Netflix’s Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 2 Wraps, Season 3 Begins Filming: Everything You Need to Know

Warning: spoilers for Avatar: The Last Airbender season 1 ahead.

Long ago, the four nations lived in harmony… but everything changed when Netflix dropped the live-action adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender series. The first season is now available on the streamer, and two more seasons are officially on the way.

Almost 20 years after the original animated show’s release, the popular series has gotten another live-action retelling, complete with a culturally appropriate cast. Since this wasn’t the first time ATLA had gotten a live-action adaptation — remember the whitewashed 2010 M. Night Shyamalan flop? — fans were more than skeptical about their favorite childhood show being remade once more. But the series quickly shot up to the number one spot on Netflix’s most-watched list for English-language TV shows shortly after its release. Not only that, but Netflix has renewed the series for two more seasons just two weeks after its original release, following in the steps of Netflix’s live-action One Piece.

What has made Netflix’s ATLA adaptation a success? Well, that’s up to each viewer to decide, but the impressive costuming, detailed cast builds, and CGI that actually looks like it belongs certainly help. If you didn’t obsess over ATLA in middle school, the new live-action series is your chance to follow the tale of a group of friends training the last airbender to embrace his destiny as the Avatar, master of all four elements, while protecting their world from the invasive Fire Nation. With powerful lessons on friendship, morality, and the necessity of forgiveness, it’s no wonder ATLA has remained so beloved after all these years.

Below, we break down everything we know about Netflix’s live-action remake of Avatar: The Last Airbender season 2, including updates on its renewal announcement, cast, release date, trailer, first-look photos, and more. Keep reading for it all, or jump to your preferred section with the arrows below:

→ Renewal announcement
→ Production updates
→ Release date
→ Episode count
→ Cast
→ Actors’ ages
→ Trailers
→ Plot details
→ Changes from the original

**Is Netflix’s Avatar: The Last Airbender getting a season 2?**

Yes — and not just a season 2! Netflix announced the live-action adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender had been renewed for seasons two and three on March 6, 2024, exactly two weeks after the first season hit the streamer. The company put out a poster with Aang’s iconic airbending arrow pointing down to the numbers 2 and 3; both encased in designs made to resemble the Earth and Fire Nations.

Courtesy of Netflix.

“Fans across the globe have embraced Avatar: The Last Airbender, leading to a two-season renewal,” Netflix said when announcing the news, adding that, since its premiere, the show has reigned as the top English TV show with 41.1M views in just the first 11 days. The streamer also shared that the series had reached the top 10 in a total of 92 countries, claiming the top spot in 76 of those.

To coincide with the two-season renewal news, Netflix also unveiled a video of the cast reacting to the news. In the video, Daniel Dae Kim (who plays Ozai on the show) delivers the news to the younger cast — but not without some teasing. “[Netflix] shared a bit of news with me that they asked me to share with you,” Kim tells the cast as they get visibly excited. “It may not be the news that we are expecting,” Kim continues as the atmosphere changes in the Zoom chat before the big reveal.

You can watch the video for yourself below: