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From ComingSoon.net ...
Avatar: The Last Airbender animated film in the works
from Avatar Studios
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Sixteen years after Avatar: The Last Airbender made its
successful debut, Nickelodeon has officially announced
the launch of a newly formed division called Avatar
Studios which will produce original content including
new animated series and movies, based on the beloved of
world of The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra.
Headed by original creators Michael Di Martino and
Bryan Konietzko, the studio's first project will be an
animated theatrical film which will begin its
production later this year.
Avatar Studios is expected to create content set to be
released on platforms including Paramount+; on
Nickelodeon's own linear and digital platforms; and on
third-party platforms and in theaters. Michael
DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, who previously exited
Netflix's long-in development live-action Avatar:
The Last Airbender series, will helm the studio as
co-chief creative officers, reporting to Ramsey Naito,
President, Nickelodeon Animation.
"It's hard to believe it's been 19 years since we
created Avatar: The Last Airbender," Konietzko and
DiMartino said in a statement. "But even after all
that time, there are still many stories and time
periods in Aang's world that we are eager to bring to
life. We are fortunate to have an ever-growing
community of passionate fans that enjoys exploring the
Avatarverse as much as we do. And with this new Avatar
Studios venture we have an unparalleled opportunity to
develop our franchise and its storytelling on a vast
scale, in myriad exciting ways and mediums. We are
exceedingly grateful to Brian Robbins and Ramsey Naito
for their enthusiasm and respect for the Avatar
property and us as its stewards. From the start,
they've supported our ambitious plans and created a
positive, proactive environment for us. We're excited
to be back at Nickelodeon where Avatar began, doing
what we do best in the biggest way possible. We can't
wait to build the great teams and productions to make
all of this fantasy a reality."
"Avatar: The Last Airbender and Korra have grown at
least ten-fold in popularity since their original hit
runs on Nickelodeon, and Ramsey Naito and I are
incredibly excited to have Mike and Bryan's genius
talent on board to helm a studio devoted to expanding
their characters and world into new content and
formats for fans everywhere," President of ViacomCBS
Kids & Family, Brian Robbins said. "Creator-driven
stories and characters have long been the hallmarks
of Nickelodeon, and Avatar Studios is a way to give
Mike and Bryan the resources and runway to open up
their imaginations even more and dive deeper into the
action and mythology of Avatar as we simultaneously
expand upon that world and the world of content
available on Paramount+ and Nickelodeon."
The original Avatar: The Last Airbender animated
series for three seasons on Nickelodeon from February
2005 to July 2008.It received substantial acclaim
during its run, picking up multiple Annie Awards,
Genesis Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Peabody
Award.
In the series, the world is divided into four nations
- the Water Tribe, the Earth Kingdom, the Fire Nation,
and the Air Nomads - each represented by a natural
element for which the nation is named. Benders have
the ability to control and manipulate the element from
their nation. Only the Avatar is the master of all
four elements. The ruthless Fire Nation wants to
conquer the world but the only bender who has enough
power, the Avatar, has disappeared ... until now. His
tribe soon discovers that Aang is the long-lost
Avatar. Now Katara and Sokka must safeguard Aang on
his journey to master all four elements and save the
world from the Fire Nation.
Avatar: The Legend of Korra takes place 70 years
after the events of Nickelodeon's beloved animated
series The Last Airbender, where it followed the
adventures of Aang's successor Korra, a passionate,
rebellious, and fearless teenaged girl from the
Southern Water Tribe.
The sequel series aired for four seasons from
2012-2014. It was also met with critical acclaim as it
received praise for dealing with respect to issues
regarding race, gender, and sexual orientation. The
Legend of Korra had also earned awards from
award-giving bodies including the Daytime Emmy Award,
Annie Awards, and Gracie Award.
Both properties have been translated into a successful
comic book and graphic novel series. The "Avatar: The
Last Airbender" graphic novel spent 70 cumulative
weeks on the New York Times Graphic Novel Bestseller
list, hitting number one. While the first graphic
novel storyline for The Legend of Korra titled Turf
Wars, has captured various Top 10 sales spots across
children's fiction, YA science fiction, and graphic
novel categories since its debut in 2017.
The DVD and Blu-rays are also incredibly successful,
with the Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Complete
Series generating nearly $5MM in retail sales since
its 2018 release.
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