Aang: The Last Airbender

Aang: The Last Airbenderhttps://twitter.com/RiseFallNickBck/status/1778533481712132154 is an upcoming animated film based on Avatar: The Last Airbender that is planned to be released on January 30, 2026. It will focus specifically on Avatar Aang and his friends in their adult years.
==Cast==
*Eric Nam - Aang
*Dave Bautista
*Jessica Matten - Katara
*Román Zaragoza - Sokka
*Danté Basco - Zuko
*Dionne Quan - Toph Beifong
== Production ==
=== Development ===
On February 24, 2021, ViacomCBS announced during its annual Investor Day the formation of Avatar Studios, a new division of Nickelodeon dedicated to the creation of projects based on animated television series Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005–08) and The Legend of Korra (2012–14). The series creators and executive producers Bryan Konietzko and Michael DiMartino would serve as co-chief creative officers. It was also announced that the studio's first project is an animated theatrical film that would begin production later in 2021. In June 2022, it was announced that Lauren Montgomery, a former storyboard artist on Avatar and a supervising producer for Korra, would serve as director. Konietzko and DiMartino will serve as producers alongside Avatar: The Last Airbender executive producer Eric Coleman. In July that same year, Janet Varney, the voice of Korra, revealed that the plot of the movie would revolve around Aang and his friends. A sneak peek of the film was revealed at Paramount Pictures' CinemaCon presentation in April 2023, confirming that the film would follow The Last Airbender's cast in their young adulthood.
=== Casting ===
At CinemaCon in April 2024, Paramount announced the casting of Eric Nam as Aang, Dionne Quan as Toph, Jessica Matten as Katara, and Román Zaragoza as Sokka, respectively replacing original series voice actors Zach Tyler Eisen, Michaela Jill Murphy, Mae Whitman, and Jack DeSena, while Dave Bautista was cast as an antagonist.
=== Animation ===
In October 2022, it was reported that Flying Bark Productions in Sydney, Australia, will provide animation for the film. The film will combine hand-drawn animation with CG elements. Alexia Gates-Foale, director of production for Flying Bark, said that working on the film will be "a dream project" for the studio due to multiple employees being fans of the franchise.
== Release ==
Aang: The Last Airbender is set for theatrical release on January 30, 2026, by Paramount Pictures. It was originally set for theatrical release on October 10, 2025.
==Trivia==
*This makes Avatar: The Last Airbender the eleventh Nickelodeon Movies film to get a follow-up film and become a franchise film, after The Rugrats Movie, Snow Day, Hey Arnold!: The Movie, The Wild Thornberrys Movie, The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Loud House Movie, PAW Patrol: The Movie, Monster High: The Movie, Good Burger.
*Danté Basco, the voice of Zuko is so far the only cast member from the original series to be reprising his role. 
==References==
Category:Movies
Category:Avatar: The Last Airbender
Category:Theatrical movies
Category:Nicktoon films