Netflix “Avatar: The Last Airbender” Season 1 -News, Cast, Everything You Need To Know

After the critical and commercial failure of Writer/Director M. Night Shyamalan’s live action movie adaptation of “Avatar: The Last Airbender” back in 2010. Fans the world over of the beloved Nickelodeon animated series were left disappointed and heartbroken at an adaptation that, beyond its title and character names, bore very little resemblance to the acclaimed animated series.

Now, with lessons hopefully learnt from the failures of the previous adaptation attempt. Netflix have commissioned a brand new live action adaptation of “Avatar” that is set to be a series rather than a movie, in order to allow for greater fidelity to the storytelling and scope of the animated series.

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With the series’ Showrunner/Executive Producer, and Writer, Albert Kim, explaining that two of his goals for this new series, and some of the reasons he wished to be involved in the series were to “establish a new benchmark in representation and bring in a whole new generation of fans. 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. 

I also knew what I didn’t want to do. I didn’t want to change things for the sake of change. I didn’t want to modernize the story, or twist it to fit current trends. Aang is not going to be a gritty antihero. Katara is not going to get curtain bangs. (I was briefly tempted to give Sokka a TikTok account though. Think of the possibilities.)“

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Latest News

28/09/2022:

Netflix have announced the names of 20 actors and actresses joining the first season of the series (find them all below in the Cast section of this article) including rising star Amber Midthunder (Legion, Roswell: New Mexico, Prey) as Princess Yue, Arden Cho (Teen Wolf, Chicago Med, Partner Track) as June, Hiro Kanagawa (iZombie, The Romeo Section, Altered Carbon) as Fire Lord Sozin, and acting icon, George Takei (Star Trek, Heroes, The Terror) as Koh.

“Avatar: The Last Airbender” Season 1 release date?

No official release date has been confirmed yet for the series but it appears that it is being set for a 2023 release date, most likely in late 2023.

Where can I watch Season 1?

As the show is a Netflix Original. Initially, it will be released exclusively, worldwide, on Netflix for Netflix subscribers, with a home release on physical media potentially coming later.

What is the story of “Avatar: The Last Airbender” Season 1?

No official story log line or synopsis has been revealed yet by Netflix for Season 1 of the series, but it is highly likely that it will either adapt all of or some of the first season of the animated series, also known as “Book 1: Water”. Wherein Southern Water Tribe members and siblings, Sokka and Katara, find and free a young boy, Aang, along with his flying Bison, Appa, who were trapped in an iceberg, and in so doing, draw the attention of Prince Zuko of the Fire Nation who is also seeking the boy.

The first season then follows Aang and the siblings as they follow and help him in his journey to master the four elements of their land and fulfil his destiny as the next Avatar.

“Avatar: The Last Airbender” Season 1 cast?

Gordon Cormier plays Aang

Kiawentiio plays Katara

Ian Ousley plays Sokka

Ken Leung plays Commander Zhao

Daniel Dae Kim plays Fire Lord Ozai

Dallas Liu plays Prince Zuko

Tamlyn Tomita plays Yukari

Paul Sun-Hyung Lee plays Uncle Iroh

Yvonne Chapman plays Kyoshi

Elizabeth Yu plays Azula

Casey Camp-Horinek plays Gran Gran

Maria Zhang plays Suki

James Sie plays Cabbage Merchant

Ruy Iskandar plays Lieutenant Jee

Kay Siu Lim plays Gyatso

Momona Tamada plays Ty Lee

Arden Cho plays June

A Martinez plays Master Pakku

Amber Midthunder plays Princess Yue

Irene Bedard plays Yagoda

Joel Oulette plays Hahn

Nathaniel Arcand plays Chief Arnook

Meegwun Fairbrother plays Avatar Kuruk 

Utkarsh Ambudkar plays King Bumi

Danny Pudi plays the Mechanist 

Lucian-River Chauhan plays Teo

Thalia Tran plays Mai

Hiro Kanagawa plays Fire Lord Sozin

C.S. Lee plays Avatar Roku

François Chau plays The Great Sage

Ryan Mah plays Lt. Dang

George Takei plays Koh 

Randall Duk Kim plays Wan Shi Tong

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