now .
sokka and katara were wwalking through the ice pole . suddenly they saw a terrible iceberg outgrowth from under the ice floor . after that a living boy came out from this iceberg ! he is the last airbender .
due to their unpleasant experience with the last airbender ' s production , the duo decided to write every episode of the legend of korra themselves to ensure it sure it was
done right .
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the last airbender ’s narrative only spans the course of a year , but its audience had grown three years older by the time the final episode aired . that slow climb toward maturity comes across in the show , and in the characters themselves .
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shutter island ,
may ' s
iron man 2
and july ' s
the last airbender ,
a film from m . night shayamalan .
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“bryan [ konietzko , cocreator and executive producer of avatar : the last airbender ] and i are excited for our fans to read about the further adventures of aang and the gang . gene is an amazing storyteller and gurihiru’s style is a perfect fit for the avatar universe . it has been a great experience collaborating with dark horse once again , ” said michael dimartino , cocreator and executive producer of avatar : the last airbender .
the last airbender
also represents a big gamble for paramount pictures . the viacom inc . - owned studio and sister company of nickelodeon fully financed the movie , increasing the risk should it perform below expectations . with a production cost of $ 150 million and a blockbuster - size $ 130 - million marketing budget ,
the last airbender
is more than twice as expensive as any of shyamalan ' s previous eight films .
lee noted that the “airbender” controversy has motivated tv fans to ditch the stereotypical couch potato slouch and campaign for fairness .
if a $ 53 . 3 million holiday weekend proves successful enough to keep m . night shyamalan around for a
last airbender
sequel , he knows what he wants to do — and he wants to do it darkly . asked about his intentions going forward , the
sixth sense
and
signs
director confirmed that he has much of
the last airbender 2
already mapped out .
on dante basco ' s reddit ama thread , when asked what he thought of the last airbender movie , he responds by saying that bryan and mike told him not to see it . [ 24 ]
ehasz , aaron ( writer ) & volpe , giancarlo ( director ) . ( september 21 , 2007 ) .
the awakening
. avatar : the last airbender . season 3 . episode 1 . nickelodeon .
hedrick , tim ( writer ) & volpe , giancarlo ( director ) . ( april 14 , 2006 ) .
the swamp
. avatar : the last airbender . season 2 . episode 4 . nickelodeon .
hedrick , tim ( writer ) & macmullan , lauren ( director ) . ( october 21 , 2005 ) .
the deserter
. avatar : the last airbender . season 1 . episode 16 . nickelodeon .
ehasz , aaron ( writer ) & macmullan , lauren ( director ) . ( june 3 , 2005 ) .
the storm
. avatar : the last airbender . season 1 . episode 12 . nickelodeon .
as for the last airbender , it’s starting to look less and less like the cartoon i fell in love with and i’m still in love with , and more and more like a racist white man’s sex dream .
“we’re excited to be working with nickelodeon to bring these great stories to the manga audience , ” says dallas middaugh , associate publisher of del rey manga . “avatar : the last airbender has shown incredible crossover appeal with manga fans . the release of the last airbender movie and original tie - in manga gives us the chance to share completely new stories with avatar fans looking for more about aang , zuko , and their favorite characters . ”
m . night shyamalan ' s movie version avatar : the last airbender is apparently in danger already , as fans of the original animated series protest seemingly racist casting decisions . is there nothing the director can do right anymore ?
it currently says that m . night shyamalan’s last word on the subject was in a 2015 interview with uk newspaper the metro , where he said an airbender sequel wouldn’t be his next project ( after 2015’s the visit ) .
for the 3rd annual coming of age movie awards , noah ringer was nominated [ 18 ] and won the award for best actor for his performance in m . night shyamalan ' s film the last airbender . [ 19 ]
the last airbender took a critical drubbing and is currently ranked 7 % at urltoken . in part due to the awareness urltoken readers and other supporters were able to bring to the casting issue through our mid - june letter writing campaign , nearly every single article on or review of the last airbender that came out around july 1st , 2010 mentioned the casting controversy and / or even urltoken . below are some of the numerous articles that mention the casting controversy .
