More Dev Patel as Zuko!

From Geekytyrant, more pictures of Dev Patel as Zuko.

He's got the right look and intensity, so I've got no real issues. Except, you know, for all the stuff everyone's been saying about no east Asians playing the principle characters. Also, his scar is just barely visible this picture--after all, we can't ugly him up too much.

I find it interesting they've repurposed the Rohan helmets from LOTR: Two Towers for the Fire Nation. What happened to the full-on white skull faceplates?

Not that I can expect the live action film to be anything like the cartoon.... Yeah....

First look at The Last Airbender!

Zuko and Aang, as played by Dev Patel and Noah Ringer!

Read the article here.

And try not to cringe when they describe the Avatar as being able to "manipulate the weather." *FANRAGESCREAM*

Let the *headdesking* begin...

Who the hell is Zucko?

And since when was the plot of Avatar Air vs. Fire?

Entertainment media, I beg you: please do your research...

Thank you, Kung-Fu Action Jeebus....

Whew.

Avatar fans managed to dodge a bullet...or perhaps we all screamed loudly enough until the Jesse-McCartney-as-Zuko bullet was deflected after scheduling conflicts pulled the singer/actor from the role that, up until the end of January, he'd all but secured. (Now, try reading that run-on sentence in one breath.)

But Shyamalan's got a tweeest for us: he's secured Dev Patel from Slumdog Millionaire for the Prince of Fire. If the hype and talent of Slumdog can speak for his talent, then I'm crossing my fingers and hoping he'll do his best to please the fans, instead of pretending to pander the way McCartney did. (Dude, get the facts straight--the director is a HUGE fan and if you don't know anything about the cartoon...)


Also cast is Jessica Jade Andres in the role of Kyoshian warrior Suki--a surprise to me, considering her role in the first season (i.e. what will be the first movie) was nominal.

I haven't ranted or raged much about the casting of what was, until Patel's appearance, an all-white cast. And I'll continue not to because other people will do it for me much more eloquently. But gods, I am so grateful McCartney's out. I just don't think Theodore from Alvin and the Chipmunks is a good fit for angstmaster Zuko.

Or maybe he will be, after all the flak he's gotten over the role...