The ‘Gaang’ is all right here. Paramount formally confirmed the October 10, 2025 launch date for the upcoming animated Avatar: The Final Airbender movie throughout final week’s CinemaCon 2023, and in addition shared an official first have a look at Aang and his iconic group for the followers in attendance. Whereas the picture might not have been formally launched to normal audiences, Nerdist has posted an thrilling glimpse on the all-grown-up group.
Our Avatar: The Final Airbender friends are all grown up within the first look from the upcoming animated film. https://t.co/dev4TRhk6B pic.twitter.com/y7zDJxJqvV
— Nerdist (@nerdist) April 28, 2023
The movie is slated because the first of three deliberate standalone movies, and is produced by Nickelodeon Animation, Paramount Animation, and lately shaped Avatar Studios. Lauren Montgomery will direct, with authentic sequence creators Bryan Konietzko and Mike DiMartino producing alongside Eric Coleman (Avatar: The Final Airbender, SpongeBob SquarePants). Whereas plot particulars haven’t but been launched, the movie will comply with the exploits of Aang, Appa, Katara, Momo, Sokka, Suki, Toph, and Zuko as adults, in-between occasions of the unique Avatar sequence and The Legend of Korra.
In an announcement about Montgomery’s involvement, president of animation and improvement at Paramount Animation and Nickelodeon Animation, Ramsey Naito, mentioned, “As authentic creators Mike [DiMartino] and Bryan [Konietzko] broaden the Avatar universe with us, we’re retaining all of it within the household with Lauren, bringing the identical sort of skilled, lovely work she did on the unique sequence to her new directing duties on the forthcoming theatrical.”
Flying Bark Productions, identified for LEGO Monkie Child and What If…? will animate. For the upcoming movie, the animation studio said it “will probably be seeking to push the boundaries of hybrid animation, working inside each 2D and CG kinds” and appears to broaden its group to start work this yr.
Whereas Fall 2025 remains to be years away, a movie created faithfully and respectfully by Avatar veterans is definitely worth the wait.
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