“the last airbender’’ has had more bad karma than almost any movie deserves…the core fan base has been up in arms over the casting of white actors to play characters that on the show are anime - asian . ” [ boston globe ]
lots of people have contacted manaa about the casting of the movie “the last airbender . ” as a group we’ve discussed what the best way to join in these efforts . what follows below is a letter that manaa sent to paramount .
the last airbender stands at a 6 % on the review aggregate rotten tomatoes , and is largely considered a failed adaptation amongst the fan base of the original nickelodeon series . when we spoke with bryan konietzko and michael dante dimartino , the creators of the animated series avatar : the last airbender , they said they elected to pretend that the live - action film didn ' t exist . when asked if he ' d been surprised by the response , shyamalan said that he was .
“ i’ve been getting e - mails for weeks complaining about the casting of ‘the last airbender , ’ director m . night shyamalan’s live - action adaptation of the nickelodeon cartoon ‘avatar : the last airbender . ’ the writers are upset that most of the actors , with the exception of british - born indian actor dev patel , who plays bad guy zuko , are white . they should be upset with the casting , but not for the reason they think . ” [ washington post ]
brian warmoth ( 2010 - 07 - 06 ) . ' last airbender 2 ' will be ' darker , ' m . night shyamalan says . mtv news . retrieved on august 3 , 2011 .
you may not know her name , but 15 - year - old actress nicola peltz – who stars in the upcoming m . night shyamalan fantasy the last airbender – could be changing that very soon . here’s why :
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“based on a asian - ish cartoon series called “avatar : the last airbender , ” the movie has been criticized for racially inappropriate casting , but that’s the least of its problems . ” [ st . louis post - dispatch ]
experience the thrilling live - action adventure based on the hit nickelodeon series avatar : the last airbender . join aang , an extraordinary boy with incredible
bending
powers , as he journeys through an exotic land filled with magical creatures and powerful friends . as the avatar , he is the only one who can end the age - old conflict between the four nations , air , water , earth and fire . an inspirational journey , the last airbender is exciting entertainment for the entire family !
paramount paid $ 130 million to promote ' airbender , ' so that would explain the $ 71 million opening .
, the creators of the animated series avatar : the last airbender , they said they elected to pretend that the live - action film didn ' t exist . when asked if he ' d been surprised by the response , shyamalan said that he was .
jason friedberg & aaron seltzer -
vampires suck
michael patrick king -
sex and the city 2
m . night shyamalan -
the last airbender
david slade -
the twilight saga : eclipse
sylvester stallone - the expendables
things are looking up for m . night shyamalan ! he is in the prime of life at age 40 , and despite all critical evidence to the contrary , the last airbender has managed a healthy global box - office [ … ]
o ' bryan , john ( writer ) & volpe , giancarlo ( director ) . ( july 14 , 2006 ) .
the library
. avatar : the last airbender . season 2 . episode 10 . nickelodeon .
dimartino , michael dante ( writer ) & volpe , giancarlo ( director ) . ( november 18 , 2005 ) .
the waterbending master
. avatar : the last airbender . season 1 . episode 18 . nickelodeon .
m . night shyamalan has built his directing career on thrillers , ones that often involve supernatural elements and almost always promise a twist ending . but with
the last airbender
- - his big - screen adaptation of
avatar : the last airbender ,
the nickelodeon animated series with a devoted fan following - - he ' s finally going in a direction that doesn ' t involve seeing dead people or crop - circle signs .
ehasz , aaron ( writer ) & spaulding , ethan ( director ) . ( june 2 , 2006 ) .
bitter work
. avatar : the last airbender . season 2 . episode 9 . nickelodeon .
hedrick , tim ( writer ) & macmullan , lauren ( director ) . ( november 6 , 2006 ) .
lake laogai
. avatar : the last airbender . season 2 . episode 17 . nickelodeon .
