Keith - yes, yes, yes and neither am I.
---------[ Received Mail Content ]---------- Subject : [scifinoir2] Re: Shyamalan's Avatar Cast Gets Colorful, Finally Date : Mon, 09 Feb 2009 05:55:59 +0000 From : keithbjohn...@comcast.net To : "Tracey de Morsella" <tdemorse...@multiculturaladvantage.com>, <scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com>, <ggs...@yahoo.com> Is Patel playing Ang? Isn't he both too old and too tall for that role? I'm just not feeling this movie. -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Tracey de Morsella" > > Shyamalan's > > Avatar Cast Gets Colorful, Finally > > > By Graeme McMillan , 7:30 > AM on > Tue Feb 3 2009, 4,499 views > > http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/io9/2009/02/dev.jpgStop the (internet) > press! A non-white actor has been cast in M. Night Shyamalan's adaptation of > Avatar: The Last Airbender! Have the internet protests been having an effect > on the embattled production after all? > > We first reported on the outcry over > the all-white > casting of the distinctly non-white animated characters in December, and > since then, fans have continued to deluge the movie's producers with reasons > why the casting is unfair. So, does the news that Slumdog Millionaire's Dev > Patel will be taking over the role previously thought to belong to Jesse > McCartney represent a victory for the fans? Well, yes and no. > > On the one hand, it is a refreshing sign to see Patel take over from the > none-more-white McCartney, but on the other, this change doesn't have > anything to do with fan reaction; as Shyamalan explained, it's all to do > with scheduling: > > Jesse had tour dates that conflicted with a boot camp I always hold on my > films, and where the actors here have to train for martial arts. > > So, while the victory wasn't won by the fans, at least they can take some > solace in the fact that McCartney was forced off the film by the pop career > that they so hated. That's something, surely...? > > Shyamalan > cast > floats on 'Air' [Variety] > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds
