The Last Airbender is an upcoming American action (action film)-adventure (Adventure film) fantasy film scheduled to be released on July 1, 2010 (2010 in film). It is a live-action (live action) film adaptation based on the first season (Book One: Water) of the animated television series Avatar: The Last Airbender. The film stars Noah Ringer as Aang, a reluctant hero who prefers adventure over his job as the Avatar (Universe of Avatar: The Last Airbender#Avatar). Aang and his friends, Katara (Katara (Avatar: The Last Airbender)) and Sokka, journey to the North Pole to find a Waterbending master to teach Aang and Katara the secrets of the craft. At the same time, Fire Lord Ozai, the current Fire Lord of the Fire Nation, is waging a seemingly endless war against the Earth Kingdom, the Water Tribes, and the already vanquished Air Nomads. The film also stars Nicola Peltz, Jackson Rathbone, and Dev Patel.

The first of a planned trilogy, The Last Airbender will be produced by Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies. Development for a film began in 2007; it was adapted into a film by M. Night Shyamalan, who also directs and produces. Other producers include Frank Marshall (Frank Marshall (film producer)), Kathleen Kennedy (Kathleen Kennedy (film producer)), Sam Mercer and Scott Aversano. The series from which it was adapted from was influenced by Asian art, mythology and various martial arts fighting styles and was created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko.

The Last Airbender was officially budgeted at $150 million, with a promotional budget of $130 million. Other estimates put the cost between $100 million and $110 million. Filming began in mid-March 2009; the movie will be released in both traditional two-dimensional (Dimension) projectors (Movie projector), as well as in 3D (3-D film).cite weburl=Night Shyamalan?s The Last Airbender Gets Release Date, Director Update, ?Avatar? Dropped From Titlelast=Stephensonfirst=Hunterdate= April 15, 2008publisher=/FILMaccessdate= June 29, 2008