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Mike and Bryan Talk About Legend of Korra
Posted to Korra News on March 08, 2011 8:13 AM by NightBender
 The Wall Street Journal's Speakeasy has been running daily features on the upcoming series The Legend of Korra for the past several days now. Their latest article is an interview with Michael DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, the creators of Avatar: the Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra. According to the article the new series is due out mid-2012 on Nickelodeon, not this November as previously once thought. Here is some good news though; Nickelodeon had originally only ordered 12 episodes for the new series but recently decided to order 14 more shows. WSJ: How far along are you on the new series? Mike: We are in the midst of the first twelve episodes. We’ve written all the episodes. Episodes have shipped to the overseas animations studios and they’re animating away as we speak. So we’re kind of in the middle of things right now…All the vocal cast has been picked and recorded and all the scripts have been recorded. WSJ: Are you looking to win new viewers with the series or just satisfy fans of the old series who have grown up? Mike: We want everyone to watch. Definitely fans of the first series will not be disappointed in this one. The tone is a little older, the characters are a little older than the first series—they’re teenagers. Korra is 16 so she’s older than Aang was. So I think maybe some people who weren’t into the first show might find this one and be into it. WSJ: Since the main characters are older, will there be more romance? Bryan: I thought Korra was 17 so Mike and I have to get our stories straight. The main characters are in their late teens, we’ve always loved those kind of teen love triangle type stories and there was plenty of that in the original series. We’re definitely getting into it in this series. The difference is these people have cars and motorcycles and things. There’s definitely a different dynamic. I’d say the show is more sophisticated than the original series but it has the same balance of tones we’ve always liked with humor, action, drama, scary stuff and romance. WSJ: Will characters from the first series show up in “Korra”? Bryan: Again it’s 70 years later so they’ll appear in various ways perhaps. Mike: There is definitely a link to the old series and the old characters. WSJ: Who is the main villain in Korra? Mike: We have a great villain. He’s kind of an anti-bending revolutionary guy. Very scary dude. And definitely is quite a challenge for Korra.
Head over to WSJ Speakeasy to check out the full interview. 453 Comments
Comment by: Johnny
@ 04:41 am March 23, 2011
 Finally Dev Patel gets some recognition from his work. Hope he will win it.
Comment by: CrazyFan
@ 07:25 am March 23, 2011
@Johnny hes has to be nominated first so go vote man
Comment by: Unknown
@ 01:35 pm March 23, 2011
I already made my voye for Dave Patel
Comment by: the_water_bender
@ 02:11 pm March 23, 2011
"Oh I'd love to postpone, but I just cashed my last rain-check."
"Whats that from?"
"MY BRAIN"
(10 points to whoever can guess where that's from!)
Comment by: Moe
@ 03:44 pm March 23, 2011
@the_water_bender
Mae Whitman in Scott Pilgrim. Love that movie!
Comment by: Belmont
@ 03:36 am March 26, 2011
Comment by: AvatarRelic
@ 05:51 am March 26, 2011
@CrazyFan, i hope he doesnt win it, he was shit, and so was everyone else in that horrible horrible movie
Comment by: Alice Hale
@ 08:32 am March 26, 2011
Comment by: Al
@ 11:42 pm March 26, 2011
@Belmont
the pic looks awesome!!!!!!!!!
Comment by: Unknown
@ 01:40 pm March 27, 2011
@Belmont
For some reason I can't get on the site. So, would someone please tell me what was on the site please?
Comment by: Unknown
@ 02:07 pm March 27, 2011
This has nothing to do with the subject, but I hope that the extended edition of the "Movie" comes out. Here are my reasons.
1. All this time I thought M. Night ruined the movie that looked great when you watched the trailers. However, It was really Paramount's fault.
2. I never saw the "Movie", but I heard it was rushed. The extended edition should make the movie explain more.
3. I guess the extended edition should be better accurate then the "movie". Ex: they call Aang Ang
4. The extended edition should make the movie more sense.
5. I don't know why paramount did this. It was their fault. What were they thinking. They made the 3d so cheap and made TLA look so terrible. Are they really that stupid.
I'm not expecting the extended edition to be like a 4 star movie. Though I'm expecting it to be like a 3 star movie. If anyone's reading this, give me your opinions on what I have to say. Please?
Comment by: LOK
@ 02:33 pm March 27, 2011
@Unknown, but the movie would still be bad. The dialogue, the dancing before bending, the slow bending etc.. It's still M. Night's fault, but it's also Paramount's.
Comment by: Fu Ling Yu
@ 03:18 pm March 27, 2011
"Patel did make an awesome villain, with the cool mystical fire powers and demon hipster chicks- oh.....wait, you meant Dev Patel? Oh sorry, I thought Matthew Patel from Scott Pilgrim, the first evil ex-boyfriend". <---My brother's comment a couple weeks ago, lol
Comment by: Johnny
@ 06:26 am March 28, 2011
 I love the movie but I also support the extended Edition. Sadly Paramount has compromise M. Night's original version when they decided to convert it to 3D. Now we could have seen the entire version still if Paramount would have paid more for the convertion. Of course the 3D will still sucks but we could have saw the entire version as M. Night wanted to be seen. Hopefully the studio will make amends and let M. Night release the DVD version.