to further promote the film , paramount pictures and nickelodeon movies teamed with embassy suites ( the upscale , all suites hotel chain ) to bring guests who booked and completed a stay at any embassy suites property between may 3 and august 31 of 2010 , a chance to win one of four incredible the last airbender - themed grand prizes . each grand prize includes a six - day , five - night getaway for four at the embassy suites waikiki beach walk resort in hawaii , as well as the choice of one of four exhilarating hawaiian adventure excursions representing the
four nations
themes as depicted in the last airbender . in addition to this , 50 runners - up received a nintendo wii game system and accompanying the last airbender video game . all guests who booked their stay through the sweepstakes , received complimentary the last airbender prize packs upon check - in , each containing five unique toys representing the movie’s central themes . [ 20 ]
walt completely losing his moral compass by the last two seasons and going from a sympathetic character to completely irideemable .
three of m . night ' s last four movies were huge , huge , box office successes .
to further promote the film , paramount pictures and nickelodeon movies teamed with embassy suites ( the upscale , all suites hotel chain ) to bring guests who booked and completed a stay at any embassy suites property between may 3 and august 31 of 2010 , a chance to win one of four incredible the last airbender - themed grand prizes . each grand prize includes a six - day , five - night getaway for four at the embassy suites waikiki beach walk resort in hawaii , as well as the choice of one of four exhilarating hawaiian adventure excursions representing the
four nations
themes as depicted in the last airbender . in addition to this , 50 runners - up received a nintendo wii game system and accompanying the last airbender video game . all guests who booked their stay through the sweepstakes , received complimentary the last airbender prize packs upon check - in , each containing five unique toys representing the movie ' s central themes . [ 16 ]
you giggled at the happening . you snorted at the village . but now , for the first time ever , former indie auteur m . night shyamalan has set out to make a gonzo comedy on purpose , with the last airbender . spoilers ahead !
movie critics and industry observers panned “the last airbender , ” paramount’s live - action adaptation of nickelodeon’s animated tv series , but the special - effects fantasy managed to pull in unexpectedly strong box - office returns over the fourth of july weekend .
in addition , dimartino confirmed that there will be no special episode or flashback for
avatar : the last airbender
before the end of book 4 , nor will there be another avatar series after
the legend of korra .
m . night shyamalan hopes to turn ' last airbender , ' based on a cartoon series , into a franchise . he ' s even taking part in the promotional campaign . the project is a risk for him and paramount .
the last airbender is not just a flop , it ' s a big - budget flop , and it ' s a throwback to that grand old genre , the movie that ' s so bad that it ' s bad .
karen valby ( 2010 - 11 - 3 ) . noah ringer of ' the last airbender ' has nothing up his sleeve : ew at ' the kids ' table ' . entertainment weekly . retrieved on october 8 , 2011 .
hamilton , joshua ( writer ) & macmullan , lauren ( director ) . ( march 24 , 2006 ) .
the cave of two lovers
. avatar : the last airbender . season 2 . episode 2 . nickelodeon .
dimartino , michael dante ( writer ) & macmullan , lauren ( director ) . ( february 25 , 2005 ) .
the southern air temple
. avatar : the last airbender . season 1 . episode 3 . nickelodeon .
o ' bryan , john ( writer ) & spaulding , ethan ( director ) . ( november 17 , 2006 ) .
the earth king
. avatar : the last airbender . season 2 . episode 18 . nickelodeon .
o ' bryan , john ( writer ) & volpe , giancarlo ( director ) . ( july 15 , 2008 ) .
the firebending masters
. avatar : the last airbender . season 3 . episode 13 . nickelodeon .
o ' bryan , john ( writer ) & dos santos , joaquim ( director ) . ( september 28 , 2007 ) .
the headband
. avatar : the last airbender . season 3 . episode 2 . nickelodeon .
the last airbender - in which a boy uses his extraordinary powers to bring harmony to a warring world - won worst film , worst director and worst screenplay for shyamalan and worst supporting actor ( for jackson rathbone ) .
the last airbender goes on to earn a domestic gross of $ 131 million , despite the film’s $ 150 million production budget . because airbender ‘s advertising budget was $ 130 million , the film barely makes back it’s $ 280 million total budget through overseas markets . over six months later , a sequel to the film has yet to be put in production .
