Things don’t always go as planned and in 2020, Mike and Bryan left the project, leaving the series in limbo until Netflix found a new showrunner. The two had next to no involvement with the 2010 movie adaptation, so fans were excited to finally have a proper live-action Avatar series with the original creators at the helm.ĭuring the announcement, Melissa Cobb, vice president of Kids Entertainment at Netflix said: “We are committed to honoring Bryan and Mike’s vision for this retelling and are thrilled to support them on creating a live-action event series, bringing Aang's epic world of elemental magic to life for global audiences on Netflix.” When the series was first announced in 2018, Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko the creators behind Avatar: The Last Airbender were the producers and showrunners on the Netflix adaptation. Here, each episode will likely be around 40 minutes to an hour, giving the characters more time to be fleshed out. The animated series is a standard half-hour program and while it’s beloved by many, it could have benefited from longer episodes - for example, Aang and Katara learn waterbending at a very rushed pace. The main plot of the series will follow Aang’s journey to becoming a fully realized Avatar while also giving them more room to develop the supporting cast and subplots that might have been brushed off in the original, using the extra runtime to its advantage. Netflix isn’t attempting to fix what wasn’t broken.

Aang must make new allies like Sokka and Katara, while also evading enemies like Prince Zuko. Only the Avatar can master all four elements because he serves as the bridge between the humans and the spirit world.Īfter the Fire Nation goes to war with the rest of the world, Aang, the current Avatar, must journey across the globe in an effort to master all four elements before it’s too late. Depending on which nation you’re a part of, you might have the ability to be a 'bender' - someone who can literally bend your nation’s element to your will. In the world of Avatar: The Last Airbender, people are born into one of four nations: the Water Tribe, Earth Kingdoms, Air Nomads, and the Fire Nation. Here is everything we know about Netflix’s Avatar: The Last Airbender.

We finally have more information on the upcoming project and what we can expect from the series. The Netflix adaptation has been in development since 2018, and now, three years later, things are ramping up. The hit Nickelodeon series has already been given the live-action treatment once before, but that won’t stop Netflix from giving it another go. Along the way, Aang meets his friends Katara, Sokka, and others as they liberate the Water Tribe and Earth Kingdoms from the reign of the Fire Nation. Avatar: The Last Airbender is a coming-of-age story that follows Aang, a 12-year-old boy who is the key to saving the world.

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