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Netflix's 'Avatar: The Last Airbender' to Premiere on February 22nd with New Twists

Live-action adaptation will depict unseen events from the original series and feature Azula more heavily in the first season.

  • Netflix's live-action adaptation of 'Avatar: The Last Airbender' is set to premiere on February 22nd, with new character posters recently released.
  • The series will revisit the early events of the original animated series, with some changes and 'remixes' to the storyline.
  • Showrunner Albert Kim reveals that the series will depict events from the original series' lore never seen before, including the Fire Nation's attack on the Southern Air Temple.
  • The character Azula will feature more heavily in the new series' first season than in the original animation.
  • The original creators of the animated series, Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, left the Netflix project in June 2020, leading to a 'tough' time for the showrunner.
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