Netflix's Avatar: The Last Airbender: Plot, Release Date, Cast, All We Know About the Live-Action Series

The upcoming Avatar: The Last Airbender is Netflix's next step on the path to producing popular animated series in live-action versions. The iconic Nickelodeon animation as a live-action series will soon be available, and fans will once again be able to follow the adventures of Aang and his team. This is also a chance for viewers who haven't yet experienced the universe. We check what is already known about the new Netflix production (vide Netflix Tudum).

What is the release date of Avatar: The Last Airbender?

The first announcements for the live-action Avatar appeared more than five years ago. Since then, further information has been provided quite sparingly, but one of the most important details we can be sure of is the release date. It was officially announced that the new Netflix series will be available on February 22, 2024. The show will be made up of eight episodes recounting Aang's initial adventure.

What is Avatar: The Last Airbender going to be about?

The story of the new Avatar won't be different from what fans of the series know. We will go back to a world where new Avatars were reborn every few decades, with the task of preserving order and harmony in the world. In one story, the Avatar was missing, and the Fire Nation attacked, seemingly wiping out all the airbenders to ensure the disappearance of the Avatar at that time and prevent interference with their conquest plans.

A hundred years later, everything will change as the last member of his nation, Aang, returns. He sets out on a journey with his friends from the Water Tribe, Sokka and Katara, to confront the tyranny of Fire Nation's ruler, Ozai. The first season should depict the initial chapter of Aang's tale, focusing on learning water bending and journeying to the Northern Water Tribe.

Will Avatar: The Last Airbender be faithful to the original?

The plot summary and the images of the actors in their costumes both indicate that we can expect a faithful adaptation of the original. The story is just a transfer of what we know from the animation. However, the actors look like they were pulled directly from the original series. The creators clearly aimed to ensure that their series would be well received by the most long-standing fans by paying attention to the details.

The actors themselves bear a resemblance to the characters they are portraying, indicating that great effort was made during casting to closely align with the animated version. It's worth noting, however, that the Netflix show doesn't create an exact copy. At the end of 2023, the showrunner characterized his series as a "remixed" version of the original Avatar.

The creators of the animated Avatar departed from Netflix's series

In 2020, it was reported that Bryan Konietzko and Michael Dante DiMartino had ended their collaboration with Netflix. The reason was supposed to be creative differences that arose when the creators saw the script. This, along with the news of the story being remixed, could lead to doubts about whether we will receive a series more similar to an adaptation like One Piece, or something in the style of The Witcher.