The second try and adapt Avatar: The Final Airbender to reside motion is sort of upon us.
Netflix is taking goal on the beloved IP, and early particulars in regards to the present — from its casting selections to its set items — is sparking hope that perhaps, lastly, followers of the unique are set to get a worthy adaptation of the animated sequence.
However our hope is tempered by expertise. This isn’t the primary time the Avatar story has made its solution to live-action. The beloved fantasy sequence already received a live-action adaptation in 2010’s The Final Airbender, an M. Night time Shyamalan dumpster fireplace that almost turned the fandom off variations for good. It was universally panned for its white-washed solid, atrocious grasp of the unique story, and god-awful performing, and Avatar followers in all places breathed a sigh of reduction when the meant trilogy was shortened to a single disappointing movie.
However that movie nonetheless looms giant over the franchise, greater than a decade following its preliminary launch. It’s a stain upon Avatar: The Final Airbender‘s historical past, and fears about the way it will influence the Netflix sequence are weighing down pleasure for the upcoming launch.
Are Netflix’s Avatar: The Final Airbender and 2010’s The Final Airbender linked?
The very first trailer for Netflix’s Avatar: The Final Airbender was, all by itself, infinitely higher than the 2010 tackle the story, so completely nobody needs the 2 tasks to be linked. And, bless Raava, they’re not. Whereas the 2 tasks do cowl the identical basic floor, its extra like Spider-Man and The Wonderful Spider-Man. They’re two separate makes an attempt to carry the identical story to life, however they don’t hinge on each other in any approach.
Netflix’s Avatar: The Final Airbender is nearer to a re-do than something. Its the most recent try and carry the good animated sequence to a distinct medium, and hopefully it’ll be taught the various, many classes Shyamalan’s failure has to show. Fan issues about how the sequence will prove are already working rampant — we don’t want any supposed connections to the 2010 movie to lavatory it down additional.