Three new Avatar: The Last Airbender animated films are in development

The fans of Avatar of The Last AirbenderThere is a lot of excitement ahead, with Nickelodeon and Paramount revealing at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, that they are creating a trio of animated films set within the Avatar universe.

According to Variety, the films are in development under Nickelodeon Animation’s Avatar Studios, which was formed back in 2021 to focus on creating original content based around the universe of 2005’s Avatar of The Last AirbenderAnd its follow-up in 2012 Legend of Korra.

Series co-creators Bryan Konietzko and Michael DiMartino, who exited the production of Netflix’s live-action adaptation of the series citing ‘creative differences’, are producing the trilogy alongside producer Eric Coleman. Lauren Montgomery (who worked on Avatar as well as the sequel) will direct the film that is yet to be named. Legend of KorraSupervising producer, storyboard artist

“As original creators Mike and Bryan expand the ‘Avatar’ universe with us, we’re keeping it all in the family with Lauren bringing the same kind of expert, beautiful work she did on the original series to her new directing duties on the forthcoming theatrical,” Ramsey Naito, president of animation & development at Paramount Animation and Nickelodeon Animation, said in an announcement.

The last time we heard about Nickelodeon and Paramount’s plans to expand the world of The Last Airbender’s AvatarThis was back in February 2013, when an animated Avatar film was first announced during a Viacom investors’ call in the lead up to the launch of Paramount Plus.