The Avatar: The Last Airbender franchise has gotten some new installments of late. There’s Netflix’s live-action remake of the original series, of course, which has been picked up for two more seasons. But there is also an animated spinoff in the works with a working title of Aang: The Last Airbender, the first of three feature-length projects apparently in development.
We don’t know the plot for Aang, but we do know its voice cast: Dave Bautista and Eric Nam are set to star in the film in undisclosed roles, though it was confirmed that Bautista will be playing a villain of some sort. They will be joined by Dionne Quan, Jessica Matten, and Román Zaragoza, also in undisclosed roles.
Originally, the film was supposed to premiere on October 10, 2025. Variety reported today that Paramount, who is developing the film along with Nickelodeon Studios, has pushed the feature out to a January 20, 2026 release date.
How will Aang: The Last Airbender compare to the live-action remake? It’s hard to say for sure, but the fact that the feature is being co-directed by William Mata and Lauren Montgomery, the latter of whom is an alum of the original series, bodes well. What bodes even better is that creators Michael DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko are executive producers on the project. (The live-action series originally had DiMartino and Konietzko on board, but they left the production due to creative differences, something that critics have said hurt the remake.)
We’ll have to withhold judgment, of course, until Aang makes its way to our eyeballs in 2026.
