Avatar sequel series The Legend of Korra coming to Netflix in August

Last Updated on August 2, 2021

Avatar: The Last Airbender began streaming on Netflix just several months ago, and the critically acclaimed animated series has proven to be one of the most popular shows on the streaming service, even remaining in Netflix's Top 10 slot for a record-breaking 61 consecutive days. Well, Netflix announced earlier today that the sequel series, The Legend of Korra, will be joining Avatar: The Last Airbender on August 14, 2020 in the U.S., so y'all better get ready for more bending action than you can shake a turtle duck at.

The world of the Avatar largely revolves around four nations, each one based around the elements of fire, earth, air, and water. Although there are many who can "bend" one of the elements, there's only one, the Avatar, who can possess the ability to bend all of the elements. Avatar: The Last Airbender revolved around Aang, an airbender who had to learn to master the other three elements over the course of the three-season original series. The Legend of Korra takes place 70 years after the events of the first series, with Korra serving as the new Avatar, who has mastered the elements of fire, earth, and water, but struggles with the spirituality of air.

With Netflix providing a home for both Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra, it should come as no surprise that the streaming service is also developing a live-action remake of Avatar with the series' original creators, Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, serving as showrunners and executive producers. "We're thrilled for the opportunity to helm this live-action adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender. We can't wait to realize Aang's world as cinematically as we always imagined it to be, and with a culturally appropriate, non-whitewashed cast. It's a once-in-a-lifetime chance to build upon everyone's great work on the original animated series and go even deeper into the characters, story, action, and world-building. Netflix is wholly dedicated to manifesting our vision for this retelling, and we're incredibly grateful to be partnering with them," said Konietzko and DiMartino in a statement back in 2018. Production on the series was supposed to have been underway by now, but the COVID-19 pandemic obviously put a stop to that.