One of my hommies from twitter hit me up and told me to go to Racebending.com. The website points out how the lead cast for M. Night Shyamalan’s upcoming film The Last Airbender are all white with the exception of Zuko, the villain, who will be played by an Asian actor…
Check out the article:
The Nickelodeon show “Avatar: The Last Airbender,” on which this film is based, featured Asian characters in a fantasy setting inspired and informed by a variety of Asian cultures. The characters fight with East Asian martial arts, have Asian features, dress in clothing from Asian cultures, and write with Chinese characters. The cast and setting were a refreshing departure from predominantly white American media, and were a large part of the show’s appeal as well as an inspiration to many Asian American children.
Characters from the animated series. Katara and Sokka from the peacful and oppressed Water Tribe; Zuko from the tyrannical and genocidal Fire Nation.
Most recent casting for the movie. Nicola Peltz as Katara, Jackson Rathbone as Sokka, Dev Patel as Zuko (originally cast as Jesse McCartney, a blond, blue-eyed popstar).
I’m not sure this will have a huge effect on the outcome at the box office…But its still messed up how Hollywood tries to change key elements of a story line….To be honest I really can’t see any of the cast doing martial arts in any form or fashion…I’m willing to bet that the ethnic difference will take away from the feel of the plot…It’ll probably end up being nothing like the show just like the rest of the TV show based movies…
Check out the footage Micheal Bay posted on his website…It’s the Transformer 2: Revenge of the Fallen footage that he put together for the Sho West Presentation, including a full 2 minute clip and a quick preview of Devastator…
Awwwwww Mannnnn…..That sucks……Why the hell you you have Bumble Bee cry? He lost his legs in the first one, that’s enough to make anyone cry. Anyway he’s a robot, they’re not supposed to be able to cry and before you anyone goes pulling “He was Emotional” out their ass I’m proud to say that robots can’t have emotions.Lol.
Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen is set to hit theaters June 24, 2009…..Be sure to check it out
A multi-strand narrative set in early 1980’s Los Angeles, centered on an array of characters who represent both the top of the heap (a Hollywood dream merchant, a dissolute rock star, an aging newscaster) and the bottom (a voyeuristic doorman, an amoral ex-con). Connecting the intertwining strands are a group of beautiful, blond young men and women who sleep all day and party all night, doing drugs — and one another –with abandon, never realizing that they are dancing on the edge of a volcano.
The Informers is set to hit theaters May 1, 2009…Be sure to check it out
The trailer for George Jordan’s upcoming thriller The Informers has hit the net.
Looks like Billy Bob Thornton, Kim Basinger and Mickey Rourke has one hell of a time with this one….Partying all night, sleeping all day…Sounds like most American teenagers college experience lol.
The Informers is set to hit theaters May 1, 2009…Be sure to check it out
