Avatar: The Last Airbender is set to return, this time on the big screen with three original spin-off movies.
The iconic original animated series only ran for three seasons between 2005 and 2008, though has maintained a huge following and acclaim in the years since.
It has now emerged that Paramount Animation and Nickelodeon are set to make a trio of films, with Lauren Montgomery – who worked on the original show – attached to direct the first.
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Original show creators Bryan Konietzko and Michael DiMartino are also on board as producers of the movie, with the newly-formed Avatar Studios also overseeing it.
"As original creators Mike and Bryan expand the Avatar universe with us, we're keeping it all in the family with Lauren bringing the same kind of expert, beautiful work she did on the original series to her new directing duties on the forthcoming theatrical," Ramsey Naito, president of animation at Paramount and Nickelodeon Animation, said (via THR).
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As well as the movies, Avatar is set to get a live-action adaptation courtesy of Netflix, which will star Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings' Dallas Liu as Zuko. 13 Reasons Why's Ian Ousley will play Sokka, with Gordon Cormier as Aang and Kiawentiio as Katara.
Konietzko and DiMartino were originally involved in the show, though stepped away in 2020 due to creative differences.
In a letter to fans, DiMartino subsequently explained: "It might turn out to be a show many of you end up enjoying. But what I can be certain about is that whatever version ends up on-screen, it will not be what Bryan and I had envisioned or intended to make."
The Avatar: The Last Airbender movies are yet to confirm release dates.
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