It’s a story a long time in the making, but it’s really real—and we have the first teaser (such as it is!).
It’s been almost two years since Netflix announced the main cast of its Avatar: The Last Airbender live-action series, which had been in the works since 2018. Finally, the streamer has shared a first look at Aang, Katara, Sokka and Zuko—and confirmed, in the brief teaser above, that the series arrives in 2024.
Meet Aang, Katara, Sokka and Zuko in Netflix’s Avatar: The Last Airbender, coming 2024. #TUDUM pic.twitter.com/b7TKxo9pKC
— Netflix (@netflix) June 17, 2023
That’s Gordon Cormier (The Stand) as Aang, the last airbender of the title; Kiawentiio (Rutherford Falls) as Katara; Ian Ousley (Physical) as Katara’s brother, Sokka; and Dallas Liu (Pen15) as troubled Zuko. The cast also includes Paul Sun-Hyung Lee as Uncle Iroh, Daniel Dae Kim as Fire Lord Ozai, George Takei as Koh, Arden Cho as June, Amber Midthunder as Princess Yue, and James Sie returning to the iconic role as the Cabbage Merchant.
The teaser offers only a look at the emblem for each element and group that uses it: the Water Tribe, the Earth Kingdom, the Fire Nation and the Air Nomads. In the original series, the story begins when Katara, a waterbender, finds a Aang, who has been frozen for years—and who is the mythical Airbender who can control all the elements and bring unity to the world.
The live-action series is being made without the involvement of original Avatar creators Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, who stepped away from the project in 2020. It’s being showrun by Albert Kim, who was an executive producer and writer on Sleepy Hollow.
Avatar: The Last Airbender will swirl onto screens in 2024.
