Avatar: The Last Airbender is set to return for two more seasons at Netflix, completing Aang’s (Gordon Cormier) journey as he tries to defeat Lord Ozai (Daniel Dae Kim) and the Fire Nation. After a very successful debut in February, the streaming platform has just announced that the live-action adaptation of the Nickelodeon classic will be coming back for the remaining two installments of the Avatar’s story. The animated series also lasted for three seasons, meaning that its live-action counterpart will get to explore the defining moments of Aang’s quest, while the Avatar becomes the world’s last hope against the destructive power of the Fire Nation.
The premise of Avatar: The Last Airbender follows Aang after he’s found frozen in ice by Sokka (Ian Ousley) and Katara (Kiawentiio). Realizing that he had been missing for many years, Aang has to get ready to battle against the evil Lord Ozai and his army, with the main problem being the fact that the boy only knows how to airbend. The Avatar is supposed to master the four elements as the keeper of the peace, and if Aang wants any chance of winning this battle, he has to learn how to control Earth, Water and Fire.
Netflix knew how important it was to find the right performers to step into the shoes of the beloved characters of Avatar: The Last Airbender, which is why they cast Dallas Liu as Prince Zuko. The young man only wants to impress his father, believing that capturing the Avatar is the only way to do so. But the Prince isn’t the last member of the Fire Nation’s royal family with something to prove, with Princess Azula (Elizabeth Yu) growing stronger by the minute. Liu previously appeared in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, while Yu was recently seen in May December.
What’s Next for Aang’s Story?
The first season of Avatar: The Last Airbender was busy with introducing the main characters of the story, alongside allies such as Gyatso (Lim Kay Siu), Suki (Maria Zhang) and Princess Yue (Amber Midthunder). But judging by the events of the animated series the Netflix production is based on, there’s still a long way to go until the Avatar’s confrontation with Lord Ozai. Some adventures Aang had to go through during the second and third seasons of the Nickelodeon production included rescuing Appa after he was kidnapped and an undercover mission straight into the heart of the Fire Nation.
via Collider