41 responses to m . night shyamalan says ‘airbender’ rises above race issues : ‘that’s what’s so beautiful about anime’
for those looking to mark their calendars , wave 1 of
the last airbender
toys arrives june 1 , wave 2 will hit shelves closer to the movie ' s release date in july , and the final batch will arrive closer to the holidays .
ehasz , aaron ( writer ) & macmullan , lauren ( director ) . ( december 2 , 2005 ) .
the siege of the north , part 1
. avatar : the last airbender . season 1 . episode 19 . nickelodeon .
ehasz , aaron ( writer ) & filoni , dave ( director ) . ( december 2 , 2005 ) .
the siege of the north , part 2
. avatar : the last airbender . season 1 . episode 20 . nickelodeon .
the filmmaker , who envisions
last airbender
as a trilogy , said the nickelodeon series interested him because it lent itself to
long - form storytelling
and encompassed areas of personal interest : martial arts , mysticism and spirituality .
“ [ the last airbender ] is only an hour - and - a - half long , but it feels like a month . ” wilson said . “the dialogue was so unintelligible , it’s like a foreign film without subtitles . ”
jen chaney : obviously “last airbender” is a departure from the thrillers that have defined your career until now . why did you decide that this was the right project to take on in order to move your work in a new direction ?
in 2009 , an unofficial last airbender fan site was published . currently , it contains first - seen images of zuko and aang , as well as photoshop mock - up of the water tribe seas in the banner . [ 15 ]
ehasz , elizabeth welch ( writer ) & spaulding , ethan ( director ) . ( april 7 , 2006 ) .
return to omashu
. avatar : the last airbender . season 2 . episode 3 . nickelodeon .


blind injustice is a film that stars jamie luner , josie davis , james thomas , theresa russell , thomas mitchell and k. c. collins .

the story was written by peter sullivan and c. thomas howell who was also one of the co-producers of the film .

it was directed by rex piano .

blind injustice

acknowledgments about this book 1 . eye opener 2 . blind denial 3 . blind ambition 4 . blind bias 5 . blind memory 6 . blind intuition 7 . blind tunnel vision 8 . seeing and accepting human limitations notes index
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the scene inside vernon’s church that day is described by uc college of law professor mark godsey in his upcoming book , “blind injustice . ”
after witnessing enough disturbing trends to fill a book , he sat down and wrote one . “blind injustice” is expected to hit shelves in september 2017 .
most of my daily updates on wrongful conviction issues have now been moved from this blog to the blind injustice facebook group , which you can join here .
my new book blind injustice , which delves into the psychology and politics of wrongful convictions from my days as a prosecutor and now innocence lawyer , is now available in hardcover and digital versions here .
it is said that love is blind . so , in such cases , should justice be .
i was blocked from the blind injustice facebook group , hence unable to read it , so i hope you will still post here occasionally . will be sharing this post in my own facebook groups . george barwood
when a blind woman becomes the victim of a brutal attack , she becomes confident that she can identify her assailant .
as social media platforms like facebook seem to be supplanting blogs to some extent in terms of activity and relevance , please visit and join the blind injustice facebook group here , for ongoing , daily discussions of wrongful conviction issues . this blog will be updated from time to time with new , longer and more substantive posts , but most daily activity going forward will take place on facebook at blind injustice . thank you for continuing to follow this blog , and for you passion in fighting wrongful convictions .
a blind woman ( jamie luner ) learns the man convicted of raping her is innocent , while her assailant targets her again .
blind injustice
is an episode of becker starring ted danson , hattie winston , and shawnee smith . jake feels further handicapped by his blindness when he inadvertently allows a crook to rob the diner . he feels vindicated later when he thinks he has found the crook .
we will still post on this blog from time to time , but it seems that the days of people going to blogs are starting to wane a bit , as most people get their news and updates on social media . please tune in to the blind injustice facebook group .
