Avatar Hitting Netflix Helped Bring the Universe Back to Life at Nick

Avatar: The Last Airbender has had an advanced relationship with Netflix. The animated present’s creators left the much-hyped live-action remake final yr, citing issues with the streaming community. But that doesn’t change the truth that with out Netflix, Nickelodeon’s Avatar Studios could have by no means occurred.

In a current interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Nickelodeon president Brian Robbins cited Avatar: The Last Airbender’s recognition on Netflix as a part of the explanation why Nickelodeon selected to recruit creators Bryan Konietzko and Michael DiMartino to launch their very own franchise via Avatar Studios. According to Robbins, the present wasn’t an enormous hit for Nickelodeon when it first aired (though it had a devoted fanbase), however when it arrived on Netflix it “exploded,” changing into one of many greatest reveals on the streaming service.

“Avatar: The Last Airbender was a series that ran for three seasons on Nickelodeon and was never a huge show, but had an amazing following. We licensed that show to Netflix and it exploded. Then we put this spinoff of Avatar, The Legend of Korra, on Paramount+, and it crushed it. That led us to our new relationship and bringing the creators of Avatar back to Nickelodeon to form Avatar Studios. We are now on our way to a full-fledged franchise strategy, creating films and spinoffs out of Avatar,” he stated.

It’s type of ironic that Netflix helped result in Avatar Studios—a brand new franchise launching a waterbender-sized wave of Avatar: The Last Airbender reveals and movies—as a result of the unique plan was for Avatar’s revival to occur on Netflix. The firm introduced a live-action remake all the best way again in 2018, with Konietzko and DiMartino returning to helm the collection they beloved a lot. However, only a few months after the animated Avatar collection debuted on Netflix, Konietzko and DiMartino left the live-action collection. In a pair of scathing statements, the creators stated Netflix did not comply with via on a promise to assist their artistic plans, with Konietzko noting that Netflix’s imaginative and prescient wasn’t “in line with the spirit and integrity of Avatar.”

Konietzko and DiMartino are at the moment busy engaged on an Avatar film together with a collection of reveals, graphic novels, and different merchandise to capitalize on the present’s newfound recognition. Robbins additionally confirmed that Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra will ultimately depart Netflix to turn out to be Paramount+ exclusives, although he didn’t say when that may occur. But don’t rely Netflix out but. Apparently, their live-action Avatar present continues to be taking place…eventually. Reports from What’s On Netflix and Avatar News recommend that filming will begin in November, with Albert Kim (Nikita) serving as showrunner. We’ll convey you extra as we all know it. Are you wanting ahead to extra from the Avatar universe?

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