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But throughout this process, our byword has been “authenticity.” To the story. We’ll be expanding and growing the world, and there will be surprises for existing fans and those new to the tale. Think of the possibilities.)ĭon’t get me wrong. (I was briefly tempted to give Sokka a TikTok account though. Katara is not going to get curtain bangs. Aang is not going to be a gritty antihero. I didn’t want to modernize the story, or twist it to fit current trends. I didn’t want to change things for the sake of change. Not just in a cartoon, but in a world that truly exists, very similar to the one we live in. This was a chance to showcase Asian and Indigenous characters as living, breathing people. That meant story points and emotional arcs we’d loved in the original could be given even more room to breathe and grow.įinally, a live-action version would establish a new benchmark in representation and bring in a whole new generation of fans. We’ll be able to see bending in a real and visceral way we’ve never seen before.Īlso, Netflix’s format meant we had an opportunity to reimagine a story that had originally been told in self-contained half-hour episodes as an ongoing serialized narrative. VFX technology has advanced to the point where a live-action version can not only faithfully translate what had been done in animation - it can bring a rich new visual dimension to a fantastic world. So if it ain’t broke, why fix it?īut the more I thought about it, the more intrigued I became. My first thought was, “Why? What is there I could do or say with the story that wasn’t done or said in the original?” A:TLA had only grown in popularity and acclaim over the last decade and a half, which is a testament to how complete and resonant a narrative experience it had been. Netflix offers me the opportunity to develop a live-action remake of Avatar. That my daughter was able to see characters who looked like her on screen was more than just entertaining. It also wasn’t lost on me that this was a world that drew from Asian cultures and legend, which is a rarity to this day and something I appreciated as an Asian-American father. But my Dad-splainy duties quickly fell by the wayside as I found myself sucked into the world and characters, and soon we were watching side by side, both of us swept away by the singular mix of action, humor, and epic storytelling. I began watching along with her with the thought of helping her understand what was going on.

#WHEN WILL THE NEW AVATAR SERIES BE ON NETFLIX TV#

Yet I’d still find her glued to the TV every week, captivated by the adventures of Aang and his friends (who would quickly become her friends). When Avatar: The Last Airbender first aired on Nickelodeon, she wasn’t quite old enough to fully track the narrative.