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as he once wrote in an email to his team to lift their spirits after a tough loss , “… fighting for another human being who no one else will fight for has incredible value in and of itself . … the real courage is doing something because it’s right even if it has a high chance of ending in gut - wrenching injustice . ”
a deeper look into our justice system | mark godsey | tedxucincinnati mark godsey has dedicated his legal career to protecting convicted inmates who claim they are not guilty . but how do those innocent citizens end up with convictions in the first place ? mark godsey presents why that happens and how can we minimize—or even eliminate—the high number of wrongful convictions that happen in the united states each year . professor mark godsey directs the ohio innocence project at the university of cincinnati college of law , and is a leading activist globally in the innocence movement . he is the author of blind injustice : a former prosecutor exposes the the psychology and politics of wrongful convictions , forthcoming september 2017 . this talk was given at a tedx event using the ted conference format but independently organized by a local community . learn more at urltoken
“the book , which is in part a confessional , looks at how innocent people can become the victims of faulty eyewitness testimony , bad forensics , and a variety of blinding cognitive biases on the part of law - enforcement personnel , prosecutors , and judges , and why the system so tenaciously defends the status quo , even when it’s guilty of railroading innocent citizens . with so much attention rightly focused on racial injustice in recent years , godsey’s book offers another important piece of the puzzle . ”
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[ mark godsey ' s ] book is about how his career change also changed his outlook , by showing up ' problems in the system that i , as a prosecutor , should have seen , but about which i had simply been in denial ' . . . . mr godsey’s work is memorable because he is able to show precisely how these flaws work in action .
a breathless page - turner , especially for true crime readers , drawing together godsey and his indefatigable staff as they relentlessly power through volumes and volumes of evidence in pursuit of the truth . ”
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exoneree ricky jackson reflects on the 39 years he spent in prison for a crime he did not commit . photo / lisa ventre
a new book by a founder of the university of cincinnati ' s ohio innocence project sheds light on a criminal justice system that sends far too many innocent people to prison .
icky jackson stood inside a church in cleveland , ohio , anxiously awaiting the chance to come face - to - face with his accuser — the man responsible for sending him to prison for 39 years .
jackson was fresh out of jail , and tears of joy had barely dried following his 2014 exoneration for a 1975 murder conviction . the state’s key witness — ed vernon , just 12 years old at the time — testified that he saw jackson with two others gun down a man outside a corner store . but after nearly four decades , vernon recanted , explaining that police intimidated him into testifying , and all three innocent men were freed . jackson became the longest - serving exoneree in u . s . history , and he was about to look into the eyes of the man who put him behind bars yet ultimately helped set him free .
“when vernon entered the chapel that day , ricky walked up to him , hugged him , and whispered in his ear , ‘i forgive you . i want you to live a good life , ’” writes godsey . “ricky then continued to hold him while vernon sobbed in his arms . ricky later told me that as vernon sobbed , he became lighter in ricky’s arms , and vernon gradually began to stand more upright . a physical transformation occurred before ricky’s eyes , as vernon’s burden began to dissipate . ”
the burden of knowing innocent men and women are sitting in prison is something godsey has become all too familiar with over the last 14 years since starting at the ohio innocence project ( oip ) at uc in 2003 .
to date , the oip in uc’s lois and richard rosenthal institute for justice has freed two dozen wrongfully convicted inmates from ohio prisons who together had served more than 450 years for crimes they did not commit .
featured in a 10 - page time magazine feature in february , the oip has become one of the most active and successful innocence projects worldwide .
and along the way , godsey — himself a former federal prosecutor — has had a front - row seat to the psychology and politics that lead to wrongful convictions .
when his book debuts , godsey hopes readers will better understand why an increasing number of innocent people are walking out of prison after spending most of their lives locked up for crimes they didn’t do .
ricky jackson holds the 1975 mug shot police took of him when he was booked as a teenager . photo / lisa ventre
“the discovery of hundreds if not thousands of wrongful convictions in the past 25 years should be viewed by the criminal justice system as indicative of a disaster , ” writes godsey . “a mass disaster . ”
according to the national registry of exonerations , nearly 2 , 000 people have been set free for crimes they didn’t do since 1989 . still , godsey says most of the american public remains in a “fog , ” oblivious to how the system is stacked against defendants who don’t stand a chance if police , prosecutors or judges have what he refers to in his book as “tunnel vision , ” a premature conclusion of guilt .
mark godsey discusses a case in the ohio innocence project space at the uc college of law . photo / lisa ventre
in chapter after chapter , godsey calls into question a criminal justice system that he says is rife with human error , from junk science forensics to simple human bias . as a former prosecutor , godsey says he views his book as both a memoir and a confessional .
