The Avatar universe is expanding. They reports that dearest kids’ organization Nickelodeon is dispatching a recently shaped division, Avatar Studios, devoted to making content encompassing Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra.
Original series makers and leader makers Michael DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, who left Netflix’s true to life Avatar: The Last Airbender change because of innovative contrasts, will lead the division as co-boss imaginative officials under Ramsey Naito, President of Nickelodeon Animation. Symbol Studios substance will discover show up on Paramount+, Nickelodeon’s direct and advanced stages, just as outsider stages and in theaters.
“Avatar: The Last Airbender and Korra have grown at least ten-fold in popularity since their original hit runs on Nickelodeon, and Ramsey Naito and I are incredibly excited to have Mike and Bryan’s genius talent on board to helm a studio devoted to expanding their characters and world into new content and formats for fans everywhere,” said Brian Robbins, President of ViacomCBS Kids and Family. “Creator-driven stories and characters have long been the hallmarks of Nickelodeon, and Avatar Studios is a way to give Mike and Bryan the resources and runway to open up their imaginations even more and dive deeper into the action and mythology of Avatar as we simultaneously expand upon that world and the world of content available on Paramount+ and Nickelodeon.”
The main project under Avatar Studios is a unique animated theatrical film that is set to begin start production this year. For the unenlightened, Avatar: The Last Air Bender ran for three season on Nickelodeon from February 2005 until July 2008, winning a Peabody and Primetime Emmy grants.
The series was adjusted into an extremely censured M. Night Shyamalan film, an effective realistic novel, and had its own true to life revamp on Netflix. The Legend of Korra, set in the Avatar world 70 years after The Last Air Bender, appeared in 2012 and ran on Nickelodeon for four seasons. Hopefully James Cameron doesn’t get any thoughts for his own Avatar Studios.