{"id":365956,"date":"2025-12-23T18:08:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T18:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/365956\/"},"modified":"2025-12-23T18:08:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T18:08:07","slug":"the-last-airbender-will-skip-theaters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/365956\/","title":{"rendered":"The Last Airbender\u2019 Will Skip Theaters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe upcoming feature The Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender will bypass a theatrical debut in theaters in October 2026 and premiere exclusively on Paramount+ as the streamer becomes the exclusive home of all animated content from Avatar Studios, the creative force behind the beloved and acclaimed Nickelodeon series <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/avatar-the-last-airbender\/\" id=\"auto-tag_avatar-the-last-airbender_1\" data-tag=\"avatar-the-last-airbender\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Avatar: The Last Airbender<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tDitto for the new series Avatar: Seven Havens. Both animated projects are being produced by Avatar Studios, which was formed in 2021 under Nickelodeon as a division designed to create a new, ever-growing universe based on the worlds of\u00a0Avatar\u00a0and subsequent series,\u00a0The Legend of Korra.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThere\u2019s more on the Legend of Aang front: Taika Waititi, Geraldine Viswanathan, Dee Bradley Baker, Peta Sergeant, Freida Pinto and Ke Huy Quan have joined previously announced castmembers Dave Bautista, Eric Nam, Jessica Matten, Dionne Quan, Rom\u00e1n Zaragoza and Steven Yeun.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tBased on the original series\u00a0Avatar: The Last Airbender\u00a0created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, the feature film will be directed by Lauren Montgomery with Steve Ahn and William Mata co-directing. Latifa Ouaou, Maryann Garger, Konietzko and DiMartino serve as producers. Award-winning composer Jeremy Zuckerman returns to score both the film and series.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t\u201cThe Avatar Universe has captivated audiences for two decades, and Paramount+ is proud to be the exclusive streaming home for its beloved animated incarnation,\u201d said Jane Wiseman, Head of Originals for Paramount+. \u201cThe Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender\u00a0and\u00a0Avatar: Seven Havens\u00a0represent the next evolution of storytelling from Avatar Studios \u2014 bringing together remarkable talent both in front of and behind the camera to deliver the epic adventures and emotional depth fans have come to expect.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThese additions, alongside\u00a0The Legend of Korra\u00a0and the original series, solidify Paramount+ as the destination for the animated Avatar Universe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe Last Airbender\u00a0ran from 2005 to 2008 and was set in a world of warring nation states where people, known as \u201cbenders,\u201d can manipulate the four elements of earth, fire, wind and water. The series has received the Peabody Award, a Primetime Emmy, Annie Awards and Genesis Awards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tMore to come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The upcoming feature The Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender will bypass a theatrical debut in theaters in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":365957,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[159457,88,206],"class_list":{"0":"post-365956","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-avatar-the-last-airbender","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-movies"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=365956"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365956\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/365957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=365956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=365956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=365956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}