Everything We Know About the Live-Action ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ Netflix Series: Cast, Release Date and More
usmagazine.comThe beloved animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender is coming to life in a new way on Netflix.The original Nickelodeon series was cocreated by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko and ran for three seasons from 2005 to 2008.
Avatar followed the journey of Aang (voiced by Zach Tyler Eisen), an “Avatar” who can master (a.k.a. “bend”) the use of all four elements.
Guided by sibling duo Katara (Mae Whitman) and Sokka (Jack De Sena), Aang sets off on a quest to master his skills in order to reunite the Water, Earth, Fire and Air nations.The show — which garnered a 2012 spinoff, The Legend of Korra — previously received the movie treatment with 2010’s The Last Airbender, which starred Noah Ringer as Aang, Nicola Peltz Beckham as Katara, Jackson Rathbone as Sokka and Dev Patel as the group’s nemesis, fire bender Zuko.
The film was panned by critics and fans alike, sitting at a five percent score on Rotten Tomatoes as of June 2023.Netflix announced plans to adapt the series into live-action in September 2018.
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