Water. Earth. Fire. Air. Netflix brought the elements to their annual TUDUM event as they delivered a first look at their upcoming live-action adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender. Netflix unveiled a look at the main cast and then dropped a short teaser trailer showing the familiar symbols of the bending arts.
We got our first, and surprisingly accurate, look at the lovable characters from the hit animated show from 2005 (feel old?) in their live-action form, including Gordon Cormier’s Aang, Kiawentiio’s Katara, Ian Ousley’s Sokka, and Dallas Liu’s Zuko.
What do you think?
The full cast also includes Star Trek legend George Takei as the voice of Koh, the ancient and eerie spirit from the animated show who could steal the face of anyone. Prey‘s Amber Midthunder is set to play Princess Yue, the leader of the Northern Water Tribe who forms a close bond with Sokka, and Community‘s Danny Pudi is joining the show as “The Mechanist”. In the animated show, the Mechanist was an inventor living in an Air Temple who helped forged an air glider for his son Teo’s wheelchair.
- Elizabeth Yu – Azula
- Paul Sun-Hyung Lee – Iroh
- Daniel Dae Kim – Fire Lord Ozai
- Maria Zhang – Suki
- Tamiyn Tomita – Yukari
- Yvonne Chapman – Avatar Kyoshi
- Casey Camp-Horinek – Gran Gran
- A Martinez – Pakku
- Irene Bedard – Yagoda
- Joel Oulette – Hahn
- Nathaniel Arcand – Chief Arnook
- Meegwun Fairbrother – Avatar Kuruk
- Arden Cho – June
- Utkarsh Ambudkar – King Bumi
- Lucian-River Chauhan – Teo
- James Sie – the Cabbage Merchant
- Momona Tamada – Ty Lee
- Thalia Tran – Mai
- Ruy Iskandar – Lt. Jee
- Hiro Kanagawa – Fire Lord Sozin
- C.S. Lee – Avatar Roku
- François Chau – The Great Sage
- Ryan Mah – Lt. Dang
- Randall Duk Kim – the voice of Wan Shi Tong
It’s an outstanding and rather full cast list. However, someone rather important is missing… Where’s Toph?
Check out the very brief teaser trailer below:
What do you make of this live-action adaptation? Be sure to let us know your thoughts in the comments. Avatar: The Last Airbender will air exclusively on Netflix in 2024. Keep your eyes peeled for more news from the world of fire bending, comets, and cabbages.
