Studio Ghibli Does "The Borrowers" + Random Snark About "Last Airbender"

Oh my goodness, this is so awesome. There's a small teaser for the latest project from Studio Ghibli (Ponyo, Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke). This time they are doing an anime adaptation of "The Borrowers". For anyone who doesn't remember "The Borrowers" was a series of novels for children by author Mary Norton. They were about a family of tiny people who survive by "borrowing" bits and pieces from the 'Big People'. There has been a movie adaptation before of which I shall not speak. Anyway, check this out and see what you think:

(Via Slashfilm)



So yeah, The Last Airbender. There's a lot of hate about this, so I'm just pointing out a few highlights. I'll start, however, with the most recent and possibly the most bizarre pieces of news on this. Apparently M Night Shymalan has decided to start making plans for a sequel. Yes you heard that, a sequel. (Yes, that was the link for the entertaining Filmdrunk piece on this.)

“I do [have things mapped out]. The third is more ambiguous, but the second one, I’ve written a draft that I’m really happy with and is darker and richer, and it has a wonderful antagonist in it in Azula, who’s kind of like our only real, pure antagonist in the series, so I’m excited about that.”

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