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Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender (2026)

Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender poster
Directed by
Lauren Montgomery
Genre
drama film, fantasy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 39m
Rated
PG
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

The original Team Avatar from the TV series gets back together for a new quest. They meet a surviving airbender named Tagah and help him find a special staff to revive the Air Nomads.

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What happens

Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender is an upcoming American animated fantasy film directed by Lauren Montgomery from a screenplay by Tim Hedrick and Christopher Yost, based on a story by Bryan Konietzko, Michael Dante DiMartino, Hedrick, and Kenneth Lin. A continuation of the animated television series Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005–2008), created by Konietzko and DiMartino, and the first production of Avatar Studios, the film stars the voices of Eric Nam, Dave Bautista, Jessica Matten, Román Zaragoza, Dionne Quan, Steven Yeun, Taika Waititi, Geraldine Viswanathan, Ronny Chieng, Ken Jeong, Dee Bradley Baker, Freida Pinto, and Ke Huy Quan. The story follows Team Avatar as they discover Tagah, a surviving airbender, and join him in searching for an airbending staff to bring back the Air Nomads. The film was announced in February 2021, along with the formation of Avatar Studios, a new division of Nickelodeon dedicated to the creation of projects set in the universe of the Avatar: The Last Airbender franchise. By June 2022, Montgomery was attached as director. Principal cast members were announced in the following years, with the main voice roles from the series being mostly recast in respect to character ethnic and racial backgrounds. Animation services for the film were provided by Flying Bark Productions and Studio Mir, combining 2D hand-drawn animated characters with 3D computer-animated environments. Originally slated to release in theaters, Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender is set to premiere at San Diego Comic-Con on July 24, 2026, and will be released on Paramount+ on July 25. Before release, the entire film was leaked online, prompting staff members of the project to condemn the leaker's actions, while fans advocated for Paramount to revert to their theatrical release plan. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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