Avatar: The Last Airbender Lands Two-Season Renewal

Netflix has ordered two more seasons of its live-action adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender, based on the Nickelodeon animated series of the same name.

The live-action show takes place in the aftermath of the Fire Nation wiping out the Air Nomads and destroying the peace between the four elemental nations. When Aang, a young Air Nomad, reawakens to take his rightful place as the next Avatar, a master of all four elements, he embarks on a quest to save the world and fight back against the Fire Nation.

Netflix’s Avatar: The Last Airbender debuted on February 22 and reigned as the number one English TV show with 41.1 million views in the first 11 days. It was number one in 76 countries and in the top ten in 92.

The series stars Gordon Cormier, Kiawentiio, Ian Ousley, Dallas Liu, Ken Leung, with Paul Sun-Hyung Lee and Daniel Dae Kim, among others.

Albert Kim (Sleepy Hollow, Nikita) serves as showrunner, executive producer and writer of the live-action show. Jabbar Raisani (Lost in Space, Stranger Things) and Michael Goi are executive producers and directors alongside directors Roseanne Liang, also a co-executive producer, and Jet Wilkinson. Dan Lin (The LEGO Movie, Aladdin) and Lindsey Liberatore (Walker) serve as executive producers from Rideback.

More details about the second and third seasons will be revealed at a later date.