Los Angeles -- Hollywood filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan has cast "Slumdog Millionaire" star Dev Patel in his upcoming, live-action movie, "The Last Airbender," Variety.com said.
The film, which is based on an animated Nickelodeon television series, will co-star newcomer Noah Ringer, as well as Nicola Peltz, Jackson Rathbone and Jessica Jade Andres.
Production is slated to begin in mid-March in Greenland, the entertainment industry trade newspaper said.
The first picture in the planned three-movie "Airbender" series is expected to hit theaters July 2, 2010.
Shyamalan's films include "The Sixth Sense," "Unbreakable," "Signs," "The Village," "Lady in the Water" and "The Happening."
Copyright 2009 by United Press International.

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