USAToday released pictures of Avatar: The Last Airbender. Noah Ringer , 12,

USAToday released pictures of Avatar: The Last Airbender.

Noah Ringer , 12, makes his feature-film debut opposite Slumdog Millionaire’s Dev Patel in M. Night Shyamalan’s The Last Airbender, a live-action version of the show that opens July 2, 2010.

Dev Patel is suited for the role. He earned his black belt in tae kwon do before he turned to acting and discovered the television show while filming Millionaire. “I started watching it in my trailer in India,” says Patel, who plays the villain Zuko, a “firebender” (he manipulates flames). “I see why the fan base is so big. It’s got action but a lot of moral messages.”

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