Avatar: The Last Airbender movie with adult Aang delayed from 2025 to 2026
By Dan Selcke
The world of Avatar: The Last Airbender is split right now. On the one hand, Netflix is in the middle of producing a live-action TV remake of the original show; the first season was managed by Albert Kim, and the upcoming second and third seasons will be overseen by Christine Boylan and Jabbar Raisani, after Kim left. Meanwhile, Michael DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko — the creators of the original Last Airbender animated series on Nickelodeon — jumped ship on the Netflix remake much earlier to go make a series of animated movies for Nickelodeon and Paramount. The first of these, a movie following the adventures lead character Aang years after the end of the original, when he and his friends have grown to adulthood, is reportedly called Aang: The Last Airbender.
Originally, Aang: The Last Airbender was going to comeo ut on October 10, 2025. However, Variety reports that Paramount is shuffling around its release calendar a bit, and the movie is now scheduled to release on Jan. 20, 2026.
Overall, the delay isn't that bad, just a few months. However, an interesting knock-on effect is that the delay brings Aang: The Last Airbender closer to the release date of Avatar: The Last Airbender season 2 on Netflix. Wouldn't it be fun if the new animated Avatar movie from the original creators went head to head with the continuation of Netflix's live-action remake? The Netflix show only got renewed last month; given how long it takes to get production going on a show that big, we don't expect a second season to come out until 2026.
Aang: The Last Airbender will star Eric Nam in the role of Aang and Dave Bautista in the role of a villain, although we know any details. Jessica Matten, Roman Zaragoza and Dionne Quan will play grown-up versions of Aang's friends Katara, Sokka and Toph respectively.
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