Avatar: The Last AirbenderHitting Netflix Helped Bring the Universe Back to Life at Nick

embodiment : The Last Airbender has had a complicated human relationship with Netflix . The alive show ’s creatorsleft the much - hype live - action remakelast year , citing job with the streaming net . But that does n’t change the fact that without Netflix , Nickelodeon’sAvatar Studiosmay have never happened .

In a recent audience withThe Hollywood Reporter , Nickelodeon president Brian Robbins cited Avatar : The Last Airbender’spopularity on Netflixas part of the reason why Nickelodeon chose to recruit Jehovah Bryan Konietzko and Michael DiMartino to launch their own franchisethrough Avatar Studios . According to Robbins , the show was n’t a bighearted hit for Nickelodeon when it first send ( even though it had a dedicated fanbase ) , but when it arrive on Netflix it “ blow up , ” becoming one of the biggest show on the cyclosis service .

“ Avatar : The Last Airbender was a series that ran for three season on Nickelodeon and was never a huge show , but had an amazing pursuit . We licence that show to Netflix and it explode . Then we put this spinoff of Avatar , The Legend of Korra , on Paramount+ , and it crushed it . That led us to our new kinship and bringing the creator of Avatar back to Nickelodeon to form Avatar Studios . We are now on our way to a full - fledged franchise strategy , create films and spinoffs out of Avatar , ” he said .

Netflix is like the Ember Island Players—eventually, they’ll only have a pantomime of the real thing.

Netflix is like the Ember Island Players—eventually, they’ll only have a pantomime of the real thing.Screenshot: Nickelodeon

It ’s kind of ironic that Netflix helped bring about Avatar Studios — a new franchise launch a waterbender - sized wave ofAvatar : The Last Airbender prove and films — because the original plan was for Avatar ’s revival to happen on Netflix . The companyannounceda live - military action remaking all the mode back in 2018 , with Konietzko and DiMartino return to helm the series they love so much . However , just a few month after the animated Avatar serial debuted on Netflix , Konietzko and DiMartino leave the live - action serial . In a pair of scathing statements , the creators aver Netflix bomb to postdate through on a hope to support their originative plans , with Konietzko noting that Netflix ’s visual modality was n’t “ in contrast with the intent and integrity of Avatar . ”

Konietzko and DiMartino are presently busy act on an Avatar picture along with a series of shows , graphic novels , and other products to capitalize on the show ’s newfound popularity . Robbins also confirmed that Avatar : The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra will finally forget Netflix to becomeParamount+exclusives , though he did n’t say when that would occur . But do n’t count Netflix out yet . Apparently , their live - activeness Avatar show is still happen … finally . composition fromWhat ’s On NetflixandAvatar Newssuggest that cinematography will start out in November , with Albert Kim ( Nikita ) service as showrunner . We ’ll convey you more as we know it . Are you looking forward to more from the Avatar universe ?

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