When Is Avatar: The Last Airbender Streaming On Netflix?
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Netflix has confirmed the release date for the first episode of the live-action show Avatar: The Last Airbender.
In a first look at the show via a teaser trailer below, Netflix has given a solid release for the first episode.
When is Avatar: The Last Airbender on Netflix?
The first episode of Avatar: The Last Airbender will be shown on Netflix February 22, 2024.
Avatar: The Last Airbender is based on the highly-popular anime, with this live-action series set to follow the storyline of the first series of the Nickelodeon show. It stars Gordon Cormier as Avatar Aang, Kiawentiio as Katara, and Daniel Dae Kim as Fire Lord Ozai, amongst others.
Announced in 2018, the production got off to a shaky start with the original showrunners leaving, but Netflix quickly moved on with the episodic series, splashing out $15 million per episode.
Albert Kim, exec producer and writer of Avatar: The Last Airbender has said he originally struggled to see what a live-action adaptation could bring to the franchise after such a successful run of the animated show.
“But the more I thought about it, the more intrigued I became,” he said. “VFX technology has advanced to the point where a live-action version can not only faithfully translate what had been done in animation — it can bring a rich new visual dimension to a fantastic world. We’ll be able to see bending in a real and visceral way we’ve never seen before.
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“Also, Netflix’s format meant we had an opportunity to reimagine a story that had originally been told in self-contained half-hour episodes as an ongoing serialized narrative. That meant story points and emotional arcs we’d loved in the original could be given even more room to breathe and grow.
As an Asian-American father, and after watching the original Nickelodeon show with his daughter, he also realised the importance of seeing “characters who looked like her on screen was more than just entertaining. It was a gift.”
“A live-action version would establish a new benchmark in representation and bring in a whole new generation of fans,” he said. “This was a chance to showcase Asian and Indigenous characters as living, breathing people. Not just in a cartoon, but in a world that truly exists, very similar to the one we live in.”
Avatar: The Last Airbender cast and characters
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GORDON CORMIER (he/him) is AANG (12), a fearless and fun-loving twelve-year-old who just happens to be the Avatar, master of all four elements and the keeper of balance and peace in the world. An airbending prodigy, Aang is a reluctant hero, struggling to deal with the burden of his duties while still holding on to his adventurous and playful nature.
KIAWENTIIO (she/her) is KATARA (14), a determined and hopeful waterbender, the last in her small village. Though only fourteen, she’s already endured great personal tragedy, which has held her back from rising to her true potential, though it’s never dimmed her warm and caring spirit.
IAN OUSLEY (he/him) is SOKKA (16), Katara’s sardonic and resourceful 16-year-old brother. Outwardly confident, even brash, he takes his responsibility as the leader of his tribe seriously, despite his inner doubts over his warrior skills… doubts that he masks with his wit and deadpan sense of humor.
DALLAS LIU (he/him) is ZUKO (17), a skilled firebender and the intense and guarded Crown Prince of the Fire Nation. Currently roaming the world in exile, he’s on an obsessive quest to capture the Avatar because he believes that is the only way to reclaim his life and live up to the demands of his cruel and controlling father, the Fire Lord.
