Following the announcement of their Geeked Week celebrations, Netflix has premiered new photos from its upcoming live-action TV series adaptation of the acclaimed Nickelodeon animated series “Avatar: The Last Airbender” that ran from 2005 to 2008.
Previously the streamer released shots of the four main characters from the series – Gordon Cormier as Aang, Kiawentiio as Katara, Ian Ousley as Sokka and Dallas Liu as Zuko.
Here they’re showing off another shot of Liu as Zuko along with some of the supporting characters in the cast including Daniel Dae Kim as Lord Ozai, Paul Sun-Hyung as Uncle Iroh, Elizabeth Yu as Princess Azula and Ken Leung as Commander Zhao.
The show unfolds in a fantasy world divided into four nations, and each centred around one of the four elements. A century after the Fire Nation launched an attack and pledged war on the world, a new young Airbender named Aang – an Avatar who can master all four elements – is discovered.
The cast also includes Amber Midthunder as Princess Yue, Lim Kay Siu as Monk Gyatso, Utkarsh Ambudkar as King Bumi, Momona Tamada as Ty Lee, Thalia Tran as Mai, James Sie as Cabbage Man, Arden Cho as June, Danny Pudi as The Mechanist, and George Takei as predatory ancient spirit Koh.
The series marks the second attempt to adapt the work into live-action following the critically savaged M. Night Shyamalan adaptation in 2010 which was a major commercial flop.
This series will be showrun by Albert Kim, who will also executive produce alongside Roseanne Liang, Lindsey Liberatore, Michael Goi, and Dan Lin. The show will premiere in 2024 with the Geeked Week celebrations likely to unveil the first proper trailer.
Source: Netflix
