Nickelodeon Announces Official Avatar Airbending Movie Title and Release Date

Nickelodeon and Paramount have decided to forgo any conflicts with 20th Century Fox and drop the “Avatar” from their planned live-action feature based on the animated series “Avatar the Last Airbender.”

The film will simply be called “The Last Airbender” to avoid any dispute with James Cameron’s 3-D epic “Avatar,” slated for release Dec. 18, 2009.

M. Night Shyamalan will direct “The Last Airbender,” scheduled for release July 2, 2010.