A trailer has been released for the incoming new Avatar: The Last Airbender animated film.
Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender is the first animated project to be released by Avatar Studios. Headed up by original Avatar: The Last Airbender creators Bryan Konietzko and Michael DiMartino, they are currently working on three films and a new TV series, Avatar: Seven Havens, with the latter due to air in 2027.
The original Avatar: The Last Airbender aired in three seasons from 2005 to 2008 and became a huge hit, telling the story of Aang, the lost Avatar (the only person capable of using all four elemental forms of magic at once), and his struggle to defeat the evil Fire Lord. A sequel series, Avatar: The Legend of Korra aired in four shorter seasons from 2012 to 2014 and told the story of Korra, Aang's successor Avatar, seventy years later. Seven Havens will be set decades later and explore the story of Korra's successor, Pavi.
Avatar Aang is set much closer to the original TV series and sees the original gang reunite when another airbender is found frozen in ice. Aang learns of a mystical staff that could help restore the destroyed airbender culture, but another group called the Denied is also seeking the staff.
The film has already run into hot water, with the producers facing criticism for recasting almost the entire original voice cast from the series, despite many of them still working and their aging since the original show being appropriate since the characters are also older. The entire film also leaked online several months ago. Paramount has also annoyed fans by moving the film from a planned theatrical release to being a Paramount+ streaming exclusive.
The film will be released on Paramount+ on 25 July. Meanwhile, the second season of the live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender remake recently landed on Netflix.
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