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The upcoming Netflix live-action series,Avatar: The Last Airbenderis already getting some hatred because of people’s prejudice for past animes converted into live-action films or series. With Netflix slowly reviving the genre withOne Pieceand the upcomingAvatarseries, it seems that the streaming giant is on the right track.
Well, there is one slight problem though. The creator of the live-action show decided to change the timeline ofAvatar: The Last Airbender.Although he gave a valid reason for the significant change, the fans will surely miss this one thing when the live-action drops.
There Is A Major Change In Netflix’sAvatar: The Last Airbender!
Well, it seems that the difference between the animated series and the upcoming live-action series will be quite evident. Fans may know about Sozin’s comet that worked as a clock in the universe ofAvatar.Well, that clock will not be a part of the live-action series.
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Showrunner Albert Kim revealed in an interview withEntertainment Weeklythat he ran into aStranger Thingsproblem. With the casting of child actors in the role, factors like puberty, adolescence, and growing up greatly affect appearances. Well, Albert Kim revealed some interesting things about Sozin’s Comet and the concept used by the original animated series.
“All three seasons of the animated series essentially take place in the course of one calendar year. There was no way we could do that. So we had to design this first season, especially, to accommodate the possibility of some time elapsing between the first and the second season.”
He further continued,
“The comet was their ticking clock. We removed that particular ticking clock from our show for now because we couldn’t know exactly how old our actors would be for the subsequent seasons.”
Although the shooting of season 1 ended in 2022, Gordon Cormier, who portrayed the character of Aang was 11 years when he auditioned. Well, he is now 14 years old. Albert Kim revealed that they thought they had accommodated for puberty, it surely doesn’t seem so!
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As the interview further continued,Albert Kimran into a point called theStranger Thingsproblem. With children and the physical changes that show with puberty and adolescence, Kim thought they had it figured out.
“We definitely thought about that going into season 1 so that we can accommodate for puberty, adolescence, time passing — all of those fun things that happen to real-life human beings that don’t happen to animated characters.”
With the first season on the verge of release,Avatar: The Last Airbenderis slated for a release date of 21 June 2025 in the U.S. The live-action series will be available to stream on Netflix and with the plans that Kim was talking about, it seems that people are in it for the long run.
Visarg Acharya
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Visarg Acharya is a Senior Writer at FandomWire, majorly focusing on movies, with over 3000 articles published. He has been an entertainment journalist for the past three years and a copywriter at a corporation. Visarg usually covers news and theories on the MCU and the DCU, with an emphasis on Avengers and Superman; Game of Thrones, and more.A Tarantino fan, Visarg, spends his time critiquing various directors’ filmographies and watching them with curiosity. Medieval fantasy like The Lord of the Rings or sci-fi movies like Interstellar, watching the latest horror movies, and listening to Hans Zimmer become his comfort zone. When idle, he can be found reading fantasy novels with a terrible cup of coffee in hand.
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