When it comes to film locations, few could be considered as forbidding as Greenland.After all, 85% of the land is covered in ice.
But the world's largest island proved to be the ideal backdrop for some key scenes in "The Last Airbender," Paramount Pictures' $150-million fantasy adventure film that hit theaters last week and has since earned $69.3 million at the box office. And there wasn't a film tax credit in sight to take advantage of.
The latest film by director M. Night Shyamalan, which is based on the Nickelodeon animated TV series, is about an avatar who controls the elements of fire, air, earth and water.
The tribe representing the water nation lives in an icy environment. And producer Frank Marshall knew that when it comes to ice, there is no better place to go than Greenland.
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