After the success of Netflix’s “One Piece” in live-action type, fans of the “Avatar: The Last Airbender” franchise are hoping Netflix’s upcoming live-action take on their animated series will reach the exact same heights.
Typically thought about among the very best titles to come out of Nickelodeon, it had actually a serialized story throughout its 3 seasons. That very first season was likewise almost half-filled with plenty of standalone episodic experiences.
That will not hold true with the Netflix series with showrunner Albert Kim describing to SFX Magazine that the live-action series is preventing the “experience of the week” format for a more serial take.
The outcome is a “remix” of the occasions seen in the animated initial in order to much better fit them into a cohesive story, such as Azula being more expanded than she remained in the animation’s early days. Kim discusses:
“We all understood that there were things we wished to alter, however not simply for the sake of modification. There needed to be a factor for the modification.
We do not begin the program the method the animated series begins. That was a mindful choice to reveal individuals this is not the animated series.
We needed to in some cases unwind stories and remix them in a brand-new method to make good sense for a serialized drama. I’m extremely curious to see what’ll take place in terms of response to that.”
The 8 episode very first season stars Gordon Cormier as Aang, Kiawentiio as Katara, Ian Ousley as Sokka, Dallas Liu as Prince Zuko, Elizabeth Yu as Azula, and Daniel Dae Kim as Fire Lord Ozai. The series will premiere on the service on February 22nd.