Has announced it is reviving the popular Nickelodeon animated show “” as a live-action series. Original creators Michael DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko will serve as showrunners and executive producers of the live-action program, which is set to begin production in 2019. “Avatar: The Last Airbender” debuted on Nickelodeon in February 2005 and ran for three seasons, ending in July 2008.

1. Avatar The Last Air

Nickelodeon Universe will be closing at 5 p.m. On Wednesday, January 16 for a private event.

Avatar: The Last Airbender (also known as Avatar: The Legend of Aang) is an American animated television series that aired for three seasons on Nickelodeon. Pretty, pretty, pretty heavy stuff for Nick. YOU AUGHTA KNOW: M. Night Shyamalan is directing a live-action adaptation set to be released in 2010.

Avatar The Last Air

The series follows the adventures of Aang, an “airbender” who is capable of manipulating all four elements. Aang teams up with two friends, Katara and Sokka, on a mission to defeat the Fire Nation. Read More: “We can’t wait to realize Aang’s world as cinematically as we always imagined it to be, and with a culturally appropriate, non-whitewashed cast,” DiMartino and Konietzko said in a statement. “It’s a once-in-a-lifetime chance to build upon everyone’s great work on the original animated series and go even deeper into the characters, story, action, and world-building.