Avatar The Last Airbender has been a beloved intellectual property of Nickelodeon for many years. It still holds the title of Nickelodeon’s greatest series by many fans and hardly anyone will contest that. So naturally when it was announced last year that Nickelodeon would be developing multiple series and films for Avatar: The Last Airbender, fans were ecstatic however many of us may have forgotten about Netflix’s upcoming live-action adaptation of the hit show.
Avatar The Last Airbender Is Getting Live-action Once Again
In 2018, it was announced that Netflix would be developing a live-action series based on Avatar The Last Airbender with the show’s original creators Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko returning as the showrunners. Sadly two years later in 2020, it was reported that the showrunners left the series due to unknown reasons, although it is alleged that they left due to creative differences. Since then Nickelodeon announced their plans to expand the franchise with new films and series.
Netflix’s Avatar Synopsis
Details about Netflix’s Avatar series have been quiet for a while until now. Recently Hollywood North revealed that filming is set to begin this fall and Albert Kim will serve as the new showrunner. Now the report also revealed a synopsis that thankfully sounds very familiar.
“The Last Airbender takes place in a fantasy world, home to humans, fantastic animals, and supernatural spirits. Human civilization is divided into three pre-industrialized nations, the Water Tribes, the Earth Kingdom, and the Air Nomads, and one industrialized nation, the Fire Nation, capable of manufacturing various kinds of machines. Within each nation, an order of men and women called ‘Benders’ have the ability to manipulate their native element. These Bending arts combine a certain style of martial arts and elemental mysticism. The Bending types are Waterbending, Earthbending, Firebending, and Airbending. In each generation, one person is capable of Bending all four elements; this is the Avatar, the spirit of the planet manifested in human form. When the Avatar dies, he or she is reincarnated into an unborn baby native in the next nation in the Avatar Cycle, which parallels the seasons: winter for water, spring for earth, summer for fire, and autumn for air. While legend holds that the Avatar must master the elements in order, starting with their native element, this can sometimes be compromised when the situation requires it. Learning to bend the element opposite one’s native element is extremely difficult because opposing Bending arts are based on opposing fighting styles and doctrines.”
Avatar The Last Airbender is not only a hit series, but it’s also a milestone for Millenials all over the globe. It’s unfortunate that the 2015 film The Last Airbender sullied its good name. Many of us have grown rather apprehensive to see the air-bending icon receive the live-action treatment again.
Hopefully, this time around will be different, the fates were decided to redeem Avatar The Last Airbender in the live-action realm.
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There’s so much rich material in this intellectual property that there’s no reason for the new Netflix series to be anything less than successful unless the mistakes of the 2015 film are foolishly repeated.
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Source: Hollywood North