“i look back , and i see that i did things that i don’t agree with now , ” he says . “i would love it if prosecutors and police officers read this book . it is not an attack on them . we take certain roles , and we lose our humanity in the process . i did that myself . ”
godsey says police and prosecutors are under great pressure to solve heinous crimes , and the politics , he says , all too often cloud the process and lead to mistakes or overreaches .
even when a miscarriage of justice has been brought to light by oip investigations , he says , officials in the system often remain in such denial that they purposely stand in the way of correcting mistakes .
“as an innocence lawyer and activist , i have routinely witnessed the unjust behavior of police , prosecutors and even judges and how this behavior has caused untold pain to thousands of innocent people suffering at the hands of the system , ” godsey writes .
godsey’s eyes were first opened in 2001 after he joined the law faculty at northern kentucky university and filled in for a professor who oversaw the kentucky innocence project . students were reporting on an inmate in prison for rape whom they suspected was innocent .
“i sat there and listened to their description and internally rolled my eyes , ” he writes in his book . “‘how naive , ’ i thought . what a bunch of gullible , bleeding - heart law students . ”
when the dna test came back , however , the man was exonerated and released after 13 years in prison . “this was , needless to say , an eye - opening experience for me , the prosecutor’s prosecutor , ” shares godsey . “i was shocked . ”
soon after , he attended the national innocence network conference , and by the time he left , he saw everything in a brand new light . “there were problems in the system which i , as a prosecutor , should have seen , but i had simply been in denial . ”
the next year , godsey got a job at the uc college of law and began directing the oip , founded a year earlier by local lawyers , including john cranley , currently mayor of cincinnati .
godsey’s group has helped free 23 men and one woman since those early days , and those cases represent only a sliver of the thousands they have examined .
the oip — resembling a mini law firm in the uc college — is made up of students , a few staff attorneys and an administrative assistant . they receive more than 500 inquiries a year from prisoners or family members looking for help . tall stacks of boxes indicate the volume of work .
godsey compares their caseload to a massive conveyor belt with holes in it . “they are all moving along in the beginning , then some start falling through the holes , ” he says .
many inquiries get kicked early for obvious reasons : the inmate is not from ohio , or they did the crime , but they disagree with the sentence . in hundreds of cases , inmates are sent a 23 - page questionnaire . some never return it , and even more cases melt away as oip staff members dig into the details and discover claims of new evidence or a new witness that never pan out .
in other instances , oip attorneys push for dna testing only to confirm a client actually is the murderer or rapist the state said he was .
“in a lot of our cases , our investigation confirms they are guilty , ” says godsey . “i always tell our students that is the best answer you can hope for . if you are sitting around hoping that the system made a mistake and the true perpetrator has been out on the street committing more crimes , you are sick . ”
oip students hard at work at the uc college of law . photos / lisa ventre
ultimately the oip ends up representing roughly 2 percent of individuals who ask for help . that’s about 10 out of every 500 . yet , despite the grind of sifting through cases that often go nowhere , it’s the wins that keep them motivated to press on , says oip staff attorney and uc grad jennifer bergeron , jd ’02 .
“once you read the heartbreaking letters we receive , investigate a case and find evidence showing that someone is sitting in prison , often for life , for something they did not do , you can’t walk away , ” she says . “it’s an incredible honor and burden to represent someone who the justice system has failed . ”
godsey points out that his students and staff are driven by social justice . “they are people who work for passion , ” he says . “it is a tough job . these are true do - gooder type personalities who are willing to make less money , work longer hours and have a sometimes demoralizing and frustrating job because that is the only way they would have it . ”
the victories bring what godsey calls the “kodak moments , ” when the media surfaces to get footage of an inmate taking his first careful steps out of prison — free for the first time in decades .