@Johnny i saw that youtube video and i am reaaly interested to see what shamylan's full version of the movie was, so i'm hoping they do release an extended version. I think it could very well give them a better chance at making more money on a second movie.
Comment by: Shaymin
@ 03:45 pm April 03, 2011
WHY, oh why did he have to change the story and a bunch of other stuff. The show is perfect as it is. Nothing could change for the better.
Comment by: AvatarRelic
@ 05:57 pm April 03, 2011
even WITH the exended scenes, the movie was HORRIBLE, the Aunt Wu scene was stupid, they even had Ong, Katara, and Soaka DANCE retardedly, the extended scene wouldve made people have to SUFFER longer through the horrible movie. I have NO IDEA how people liked that movie one bit, it was the worst thing ever, people say its 'better' the second time you watch it. I am NEVER EVER gonna watch that shit again, i rewatched the entire show to see how the story was so good to forget about that retarded, horribly made movie.(TLA lovers, dont bother arguing with me, cuz the movie was SHIT)
I agree, the movie did suck monkey balls, but I'm just trying to stay optimistic here. This screw-up will probably mean that there will be no live-action version of ATLA and I don't know if that would be a good thing or a bad thing. I'm perfectly content with the anime, but I am still intersested to see if it's possible for Paramount to turn this around and make a movie worhty of the praise that the series got.
Comment by: Al
@ 04:55 am April 05, 2011
Comment by: Unknown
@ 05:09 pm April 05, 2011
@Al
There is nothing funny about monkeyballs.......................... Or is it that I lack humor?
Comment by: Legit
@ 07:33 am April 06, 2011
@AvatarRelic
I don't know why but while reading your comment I couldn't help but laugh...your hatered towards the movie amuses me.
Comment by: DarkBender
@ 07:52 am April 06, 2011
@Belmont that pic looks absolutely authentic! if that was just a fanart i dunno how the actual series would look!
Comment by: BeingGirl
@ 12:16 pm April 06, 2011
Comment by: ICU...
@ 02:48 pm April 06, 2011
not much has changed I can see...
Comment by: Unknown
@ 03:51 pm April 06, 2011
@AvatarRelic
I understand that you didn't like the movie. However, I assure you that there were movies even worse then TLA. My examples are Vampires Suck, Legion, 88 minutes, Prince of Persia, and Transmorphers (Not to be confused with Transformers).
@Al Did you seriously find that funny or are you just making fun of me?
Comment by: rubixcub3
@ 09:13 am April 07, 2011
But Vampires Suck was meant to be a "bad" movie....
Comment by: BeingGirl
@ 05:02 pm April 07, 2011
@ Unknown don't forget Eragon! (How To Train Your Dragon was an awesome movie...until you read the book. )
Comment by: Unknown
@ 05:07 pm April 07, 2011
@rubixcub3
I assure that there are some dummies out in the world that really think Vampire Suck is a good movie.
Comment by: Unknown
@ 05:08 pm April 07, 2011
@Being Girl Are you saying that the books are bad or somthing? 
Comment by: Shaymin
@ 10:02 am April 08, 2011
I did a school project on Avatar. Not my teacher wants to watch it. 
Comment by: Correction
@ 10:03 am April 08, 2011
Comment by: Inferno320 (formerly known as Avatar320)
@ 10:28 am April 08, 2011
@Unknown
I believe Being Girl is saying that the books are awesome (which they are, and the final one, Inheritance, comes out this November!) and that the movie is awful (which it is).
Comment by: Al
@ 01:47 am April 09, 2011
@Radi0actvChickn Dude, I simply love your comment! It made me laugh all my tragic moments I faced in this year
Comment by: trippinMomo
@ 09:32 am April 13, 2011
haha, like anyone would buy anything^^^ these online merchs are desperate; Dude- nobody thrust these stuff; these guys would post on Youtube, Ign, and other places thinking anyone would buy 'em, but we just laugh at 'em and go on else, or ignore them, so yea, we're gonna continue ignoring them...
Comment by: Momo
@ 11:17 am April 13, 2011
GO AWAY! LEAVE MY MONEY OUT OF THIS! 
Comment by: Momo's Money
@ 12:46 pm April 13, 2011
Yeah! Leave me out of this!
Comment by: Avatar_Fan
@ 06:43 pm April 14, 2011
Comment by: Johnny
@ 11:31 am April 16, 2011
This movie Cowboys and Aliens is going to kick a$$. Noah Ringer's career in acting has begun.
