NETFLIX MAKES NEW AVATAR SERIES SERIES
Episodes 7 and 8 of Book 2 will introduce you to the series and its characters in a more mature way and hopefully ignite your interest 3. The series received substantial acclaim during its run, picking up multiple Annie Awards, Genesis Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Peabody Award. If you feel like you are too old for Book 1, try watching the series in the following order. The animated version aired for three seasons on Nickelodeon from February 2005 to July 2008. In 2018, Netflix announced that a live-action adaptation of the groundbreaking Nickelodeon show, Avatar: The Last Airbender, was in the works at the streaming service.
The live-action version of “Last Airbender” was first ordered at Netflix in September 2018. Following a terrible live-action film and departure of creators DiMartino and Konietzko, Netflix's live-action Avatar series needs to be good.
They have since announced a new deal with Nickelodeon to establish Avatar Studios, which will create new animated series and films set within the “Avatar” universe. Original series creators Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko were originally attached to create the series for Netflix, but they announced in August 2020 that they were no longer involved. Goi and Liang are also directors on the show, as are Jabbar Raisani and Jet Wilkinson. Dan Lin and Lindsey Liberatore executive produce for Rideback, with Michael Goi also executive producing. The main story is about two human princes. I hope you’ll come along, too.He is repped by UTA, Brillstein Entertainment Partners, and Gang Tyre.Īlbert Kim serves as writer, showrunner, and executive producer on the series. Earlier this week Netflix announced a new animated series The Dragon Prince, written by Futurama and Avatar: The Last Airbender screenwriter Aaron Ehasz.
Authenticity is what keeps us going, both in front of the camera and behind it, which is why we’ve assembled a team unlike any seen before - a group of talented and passionate artists who are working around the clock to bring this rich and incredibly beautiful world to life… But in the end, the reason I decided to do this came down to one thing: Somewhere out there, a young kid is sitting glued to their TV, waiting to be taken on an incredible journey. “But throughout this process, our byword has been ‘authenticity.’ To the story. We’ll be expanding and growing the world, and there will be surprises for existing fans and those new to the tale,” he wrote. Not just in a cartoon, but in a world that truly exists, very similar to the one we live in.” But rest assured, he doesn’t want to “change things for the sake of change,” or “modernize the story” and “twist it to fit current trends,” promising that Aang is not suddenly going to become a “gritty antihero,” and “Katara is not going to get curtain bangs.” Kim goes on to say that the live-action version will “establish a new benchmark in representation and bring in a whole new generation of fans.” He agreed to come aboard as showrunner because it was “a chance to showcase Asian and Indigenous characters as living, breathing people. When Avatar: The Last Airbender, one of the greatest animated series of all time, came to Netflix in May of 2020, the people started asking: Whats up with that new live-action series they were.