but godsey prizes the more intimate moments , like when he was driving with his two young children in 2005 and his cellphone rang . the call was from the ohio attorney general’s office , the top law official in the state of ohio , to inform him that the state would stand alongside the oip and support the case to get a man exonerated . that man , clarence elkins , had been in prison more than seven years .
elkins had been given a life sentence for allegedly raping and murdering his mother - in - law and raping his 6 - year - old niece , who told police the perpetrator looked like her uncle clarence . though elkins had an alibi and all the physical evidence pointed to his innocence , he was convicted . the oip proved through dna testing that elkins was not the perpetrator and even positively matched the dna to the true culprit , a convicted child rapist who had lived just two doors down from where the crime was committed . in an incredible twist , the real killer happened to be in jail for another crime and was in the same facility . elkins was able to collect the man’s cigarette butt and mail it to the dna lab .
former ohio attorney general jim petro visited campus after the 2005 clarence elkins case . elkins is listening in the background . petro explained to uc law students why he took a stand with the oip and against state prosecutors to exonerate elkins . photo / dottie stover
opposed by the judge and the prosecutor at every turn , godsey eventually turned to the state attorney general .
“when i got the call , i got emotional and had to pull over to the side of the road , ” says godsey . soon after , he received copies of letters from the state office declaring their intentions to join the case . “i drove straight to prison to see clarence and tell him the news . i held up the two pieces of paper on the glass during the prison visit . he read it . it was just a very emotional moment . ”
the wins for uc’s oip haven’t only involved escorting free men and women from lockup . the oip was also behind senate bill 77 , a piece of ohio legislation passed in 2010 that set statewide standards for retaining biological evidence , taking dna in felony arrests and establishing new procedures for police lineups . godsey is also a leading figure in the international innocence scene and often travels to other countries to speak or help networks get off the ground .
— mark godsey ( pictured in this associated press image at left with ricky jackson and oip staff attorney brian howe the moment jackson was exonerated . )
asked where the innocence movement is headed , godsey says it should be viewed much like the civil rights movement .
“ we are at the beginning of a many decades - long movement that’s going to transform the criminal justice system , ” he says . “because of advances in psychology and because of the innocence movement , we are realizing there are a lot of things we can do differently to make the system more accurate . this is going to win out because there is no debate on the merits . you are just fighting people whose minds are closed because it has been done this way for centuries . ”
like civil rights , he says , there won’t be a eureka moment where somebody stands up and convinces everybody .
“these battles are won by activists continuing to holler and scream , ” he says . “this is going to take people working and educating and talking for decades and decades . ”
the ohio innocence project has received an unprecedented honor – a feature in time magazine’s special edition examining wrongful convictions . the issue , which is anticipated to sell over a half a million copies , was recently published ( feb 2017 ) and is available at newsstands across the country .
“i’m thrilled that time has dedicated an entire issue to the innocence movement , which demonstrates the enormous impact it has had on our criminal justice system , ” says godsey . “we at oip are honored to have been highlighted as a central player in what is now becoming a global human rights movement . and we are thankful to the university of cincinnati and our many donors for making it all possible . ”
the issue , “innocent : the fight against wrongful convictions , ” takes a look at 25 years of the innocence movement . the ohio innocence project ( oip ) is highlighted with a multi - page spread .
the second annual bearcats dash & bash 18 . 19k and 5k races , co - sponsored by the uc department of athletics and the ohio innocence project , is sunday , oct . 1 , 2017 , at uc . last year’s event set a cincinnati record for the first year of a race with more than 1 , 800 participants . all proceeds benefit the uc athletics scholarship fund and the ohio innocence project .
a record $ 15 million bequest by philanthropist dick rosenthal will help assure that uc’s ohio innocence project will continue well into the future . he and his late wife , lois , first established the lois and richard rosenthal institute for justice at uc in 2004 , which includes the oip . the latest gift is considered the largest to any innocence project in history .
dick rosenthal poses with nancy smith during the dash & bash event last year . smith is the project’s lone female exoneree , freed in 2009 after spending 15 years in prison . photo / jay yocis
jackson with last year’s winner of the 18 . 19k , josh bokelman . photo / jay yocis
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