While there is a little bit of debate over it, I would rate Avatar: The Last Airbender among the best animated shows of the last twenty years and have had my doubts that it could be done in live-action – M Night Shyamalan, I’m looking at you!
But now, with the teaser trailer for the upcoming Netflix live-action show, not to be confused with the animated sequels to the original animated series also in production at Paramount, it seems that a live-action Aang, Sokka and Katara might just be possible after all!
Always remember who you are…
The four nations of the world once lived in harmony, with the Avatar, master of all four elements, keeping peace between them. But everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked and wiped out the Air Nomads, the first step taken by the firebenders towards conquering the world.
SDCC 2022: New details on the first Avatar: The Last Airbender animated movie revealed
Avatar: The Last Airbender, follows a young Air Nomad named Aang, as he reawakens to a world ravaged by war. Together with his newfound friends Sokka and Katara, he embarks on an action-packed quest to take his rightful place as the next AVATAR.
This new live-action reimagining of the award-winning Nickelodeon animated series comes to Netflix on February 22nd, 2024.
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Check out the trailer:
The cast includes Gordon Cormier as Aang, Kiawentiio as Katara, Ian Ousley as Sokka, Dallas Liu as Zuko, Daniel Dae Kim as Lord Ozai, Paul Sun-Hyung as Uncle Iroh, Elizabeth Yu as Princess Azula and Ken Leung as Commander Zhao.
Also starring are Amber Midthunder as Princess Yue, Lim Kay Siu as Monk Gyatso, Utkarsh Ambudkar as King Bumi, Momona Tamada as Ty Lee, Thalia Tran as Mai, James Sie as Cabbage Man, Arden Cho as June, Danny Pudi as The Mechanist, and George Takei as predatory ancient spirit Koh.
Marc
Marc is a self-confessed nerd. Ever since seeing Star Wars for the first time around 1979 he’s been an unapologetic fan of the Wars and still believes, with Clone Wars and now Underworld, we are yet to see the best Star Wars. He’s a dad of two who now doesn’t have the time (or money) to collect the amount of toys, comics, movies and books he once did, much to the relief of his long-suffering wife. In the real world he’s a graphic designer. He started Following the Nerd because he was tired of searching a million sites every day for all the best news that he loves and decided to create one place where you can go to get the whole lot. Secretly he longs to be sitting in the cockpit of his YT-1300 Corellian Transport ship with his co-pilot Chewie, roaming the universe, waiting for his next big adventure, but feels just at home watching cartoons with his kids….
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