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Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Netflix's ‘Avatar: the Last Airbender' Casts Seven Including Dichen Lachman, Dolly de Leon and Tantoo Cardinal
Netflix's live-action version of 'Avatar: The Last Airbender' has added seven cast members across its upcoming second and third seasons. Newly joining Season 2 are Dichen Lachman ('Severance') as Yangchen, Dolly de Leon ('Triangle of Sadness') as Lo and Li, Terry Chen ('Lucky Star') as Jeong Jeong, Lily Gao ('Blue Sun Palace') as Ursa and Madison Hu ('The Brothers Sun') as Fei. More from Variety 'Clash of Clans' Animated Series Ordered at Netflix Netflix Greenlights Korean Thriller 'The Rat' and Rom-Com 'Lovestuck' Netflix Gets Serious About Kids Gaming With 'Peppa Pig,' 'Sesame Street' and Big Plans for Original IP In Season 3, Tantoo Cardinal ('Killers of the Flower Moon') will play Hama and Jon Jon Briones ('Hadestown') will play Piandao. They join previously announced Season 2 stars Miya Cech, Chin Han, Hoa Xuande, Justin Chien, Amanda Zhou, Crystal Yu, Kelemete Misipeka, Lourdes Faberes and Rekha Sharma, as well as series leads Gordon Cormier, Kiawentiio, Ian Ousley and Dallas Liu and returning cast members Elizabeth Yu, Paul Sun-Hyung Lee, Daniel Dae Kim, Momona Tamada and Thalia Tran. News of the new cast members comes as 'Avatar: The Last Airbender' wraps production on Season 2 and soon begins on Season 3. The series premiered in February 2024, and was renewed for a final two seasons that May, matching the three-season arc of the original Nickelodeon series, which ran from 2005 to 2008. Executive producers include Christine Boylan, Jabbar Raisani, Dan Lin, Ryan Halprin, Brendan Ferguson and Albert Kim. Though Netflix's 'Last Airbender' series is produced in partnership with Nickelodeon, it does not involve original series creators Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, who were originally on board before departing over creative differences and launching Avatar Studios. The new studio's first project is an animated film called 'The Legend Of Aang: The Last Airbender' which will debut in theaters in October 2026. An animated series called 'Avatar: Seven Havens' is currently in production, with two more animated films also in the works. See Netflix's 'Last Airbender' cast announce the end of Season 2 production in a video below. Best of Variety New Movies Out Now in Theaters: What to See This Week Emmy Predictions: Talk/Scripted Variety Series - The Variety Categories Are Still a Mess; Netflix, Dropout, and 'Hot Ones' Stir Up Buzz Oscars Predictions 2026: 'Sinners' Becomes Early Contender Ahead of Cannes Film Festival
Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Netflix's ‘Avatar: the Last Airbender' Casts Seven Including Dichen Lachman, Dolly de Leon and Tantoo Cardinal
Netflix's live-action version of 'Avatar: The Last Airbender' has added seven cast members across its upcoming second and third seasons. Newly joining Season 2 are Dichen Lachman ('Severance') as Yangchen, Dolly de Leon ('Triangle of Sadness') as Lo and Li, Terry Chen ('Lucky Star') as Jeong Jeong, Lily Gao ('Blue Sun Palace') as Ursa and Madison Hu ('The Brothers Sun') as Fei. More from Variety 'Clash of Clans' Animated Series Ordered at Netflix Netflix Greenlights Korean Thriller 'The Rat' and Rom-Com 'Lovestuck' Netflix Gets Serious About Kids Gaming With 'Peppa Pig,' 'Sesame Street' and Big Plans for Original IP In Season 3, Tantoo Cardinal ('Killers of the Flower Moon') will play Hama and Jon Jon Briones ('Hadestown') will play Piandao. They join previously announced Season 2 stars Miya Cech, Chin Han, Hoa Xuande, Justin Chien, Amanda Zhou, Crystal Yu, Kelemete Misipeka, Lourdes Faberes and Rekha Sharma, as well as series leads Gordon Cormier, Kiawentiio, Ian Ousley and Dallas Liu and returning cast members Elizabeth Yu, Paul Sun-Hyung Lee, Daniel Dae Kim, Momona Tamada and Thalia Tran. News of the new cast members comes as 'Avatar: The Last Airbender' wraps production on Season 2 and soon begins on Season 3. The series premiered in February 2024, and was renewed for a final two seasons that May, matching the three-season arc of the original Nickelodeon series, which ran from 2005 to 2008. Executive producers include Christine Boylan, Jabbar Raisani, Dan Lin, Ryan Halprin, Brendan Ferguson and Albert Kim. Though Netflix's 'Last Airbender' series is produced in partnership with Nickelodeon, it does not involve original series creators Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, who were originally on board before departing over creative differences and launching Avatar Studios. The new studio's first project is an animated film called 'The Legend Of Aang: The Last Airbender' which will debut in theaters in October 2026. An animated series called 'Avatar: Seven Havens' is currently in production, with two more animated films also in the works. See Netflix's 'Last Airbender' cast announce the end of Season 2 production in a video below. Best of Variety New Movies Out Now in Theaters: What to See This Week Emmy Predictions: Talk/Scripted Variety Series - The Variety Categories Are Still a Mess; Netflix, Dropout, and 'Hot Ones' Stir Up Buzz Oscars Predictions 2026: 'Sinners' Becomes Early Contender Ahead of Cannes Film Festival
Express Tribune
21-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Express Tribune
Nickelodeon Announces Avatar: Seven Havens as Post-Korra Series
Nickelodeon and Avatar Studios have officially announced Avatar: Seven Havens, a brand-new 2D animated series set after The Legend of Korra. The upcoming show will follow a young Earthbender who discovers she is the next Avatar in a world devastated by a cataclysmic event. According to Nickelodeon's press release, this new Avatar series will explore a darker era where the Avatar is seen not as a savior, but as a harbinger of destruction. Hunted by both humans and spirits, the young Earthbender must unravel her origins alongside her long-lost twin to save the Seven Havens, civilization's last hope. Creators Michael DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, who originally developed Avatar: The Last Airbender, expressed their excitement: "When we created the original series, we never imagined we'd still be expanding the world decades later. This new incarnation of the Avatarverse is full of fantasy, mystery, and a whole new cast of amazing characters." The series will span 26 episodes, split into two seasons of 13 episodes each. DiMartino and Konietzko are co-creating the show alongside executive producers Ethan Spaulding and Sehaj Sethi. This marks Avatar Studios' first mainline TV series, alongside their upcoming Aang-centered animated movie, set for a January 30, 2026 theatrical release. In celebration of Avatar's 20th anniversary, Nickelodeon also announced new books, comics, concerts, toys, and a Roblox game.
