Avatar: The Last Airbender (2024 TV series)

Avatar: The Last Airbender is an American fantasy action-adventure television series developed by Albert Kim for Netflix. It is a live-action adaptation of the animated television series of the same name created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko for Nickelodeon. The series stars an ensemble cast consisting of Gordon Cormier, Kiawentiio, Ian Ousley, Dallas Liu, Paul Sun-Hyung Lee, Ken Leung, and Daniel Dae Kim. It is set in a fictional world where human civilization is divided into four nations based on the four classical elements: the Water Tribes, the Earth Kingdom, the Fire Nation, and the Air Nomads. In each nation, people known as "benders" can telekinetically manipulate one of the four elements. The story follows the journey of twelve-year-old Avatar Aang, the last survivor of the Air Nomads and the next "Avatar" who has the ability to master all four elements.

First announced in September 2018, DiMartino and Konietzko were originally attached as both executive producers and showrunners; the pair later departed the series over creative differences, and Kim replaced them as showrunner. The first season was filmed from November 2021 to June 2022, while the second and third seasons were filmed together from September 2024 to November 2025.

Avatar: The Last Airbender premiered on February 22, 2024, and received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the worldbuilding, visuals, action sequences, and score but criticized some performances, the writing, and the pacing of the series. It was also considered an improvement over the critically panned 2010 film adaptation. In March 2024, the series was renewed for a second and third season, with it set to conclude with the latter. The second season is set to be released in 2026.

Premise

The series is set in a war-torn world where certain people can "bend" one of the four classical elements—water, earth, fire or air. Aang, the "Avatar" and the last living Airbender, is the bridge between the mortal and spirit worlds, and the only one capable of bending all four of the elements instead of just one. The Avatar maintains the balance of the world and nature to bring peace, and after awakening a century frozen after the genocide of his people, Aang is now faced with the responsibility of ending the ambitions of the militaristic Fire Nation to conquer the world. With his new companions Katara and Sokka, Aang sets out to master the four elements while pursued by Zuko, the exiled crown prince of the Fire Nation, who seeks to regain his honor by capturing him.