By saying AvatarAn image comes to mind for all of us. However, it is not always the same. Some think of the James Cameron film released in 2009; while others think about Avatar the last Airbender. Well, it seems that both versions were related at some point in their history, and the name of one is a direct consequence of the otheraccording to a report from Variety.
Avatar the last Airbender began its transmission about four years before the premiere of Avatar, the homonymous work by James Cameron. Despite this, Nickelodeon was limited when it came to naming his animated series simply Avataras were their original plans.
According to Giancarlo Volpe, animator and in charge of directing up to 19 episodes of the animated series, the rights of James Cameron were responsible. They comment that it was in 2004 when they found out that the series had to be renamed completely to Avatar the last Airbender (The Last Airbender in English), because James Cameron had a production with the same name registered and underway.
In 2004 we found out that we had to change the name of our program Avatar a Avatar: The Last Airbender because James Cameron already had the rights to a movie called Avatar.
Giancarlo Volpe on Twitter
“Now the sequel is called The Sense of Water. If the third party is called The Firebending Masters we rioted”, jokes Volpe in his official account of Twitter.
James Cameron always had the rights to the Avatar title
In 2010, it was released The Last Airbender in theaters. It was a movie directed by M. Night Shyamalan based on the entire first season of Avatar the last Airbender. Why not just call it after the series? Well, apparently Cameron’s work also has to do here.
Avatar by James Cameron was released in 2009, and the version live action of The legend of aang was released in 2010. Release two movies called Avatar in such a short period of time it was a recipe for disaster; both at the level of public reception, as well as possible legal repercussions. Ultimately, the Paramount Pictures team settled on The Last Airbender.
James Cameron, for his part, has been working on Avatar since 1994. After finishing titanic, the director got down to work to direct his long-awaited film. Unfortunately, the technology needed to direct the film was not that advanced at the time, so it was in 2006 when the first field work began to get it up and running. Throughout this time, Cameron held on to the rights to the name.
Both franchises return to the cinema soon. The first one will be Avatar 2: The Path of Watera work that opens on December 16 and that could be continued by up to 5 other films, if Cameron gets his way. Avatar the last Airbenderfor his part, plans to release a film on October 10, 2025; the first project of this level for the franchise after the failure that meant The Last Airbender.