Netflix’s Avatar: The Last Airbender Gets New Showrunners for Seasons 2 & 3
Following the live-action adaptation’s two-season renewal, Deadline brings word that Netflix’s Avatar: The Last Airbender series will be going undergoing some creative changes for Seasons 2 and 3.
The streamer has officially enlisted Christine Boylan (The Punisher) and Jabbar Raisani (Lost in Space) as the new showrunners for the final two installments of Avatar: The Last Airbender. They will be replacing Season 1 showrunner Albert Kim, who will still be involved in the series as an executive producer. This comes after Kim had just signed onto to become an executive producer on Disney+’s Percy Jackson and the Olympians Season 2.
Based on Nickelodeon’s beloved animated series, Avatar: The Last Airbender is led by Gordon Cormier as Aang, Kiawentiio as Katara, Ian Ousley as Sokka, and Dallas Liu as Zuko.They are joined by Daniel Dae Kim, Paul Sun-Hyung Lee, Lim Kay Siu, Ken Leung, Elizabeth Yu, Maria Zhang, C.S. Lee, Utkarsh Ambudkar, A Martinez, Yvonne Chapman, Tamlyn Tomita, and more. Season 2 will finally include the long-awaited introduction of fan-favorite character Toph Beifong, who will become Aang’s Earthbending master.
“Water. Earth. Fire. Air. The four nations once lived in harmony, with the Avatar, master of all four elements, keeping peace between them. But everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked and wiped out the Air Nomads, the first step taken by the firebenders towards conquering the world. With the current incarnation of the Avatar yet to emerge, the world has lost hope,” reads the synopsis.
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