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Paramount Pictures is in Greenland filming scenes for a live action version of ‘Avatar, the Last Airbender’
A crew of 136 actors, producers and technicians touched down in Ilulissat today to begin filming for ‘Avatar, the Last Airbender’, a live action version of a popular childrens' cartoon about about 12-year-old boy capable of saving the world. Filming in the north-west Greenland village will take place from 23 March to 3 April, and the scenes will make up a total of six minutes in the final production, estimated to have a budget of $250 million. The scenes are not set specifically in Greenland, but in the Arctic. Other scenes have been filmed in Vietnam. ‘Avatar, the Last Airbender’ is directed by Night Shymalan, who also directed the 1999 thriller ‘Sixth Sense’, starring Bruce Willis Greenland has previously been the backdrop for other films. Most recently, Disney filmed scenes in western Greenland using specially trained sledge dogs.
Okay, I don't mean to fan-girl, but, wow.THE SET LOOKS EPIC! I can't wait to see it! And the teaser trailer is coming out in 3 months! WOOT!
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