When ViacomCBS introduced it had massive plans for Avatar: The Last Airbender as soon as extra—establishing a whole studio devoted to future initiatives that drew again authentic Avatar creators Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko from Netflix’s personal remake plans—we knew the franchise can be going to some daring new locations. Now we all know a kind of steps is bringing Avatar into the realm of CG animation.

Speaking with Dometi Pongo concerning the firm’s future streaming plans for youngsters and family-focused media, President and CEO of Nickelodeon Brian Robbins—who now additionally acts as Paramount+’s chief content material officer for youngsters and household programming on the streamer—touched on the improvement of Avatar Studios. He hyped up the group’s present initiatives whereas revealing one thing very fascinating. “One of the other big projects that we’re working on, on the theatrical front is Avatar. We signed a deal to bring the original creators of Avatar back into the studios,” Robbins mentioned. “They started Avatar Studios, and they’re well on their way in development on a series of CG films and a new Avatar series.”

When Avatar Studios was introduced, we knew the group was creating each sequence and flicks on the planet of Aang and Korra’s bending adventures, however that is the primary particular point out that a few of these first initiatives will deliver the franchise into the realm of CG animation. No doubt that is going to lift hackles in some followers eager for any new Avatar to be achieved simply as previous Avatar was: as 2D animated sequence. It’s price allowing for that now we have not seen an iota of those films but—so merely writing them off solely only for utilizing CG can be very foolish. Also, Robbins very particularly mentioned {that a} sequence of films can be CG, alongside a brand new Avatar present, a distinction with sufficient leeway to recommend that not each undertaking the studio places out shall be CG, so that you may simply get the 2D continuation you need anyway. You may get a CG present, or a 2D film, down the road! It’s not like they’re all of a sudden going to cease after this primary wave of initiatives.

But in a world the place CG animated films are higher wanting than ever, it at all times feels a bit bizarre to get apprehensive on the announcement {that a} historically 2D franchise will discover it as a medium within the first place. If there’s a sequence as deserving of a colourful, kinetic CG movie within the vein of a Spider-Verse or a Mitchells vs. the Machines, it’s undoubtedly Avatar. Now we simply have to attend and see what Avatar Studios and ViacomCBS will do with it.