Netflix has renewed “Avatar: The Last Airbender” for two more seasons. The series, a live-action adaptation of the hit Nickelodeon series of the same name, will end with Season 3, following the same structure as the animated version.
“Avatar” is set in a world divided into four nations — the Water Tribes, the Earth Kingdom, the Fire Nation and the Air Nomads — that once lived in harmony, with the Avatar, master of all four elements, keeping peace between them. But everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked and wiped out the Air Nomads, the first step taken by the firebenders towards conquering the world. With the current incarnation of the Avatar yet to emerge, the world has loses hope until Aang (Gordon Cormier), a young airbender, reawakens to take his rightful place. Alongside new friends Sokka (Ian Ousley) and Katara (Kiawentiio), siblings and members of the Southern Water Tribe, Aang embarks on...
“Avatar” is set in a world divided into four nations — the Water Tribes, the Earth Kingdom, the Fire Nation and the Air Nomads — that once lived in harmony, with the Avatar, master of all four elements, keeping peace between them. But everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked and wiped out the Air Nomads, the first step taken by the firebenders towards conquering the world. With the current incarnation of the Avatar yet to emerge, the world has loses hope until Aang (Gordon Cormier), a young airbender, reawakens to take his rightful place. Alongside new friends Sokka (Ian Ousley) and Katara (Kiawentiio), siblings and members of the Southern Water Tribe, Aang embarks on...
- 3/6/2024
- by Selome Hailu
- Variety Film + TV
One of the riskiest scenes in Netflix’s new “Avatar: The Last Airbender” adaptation has nothing to do with any of the four elements, flying a 12-year-old over the skies of the Earth Kingdom, or the nefarious schemes of the extremely hot Fire Lord Ozai (Daniel Dae Kim). It’s a simple two-minute scene tucked in the middle of Episode 4, mostly shot-reverse shot, nothing fancy. Of course, you don’t need that many camera positions to shoot a funeral.
This funeral is a new twist and old information in the story of “Avatar: The Last Airbender” — and an example of the live-action adaptation at its most successful in both deviating from and honoring its source material. The original animated version of “Avatar” had 20 episodes per season to slowly tease out its characters’ depth, even those loyal to the Fire Nation who have been trying to destroy the Avatar (hence why...
This funeral is a new twist and old information in the story of “Avatar: The Last Airbender” — and an example of the live-action adaptation at its most successful in both deviating from and honoring its source material. The original animated version of “Avatar” had 20 episodes per season to slowly tease out its characters’ depth, even those loyal to the Fire Nation who have been trying to destroy the Avatar (hence why...
- 2/26/2024
- by Sarah Shachat
- Indiewire
The highly-anticipated live-action adaptation of “Avatar: The Last Airbender” is finally about to debut on Netflix.
The eight-episode first season, with hour-long episodes, centers on the core battle between the dueling elements of Water, Earth, Fire, and Air, four nations that are suddenly at war with one another as a new Avatar has yet to be crowned to keep the peace. Gordon Cormier plays the titular Avatar, with Kiawentiio, Ian Ousley, Dallas Liu, Ken Leung, Paul Sun-Hyung Lee, and Daniel Dae Kim rounding out the cast.
The official synopsis reads: “The four nations once lived in harmony, with the Avatar, master of all four elements, keeping peace between them. But everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked and wiped out the Air Nomads, the first step taken by the firebenders towards conquering the world. With the current incarnation of the Avatar yet to emerge, the world has lost hope. But...
The eight-episode first season, with hour-long episodes, centers on the core battle between the dueling elements of Water, Earth, Fire, and Air, four nations that are suddenly at war with one another as a new Avatar has yet to be crowned to keep the peace. Gordon Cormier plays the titular Avatar, with Kiawentiio, Ian Ousley, Dallas Liu, Ken Leung, Paul Sun-Hyung Lee, and Daniel Dae Kim rounding out the cast.
The official synopsis reads: “The four nations once lived in harmony, with the Avatar, master of all four elements, keeping peace between them. But everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked and wiped out the Air Nomads, the first step taken by the firebenders towards conquering the world. With the current incarnation of the Avatar yet to emerge, the world has lost hope. But...
- 1/23/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
"Avatar: The Last Airbender" is one of the most beloved American animated shows ever. This is a show that voice actor Mark Hamill once considered "too smart" to be a success, yet it was not only successful enough to get three seasons, it also got a popular sequel series. "The Last Airbender" gave young audiences an anime-inspired show that told a serialized story while still having standout standalone episodes. It introduced kids to a vast and rich fantasy world with lore and history on the level of big franchises like "Star Wars" and "Lord of the Rings."
It also managed to end on its own terms, with a masterpiece of a series finale that paid off details planned from the very beginning, without giving fans a clean and overly explained ending. The sequel, "The Legend of Korra," doubled down on the complex themes of "The Last Airbender" and used complex...
It also managed to end on its own terms, with a masterpiece of a series finale that paid off details planned from the very beginning, without giving fans a clean and overly explained ending. The sequel, "The Legend of Korra," doubled down on the complex themes of "The Last Airbender" and used complex...
- 11/9/2023
- by Rafael Motamayor
- Slash Film
“The hardest thing was trying to keep a straight face while scoring the show,” confesses “Mythic Quest” composer Takeshi Furukawa. “Sometimes as composers we are asked to fix a scene. There is none of that on this show,” he adds in our full exclusive video interview above.
“Mythic Quest: Raven’s Banquet” is an Apple TV+ comedy series about the team behind a best-selling multiplayer video game. Furukawa says, “Musically we are not playing to comedy; the difference we have is trying to keep it straight faced. The subject matter takes place in a fictional video game studio. The music is as if it is in that video game. We score it straight like a video game. The comedy comes from the ridiculous juxtaposition of the serious orchestral music against this light-hearted comedy.”
One of the composers favorite moments was “in episode 8 when Ian (Rob McElhenney) has that showdown. It was a 10-minute-long epic battle scene.
“Mythic Quest: Raven’s Banquet” is an Apple TV+ comedy series about the team behind a best-selling multiplayer video game. Furukawa says, “Musically we are not playing to comedy; the difference we have is trying to keep it straight faced. The subject matter takes place in a fictional video game studio. The music is as if it is in that video game. We score it straight like a video game. The comedy comes from the ridiculous juxtaposition of the serious orchestral music against this light-hearted comedy.”
One of the composers favorite moments was “in episode 8 when Ian (Rob McElhenney) has that showdown. It was a 10-minute-long epic battle scene.
- 4/22/2020
- by Matt Noble
- Gold Derby
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