Nickelodeon and Paramount have released some more information about their upcoming animated Avatar: The Last Airbender sequel film, which has a 2025 release date.
The film currently has the working title Aang: The Last Airbender and is set some years after the events of the animated series. It will depict Aang and his friends Zuko, Katara, Sokka and Toph as adults taking on a new threat in the form of a villain who will be played by Guardians of the Galaxy and Dune actor Dave Bautista.
Eric Nam, Dionne Quan, Jessica Matten and Roman Zaragoza will also be part of the voice cast. It's unclear if any of the original Avatar voice cast will return, although several of them are no longer active in the industry.
Original Avatar co-creators Michael DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko are behind this new project, alongside Avatar veteran Lauren Montgomery, who will direct. The team previously explored this era in a series of comic books, although the new film is not believed to be a direct adaptation of any of them.
The film will be the first project to be released by Avatar Studios. The team also have a new series in development, rumoured to be about the Earthbender Avatar who succeeds Korra, so will presumably be set many decades even after The Legend of Korra (which in turn was set ~70 years after the events of Avatar: The Last Airbender), if the report is accurate.
The studio is also reportedly developing a number of other potential projects from all over Avatar's timeline.
Nickelodeon are likely keen to strike whilst the iron is hot on new projects after the success of the live-action show on Netflix. Although the critical reception was mixed, the show attracted a large number of viewers and Netflix has agreed to fund two further seasons to bring the story to a conclusion.
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