The cast of Netflix’s adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender react to the news that the show will receive two more seasons.
The announcement came with an emotional video from Netflix, featuring actor Daniel Dae Kim, who portrays Fire Lord Ozai in the series. After teasing the cast about a potential lack of renewal for the next season, Kim surprised them with the news of two additional seasons.
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The main cast members, including Gordon Cormier (Aang), Kiawentiio (Katara) and Dallas Liu (Zuko) were visibly moved by the announcement with some tearing up at the news. Kim assured them that they would be spending a lot more time together in the coming years, indicating a promising future for both the show and its cast.
Avatar: The Last Airbender Has Been a Hit for Netflix
The show debuted as the most-watched title on Netflix for the week of February 19 to February 25. The series premiered on February 22 and reached 21.2 million views within its first four days of availability on the streaming platform. Avatar: The Last Airbender debuted with a number that was 15% higher than the live-action One Piece series, which premiered with 18.5 million views in August 2023.
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Netflix’s Avatar: The Last Airbender condenses a lot into just eight episodes and follows most of the plot from Book One: Water. This shapes the journey of Aang (Gordon Cormier), as he seeks to bring peace as the Avatar, master of all elements to the many kingdoms under strife. In Book Two: Earth, Aang, Katara, and Sokka seek out an Earthbending teacher and eventually recruit Toph Beifong. Along the way, they uncover crucial information about the war with the Fire Nation, but their journey takes a dark turn when Appa is kidnapped. Their quest leads them to Ba Sing Se, where they discover a significant government conspiracy within the Earth Kingdom’s capital.
Book Three: Fire focuses on Aang, now seeking to learn Firebending to defeat the tyrannical Fire Lord Ozai before the arrival of Sozin’s Comet. Concurrently, it also follows Prince Zuko, who is finally welcomed back into the Fire Nation after betraying his uncle Iroh and helping his sister Azula conquer Ba Sing Se in Book Two.
The Last Airbender features Gordon Cormier as Aang, Kiawentiio as Katara, Ian Ousley as Sokka Dallas, and Liu as Prince Zuko. The cast also includes Paul Sun-Hyung Lee as General Iroh, Daniel Dae Kim as Fire Lord Ozai, Ken Leung as Commander Zhao, Maria Zhang as Suki and Elizabeth Yu as Princess Azula.
The first season of Avatar: The Last Airbender is available to stream on Netflix.
Source: Netflix
Avatar: The Last Airbender (Live-Action)
A young boy known as the Avatar must master the four elemental powers to save the world, and fight against an enemy bent on stopping him.
- Release Date
- February 22, 2024
- Cast
- Daniel Dae Kim , Paul Sun-Hyung Lee , Dallas Liu , Tamlyn Tomita , Gordon Cormier
- Main Genre
- Adventure
- Seasons
- 1
- Franchise
- Avatar: The Last Airbender
- Creator
- Albert Kim
- Number of Episodes
- 8
