2024 - Avatar: release date, story, casting, images... everything you need to know about the Netflix live action series

Awaited by fans and the curious alike, the live-action adaptation of the cult anime Avatar: The Last Airbender produced by Netflix is undoubtedly one of the series events of the beginning of the year.

Release date, story, production, casting, images… here is a summary of everything you need to know about the series Avatar: The Last Airbenderproduced by the streaming platform.

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Downloads:
683
Release date :
02/03/2024
Author :
Netflix, Inc.
Licence :
Free license
Categories:

Video – Leisure
Operating system :

Android, Online service, Windows 10/11, iOS iPhone / iPad

The history of the series

Adapted from the anime created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, this live action series therefore takes up its original story.

In a magical world torn apart by war between the four elemental civilizations – those of water, earth, fire and air – young Aang is the only one who can master all the elements and restore balance. . He will go on a mystical quest with his friends to fulfill his destiny as Avatar.

Released in 2005, the original anime had three seasons and 62 episodes, broadcast on Nickelodeon. Its rich and exciting universe and mythology, as well as its gallery of carefully crafted characters, have made it a cult program for an entire generation.

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A success which gave rise to a first (and very bad) cinema adaptation in 2010, then to a sequel in a high quality animated series in 2012: The Legend of Korra.

Who is in charge of the series Avatar ?

This new Netflix series is created and written by Albert Kim, already at the helm of the series Sleepy Hollow, Pantheon And Nikita. He was helped with the writing by Audrey Wong Kennedy (Fantastic stories), Keely MacDonald (the little-known series October Faction) and Gabriel Llanas (Supergirl).

The eight episodes of the first season are directed by the very experienced Michael Goi (Big Sky), Roseanne Liang (Shadow in the Cloud), Jabbar Raisani (Game Of Thrones) and Jet Wilkinson (The Old Man).

Music lovers will be happy to learn that the music is by Takeshi Furukawa, who helmed the series’ original soundtracks. Mythic Quest: The Raven’s Feast and video games The Last Guardian.

Finally, although they were originally attached to the series as showrunners, creators Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko ultimately left the project to “artistic disputes”which is not very reassuring regarding the fidelity of the adaptation with the original material.

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What release date?

This remake was announced by Netflix in 2018, and underwent a long period of pre-production and writing. Filming of the series finally took place from November 2021 to June 2022 in Vancouver, Canada. The estimated budget is 15 million dollars per episode, and therefore 120 million in total.

The entire first season ofAvatar: The Last Airbender will be available on the Netflix streaming platform on February 22, 2024, from 9 a.m.

What casting for Avatar ?

The title role of the series is played by the young Gordon Cormier, already seen in the series The scourge from Paramount+. Alongside him, Kiwaentiio (Beans) and Ian Ousley (Physical) play Katara and Sokka respectively.

This young casting is compensated by more experienced and better known actors. We thus find Daniel Dae Kim (Lost, Divergent), Paul Sun-Hyung Lee (The Mandalorian) or George Takei (Star Trek). Here is the main and non-exhaustive cast of the series: