The show is set in a conglomerate world built upon East Asian, New World, and Inuit influences-none of which contain any white people.
Shyamalan's movie was derided not just because it was bad, but because the majority of the main cast was white.
In terms of casting, Netflix has been especially looking out for people of color. (Sorta.) Netflix has also announced that Paul Sun-Hyung Lee ( Kim's Convenience, The Mandalorian) will be playing Prince Zuko's Uncle Iroh (the best character), Lim Kay Siu ( Anna and the King, Sleep with Me) will play Aang's Air Nomad mentor Gyatso, and Ken Leung ( Lost, Industry) will play the Fire Nation's violent Commander Zhao. In another extremely exciting announcement, superstar Daniel Dae Kim ( Lost, Hawaii Five-0) has been cast as the villainous and ruthless firebender conqueror Fire Lord Ozai, so it looks like we're going to have to root for the bad guys this time, whoops. This announcement is exciting not only because it looks like the show won't be aging up the main characters too much, but also because this casting is just about the most inclusive we could hope for. Great news!! The first four members of the cast were officially announced in August 2021: Gordon Cormier will be playing Aang, Kiawentiio is playing Katara, Ian Ousley is Sokka, and Dallas Liu is Prince Zuko. The show may follow this format, releasing three seasons that follow the events of the original, maybe with longer episodes and skipping over the weaker one-shots ("The Great Divide," anyone?).
The original series was separated into three seasons, or "books," of 20 episodes each. In the first episode, waterbender Katara and her brother Sokka discover the missing Avatar, the only surviving airbender named Aang, in suspended animation in an iceberg, and help him on his journey to learn the rest of the elements and defeat the Firelord. 100 years before the series begins, the Fire Nation attacked the other three, subduing the Air Nomads and one of the Water Tribes, and began a decades-long war after the Avatar vanished. Only the Avatar, a reincarnated human, could master all four elements and keep the balance of the world. The original Nickelodeon show was set in the fictional world of the Four Nations, each corresponding to a certain classical element, and each home to "benders," those who could psychokinetically manipulate one of those elements using martial arts. This episode was equally exciting for fans as they witnessed a power-packed fight between the antagonist Kuvira and their favourite Avatar.As far as we know, yes. In episode 6, Battle of Zaofu, Kuvira brought an entire army to defeat the metal bending city and its ruler Suyin. In previous episodes of the popular animated series, fans saw Korra recover from her physical wounds, but kept struggling with her inner demons that were continuously discouraging her to return as the Avatar. In order to recover from the fatal wounds she received during a fight with Zaheer, the Avatar headed towards the Southern Water Tribe.
The episode, titled Return of the Avatar, will showcase Korra's return to her adopted home, the Republic City, after three and a half years and will have an emotional reunion with her friends.ĭuring the Season 3 finale, the successor of Aang was fatally injured and was bound to a wheel chair. The Legend of Korra Season 4 returns this Friday with episode 7, which will mark the homecoming of Korra to the Republic City.