Paramount and Avatar Studiosā slate of animated Avatar movies coming to theaters: Kyoshi (2024), Zuko (2025), Korra (2026)
Itās the post youāve all been waiting for. Iāve finally compiled, confirmed, and cross-referenced enough sources to feel confident in posting what Avatar Studiosā first three movies are about, in what order, and (with a big grain of salt, okay?) when theyāre coming.
You might be aware that thereās been a flurry of Avatar Studios news out of theĀ 2022 Annecy International Animation Film Festival in the last few daysā they revealed that three movies are actively in the works right now, they confirmed my report on the director of the first movie, and they showed the first teaser for it to the press in attendance.
Letās tackle that teaser first. After checking with a couple of sources who were in attendance, weāre pretty sure that what was shown was General Fongās fortress, which was first visited by Aang and the Gaang in Avatar: The Last Airbender Book Two: Earth, Chapter One: The Avatar State.
It was either this exact clip/screencaps from the original, or something very similar. That visual was followed by text saying āthe Avatar returnsā (a popular tagline these days) and the earthbending symbol. Which brings us toā¦
The first animated movie coming from Avatar Studios is the prequel I reported on before, and itās a āprequelā because it stars the most recent earth Avatar before Aang and Korra:Ā Avatar Kyoshi.
Next, I can confirm that the second movie will be the one I exclusively revealed last month: a story focused onĀ Fire Lord Zuko.
Lastly, and this is a brand-new reveal, the third movie is set in the era ofĀ Avatar Korra, after the end of the animated series.
I should note that these are all very high-level descriptions, for example I donāt know the exact focus of the Korra era movie, although Iād personally be willing to bet it will be Korra herself. But ultimately, I guess I should put a disclaimer that IĀ donāt know that level of detail, except for the specific case of the Zuko movie being about Zuko himself. Technically, I donāt know that the Kyoshi movie will āstarā her, but I canāt really imagine it wonāt, you know?
AS FOR THE DATES. I debated whether to put them or not, but I decided to make things spicy and go for it this time. I want to make it clear that these are NOT my estimates, they are legit info cross-referenced from at least two sources, butā¦ā¦ itāsĀ really early info subject to change and not meant to be any sort of commitment from anyone. I just figured that by the time we get to these years, no one will remember this post.Ā š Release dates could shift around as they almost always do in this day and age, but itās just because thatās a natural thing that happens. So with all that being said, you can very vaguely look forward to animated Avatar movies coming to theaters once a year starting in 2024, with the first three being:
(Obviously those are not the moviesā titles.)
This next part isĀ my estimate: I would personally expect LATEĀ 2024 for the first one. Again, itās super early. As for the rest: again, big grain of salt. As production goes on, maybe theyāll decide they want to do every two years instead, or any number of things that could lead to the slate changing.
Itās just really important to understand that this is just a snapshot of Avatar Studiosā CURRENT plansā their NOT announced, NOT confirmed plans. I wouldnāt announce or confirm anything this early either, and thereās a good reason they arenātā they havenāt even revealed their first ever movie yet, much less committing to a slate. So please keep all that context in mind; donāt expect them to reveal anything about any Korra movie any time soonā there are two movies before that that probably wonāt even reveal anything any time soon. That being said, this is legit info and not just speculation/guessing, and it also might NOT change. I think release dates are honestly highly likely to change, but I donāt think it would be unlikely if the three high-level concepts of Kyoshi/Zuko/Korra stay the same. Assuming my sources are correct about those in the first place of course. :)
Alright, thatās enough disclaimers, Iāll let you run amok now. And yeah. KORRAāS BACK.