Comment by: 4everZutara
@ 02:30 pm April 17, 2011
^^^^^^^^^
hehehe i get it because you said that his acting career "has begun" but really it already begun when he played in The Last Airbender but the movie sucked a55 so much that it doesn't even count for his career hahaha hilarious
*no sarcasm intended*
Comment by: Johnny
@ 06:03 pm April 17, 2011
If the movie sucks Balls then why is he hire in a movie with Daniel Graig and Harrison Ford? First time actors don't get a chance to be with James Bond and Han Solo in one movie.
Comment by: Inferno320 (formerly known as Avatar320)
@ 06:24 pm April 17, 2011
He's obviously not playing a very large part if he hasn't been on any trailers so far. For all we know, he had a bunch of stuff, but they cut some of it out after TLA released.
Comment by: Unknown (formerly known as Mr.X
@ 06:54 am April 18, 2011
Still, Cowboys and Aliens is still going to be a great movie. By the way, I am going to see Source Code today. I am excited ! Did anyone like the movie.
Comment by: ICU...
@ 04:11 pm April 19, 2011
@Inferno
He's been in a trailer, I mean sure he wasn't speaking in it but it did show his face at least 2 times....
Comment by: Johnny
@ 04:24 pm April 19, 2011
Good eyes ICU that means Noah has a good part in the movie.
Comment by: 6ear5hift
@ 09:45 am April 20, 2011
@ Johnny
well, it is possible to have a bad movie and have a good actor in it; I like Noah Ringer.
Comment by: ICU...
@ 11:12 am April 20, 2011
@Johnny,
haha thanks.
and yeah i'm sure he has a decent part. All I'm aware of is that he plays a boy named Emet... (not quite sure how to spell the name).
@6ear5hift
very true but sometimes if there is a very good actor in a not so good movie that actor can "save" the movie with their good performance. But only sometimes...
Comment by: Inferno320 (formerly known as Avatar320)
@ 11:38 am April 20, 2011
@ICU
Where at in which trailer?
Comment by: Avatarmaster6
@ 02:11 pm April 20, 2011
im just kinda upset because i heard theres only 26 episodes idk..and i like the ideaa and its so exciting...but like i really wish they would have made a book 4 to the first avatar because they left out whath appen to zukos mom...whath appen to azula..and like when toph goes homee what will her parents do.....im they should make other spinoffs to like an earth benderď»¿ and firebender avatar after this.!
and carss and motorcycles? whatt?whyy..it takes awway the whole feeling..i wish this was like more than one season though and not a mini series
Comment by: ICU...
@ 04:47 pm April 20, 2011
@Inferno Ok here we go, first off here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJixNxFxhT4 @1:08 that's him screaming "NOOO!" @1:24 he's the boy sitting next to the guy that says, "that's my wife" @1:55 I think that might be him riding the horse next to the man, not sure, but I think that is him. @1:57 he's creeping against a wall.
Comment by: Legit
@ 04:52 pm April 20, 2011
@ICU...
haha, omg, good eye. 20/20 I'm supposing....
Comment by: Inferno320 (formerly known as Avatar320)
@ 05:27 pm April 20, 2011
@ICU
Yes, I agree with Legit. Good eye. Thanks for pointing that out to me.
Comment by: ICU...
@ 06:00 pm April 20, 2011
@inferno
Ha thanks and yeah no problem.
@legit
And yes I actually do have 20/20 vision lol.
Comment by: CrazyFan
@ 02:54 am April 21, 2011
Hey guys if u think noahs career is coming up then great news cuz hes not the only one. Dev Patel was this short film on youtube called The Commuter and their are amazing reviews on it and hes also going to be in a movie called the Best exotic marigold hotel with Judi Dench and Bill Nighy good luck to both of them
Comment by: Johnny
@ 05:13 am April 21, 2011
Thanks for the news CrazyFan.
Comment by: Inferno320 (formerly known as Avatar320)
@ 10:33 am April 21, 2011
@CrazyFan
Pretty much everyone agrees that Dev Patel was the best part of TLA. He's always been praised as a great actor since his starring in Slumdog Millionaire (which I still have yet to see).
Comment by: rubixcub3
@ 11:13 am April 21, 2011
so, so far good sucess for Noah and Dev. and the others?
Comment by: Shaymin
@ 02:07 pm April 21, 2011
I'm still a little unsure about Nicolas acting ability. I'm not sure if it was just the lines. She did pretty not good.  Jackson was good, but, of course, lacking the Sokka humor. However, he did well with what he has, and portrayed the complaining side of sokka very well. Nicola made Katara seem like a not-so motherly girl, and more like a surprised-about-everything-that- ever happens kind of girl. 
Comment by: Unknown
@ 05:05 pm April 21, 2011
@Shaymin,
Even though Nicole doesn't look like a good actress so far, you might never know. According to wikipedia, she is right now 16. That is a young age. You might never know that she might get better. Besides, there is a saying that " that professionals were once amateurs
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