Avatar: The Last Airbender's First Trailer Has Started the Healing Process
Are we headed for redemption?
(SPOT.ph) No "Ohngs" here. Netflix has finally dropped the first trailer of their Avatar: The Last Airbender and yes, "Aang" is pronounced properly. References to that non-existent movie aside, our first real look at the live-action series gives us a glimpse into a world that looks and feels closer to the 2D-animated one we first fell in love with. Check it out below:
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What to know about Avatar: The Last Airbender live-action series
Avatar: The Last Airbender Cast and Plot
That's Katara (Kiawentiio) saying the avatar's name right. We didn't get audio of her doing the intro just yet, but we've got our fingers crossed they'll do it for the adaptation's openings too. Playing Aang himself is 14-year-old Gordon Cormier, who did indeed shave his head for the role. Then there's Ian Ousley to round out the trio as Sokka.
Joining the teenagers are Dallas Liu as Zuko and complete Uncle Iroh lookalike Paul Sun-Hyung playing the Dragon of the West and tea expert. We also have the inexplicably attractive Daniel Dae Kim as Fire Lord Ozai (we have confused thoughts about this too) and Elizabeth Yu as the conflicted and crazy Azula.
Based on the official synopsis, the adaptation's storyline will follow the original series'. And based on the trailer, it looks like it might just be hitting our expectations.
Avatar: The Last Airbender Netflix Adaptation Creators
Leading the remake of this Nickelodeon series is Albert Kim (also behind Sleepy Hollow) as showrunner, executive producer, and writer. OG creators Bryan Konietzko and Michael Dante DiMartino left the Netflix production in 2020—after spending two years in development—due to creative differences. It's a little eyebrow-raising, we know, but the trailer has us in high hopes once more.
Avatar: The Last Airbender Netflix Adaptation Release Date
We'll be getting a grand total of eight episodes on February 22, 19 years and a day to the original show's premier date of February 21, 2005.
this strange new world.