First AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER Trailer Shows Netflix Is Striving For Authenticity

First AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER Trailer Shows Netflix Is Striving For Authenticity

After blunders with Cowboy Bebop and Death Note, Netflix adaptations were despised, but One Piece transformed the discourse. Which route will the streamer's ATLA series take?

By MarkJulian - Nov 10, 2023 08:11 PM EST
Filed Under: Television
Source: Toonado.com

With the success of its well-received live-action One Piece series, Netflix is riding high on a wave of enthusiasm and confidence, and it hopes to carry that momentum into its next high-profile adaptation, Avatar: The Last Airbender.

After revealing a new poster, the streamer has now unveiled the first teaser for the much-awaited series as part of Geeked Week 2023. Check it out below.

Avatar: The Last Airbender will premiere on Netflix, February 22, 2024. 

Netflix Avatar the last airbender

Ever since Ian Ousley as Sokka, Gordon Cormier as Avatar Aang, and Kiawentiio as Katara were first cast in the series, there has been a fair amount of optimism surrounding it. And based on the impression created by the debut trailer, it appears that Netflix just might reward the sense of hopefulness within the ATLA fandom.

Albert Kim (Nikita, Leverage) is serving as showrunner. He previously teased, "A live-action version can not only faithfully translate what had been done in animation — it can bring a rich new visual dimension to a fantastic world. We’ll be able to see bending in a real and visceral way we’ve never seen before."

In addition to Cormier, Ousley and Kiawentiio, the series also stars Dallas Liu (PEN15) as Prince Zuko, Paul Sun-Hyung Lee (Kim's Convenience, The Mandalorian) as Uncle Iroh, Daniel Dae Kim (Hawaii Five-0, Lost) as Fire Lord Ozai, Ken Leung (Inhumans, The Blacklist) as Commander Zhao, and Elizabeth Yu  (Somewhere in Queens)as Princess Azula.

The official synopsis from Netflix reads, "Water, Earth. Fire. Air. Long ago, the four nations lived together in harmony - then everything changed. A live-action adaptation Aang's story.

The four nations once lived in harmony, with the Avatar, master of all four elements, keeping peace between them. But everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked and wiped out the Air Nomads, the first step taken by the firebenders towards conquering the world. With the current incarnation of the Avatar yet to emerge, the world has lost hope.

But like a light in the darkness, hope springs forth when Aang, a young Air Nomad — and the last of his kind — reawakens to take his rightful place as the next Avatar. Alongside his newfound friends Sokka and Katara, siblings and members of the Southern Water Tribe, Aang embarks on a fantastical, action-packed quest to save the world and fight back against the fearsome onslaught of Fire Lord Ozai. But with a driven Crown Prince Zuko determined to capture them, it won’t be an easy task. They’ll need the help of the many allies and colorful characters they meet along the way."

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