Netflix announces live-action series based on 'Avatar: The Last Airbender'

Netflix revealed today that it will be adapting a live-action version of Nickelodeon’s Avatar: The Last Airbender with original show runners Brian Konietzko and Michael Dante DiMartino.

Avatar ran on Nickelodeon from 2005 to 2008 and has streamed on Netflix in the past. 

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In the animated version, Avatar: The Last Airbender is the story of Aang, the Avatar, a bridge between the human and spirit worlds. When an angry leader of the Fire Nation wipes out all of Aang’s fellow air benders, he disappears for 100 years and returns again to restore balance to the world. Read more…

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Source: Mashable | Netflix announces live-action series based on 'Avatar: The Last Airbender'