Paramount and Nickelodeon are bringing back again just what the entire world demands most: 3 animated “Avatar: The Final Airbender” movies to continue on the beloved franchise.
The movies are in progress at Nickelodeon’s Avatar Studios, which was fashioned in February 2021 to make films and demonstrates established in the exact same universe as “Avatar: The Last Airbender” and its sequel “The Legend of Korra.” The announcement was created at Annecy International Animation Film Competition on Wednesday, even though no particulars have been shared about any of the films’ plots.
The creators of the acclaimed clearly show, Bryan Konietzko and Michael DiMartino, are established to develop the future films along with primary executive producer Eric Coleman. Lauren Montgomery, a storyboard artist for the first present, is also established to helm the future movies, which are but to be titled.
“As first creators Mike and Bryan develop the ‘Avatar’ universe with us, we’re keeping it all in the relatives with Lauren bringing the similar sort of qualified, lovely get the job done she did on the original sequence to her new directing duties on the forthcoming theatrical,” stated Ramsey Naito, President of Animation & Enhancement at Paramount Animation and Nickelodeon Animation.
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Konietzko and DiMartino’s names have been in the beginning hooked up to a reside-motion adaptation of “The Past Airbender,” which is currently in manufacturing at Netflix, until the two announced in 2020 that they have been leaving because of to creative dissimilarities.
“When Netflix introduced me on board to operate this series alongside Mike two several years back, they produced a very community promise to guidance our eyesight,” Konietzko shared at the time on Instagram. “Unfortunately, there was no stick to-by on that assure.”
News of their departure rattled the “Avatar” fanbase, who’d already held minor hope that a live-motion adaptation would meet the significant anticipations set by the resource materials right after M. Evening Shyamalan’s disastrous 2010 motion picture endeavor.
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This time all over, it would seem the creators will have greater management over the expansion of the franchise as the two serve as co-main resourceful officers for Avatar Studios just under Naito.
The approaching trilogy will be dispersed on Paramount Furthermore and Nickelodeon platforms, unspecified third-celebration platforms and in theaters.
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