Netflix’s live-action adaptation of Avatar: The last airbender is only a few days away, but there’s more Avatar to come, in case you forgot. The creators of the original series and Legend of KorraBryan Konietzko and Michael Dante DiMartino are hard at work on a new sequel film series that follows the characters from the original show, along with a few other projects still in the works.
Here’s everything we know about all the upcoming Avatar projects and what the future of the animated Avatar universe looks like.
Why did the original Avatar creators leave the Netflix show?
No discussion of the future of Avatar would be complete without a discussion of this question. Konietzko and DiMartino are cornerstones of Avatar’s creative universe and originally worked with Netflix on the live-action version of the show on the streaming platform, but parted ways after a few years on the project. Unsurprisingly, there aren’t many details about why exactly they left the show, other than they all cited “creative differences.”
After their break from the Netflix team, Konietzko and DiMartino returned to Paramount Studios, Nickelodeon’s parent company, to start Avatar Studios, a team fully dedicated to projects within the Avatar: The last airbender universe. Avatar Studios is the studio behind every project on this list, and likely even more projects set in the universe.
An animated Avatar: The Last Airbender sequel film trilogy
The new Avatar will actually be an animated, theatrically released film series and a direct sequel to Nickelodeon’s Avatar: The last airbender. The films follow Aang, Saka, Kitara and the rest of the Avatar gang as they navigate the adult world and fill in the gaps of what happened between them. The last airbender And The Legend of Korra. The film is directed by Lauren Montgomery, who also worked on the original series Voltron: Legendary Defender.
Although we don’t know many details about this film trilogy yet, we do know that the first part will be released on October 10, 2025.
A Legend of Korra sequel series
This series, first revealed by Avatar News, will follow the Earth avatar that followed Aang and Korra. According to Avatar News, the series will take place 100 years later Korra in a much more modern version of the world. The series will be released sometime in 2025. Avatar News further reports that an animated film for this particular Avatar is also in the works, but there’s no word on when that will happen.
A Zuko movie
Prince Zuko is also apparently getting his own movie. Another report from Avatar News says the Zuko movie will likely be released in 2026, though it’s unclear at this time how this movie will tie into the adult Aang movie. It seems likely that this would happen canonically after that film, given the release dates of the respective projects.