(Aang's character is based on Nepali monks Katara and Sokka are based on Inuit peoples Zuko is based on Chinese imperial royalty and so on and so on.) The film was deservedly trashed (it currently has a 5% on Rotten Tomatoes) both for its lackluster storytelling and its use of many Caucasian actors to portray obviously non-Caucasian characters. Night Shyamalan's 2010 live action adaptation of Book 1 of the series. The team's focus on "culturally appropriate, non-whitewashed cast" is a direct response to The Last Airbender, M. Netflix is wholly dedicated to manifesting our vision for this retelling, and we're incredibly grateful to be partnering with them."Īs of January 2020, the team was still casting, and it was reported that the team was “looking for a mostly Asian cast and a 12-14 Asian kid to play Aang.”
It's a once-in-a-lifetime chance to build upon everyone's great work on the original animated series and go even deeper into the characters, story, action and world-building. We can't wait to realize Aang's world as cinematically as we always imagined it to be, and with a culturally appropriate, non-whitewashed cast. In a statement, Konietzko and DiMartino explained their plans: "We're thrilled for the opportunity to helm this live-action adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender. The good news is that Netflix brought on the original creators, Konietzko and DiMartino, to act as executive producers and showrunners. Now, it's looking probably like 2021 or 2022, so, like, an eternity. The original hope was to begin production by 2019, but by the end of the year the team was still writing and casting. Most of those plans are no doubt on hold now. But the streaming service has had its eye on the Nickelodeon property (created by Bryan Konietzko and Michael DiMartino) for some time, even announcing in 2018 (2018!) that it would produce a live action Avatar: The Last Airbender, which (and now we're in the Speculation Kingdom) could act as a sequel to the beloved animated series. Netflix made world affairs a bit more bearable last week when it released all three seasons (or, rather, "books") of Avatar: The Last Airbender. Here's what we know about the series right now.The streaming service announced in 2018 that it was working on a live action "retelling" of the story.Avatar: The Last Airbender is now streaming on Netflix.
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