The voice cast also includes Dave Bautista, Eric Nam, Dionne Quan, Jessica Matten and Román Zaragoza.
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Steven Yeun has joined the cast of Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies’ untitled animated Aang Avatar: The Last Airbender film, Variety is reporting.
It’s not yet clear which of the Four Nations Yeun may hail from, as character details are being kept under wraps. Yeun joins previously announced cast members Dave Bautista, Eric Nam, Dionne Quan, Jessica Matten and Román Zaragoza. Nam will voice Aang, and Bautista will voice a villain character.
Lauren Montgomery is directing and William Mata is co-directing the film, which is based on Nickelodeon's beloved animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko. Maryann Garger, Latifa Ouaou, Konietzko and DiMartino are producing.
The movie is slated for release in theaters on Friday, January 30, 2026.
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Plot details for the film remain under wraps, however, it is known that the movie, currently under the working title Aang: The Last Airbender, will follow Aang, Katara, Sokka and Zuko as young adults. The movie will be set between the events of the finale of Avatar: The Last Airbender and its sequel, The Legend of Korra. More information is expected to be announced during Paramount Pictures' CinemaCon 2025 panel on April 3.
Additionally, we know that this movie is one of three animated Avatar movies that Nickelodeon’s Avatar Studios will create. Avatar Studios is “a newly formed division designed to create original content spanning animated series and movies based on the beloved world of Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra.” We don’t know, however, if the movies will serve as sequels to one another or each will be a stand-alone.
Yeun is no stranger to the Avatarverse, having previously voiced Wan, the first Avatar, in Korra. An Oscar nominee for his work in Lee Isaac Chung’s 2020 film Minari, Yeun is currently in production on Ben Affleck’s Animals for Netflix. He recently wrapped production on Joe Carnahan’s RIP, in which he stars opposite Matt Damon and Affleck, also for Netflix. He can currently be seen starring in Bong Joon Ho’s Mickey 17 alongside Robert Pattinson, Naomi Ackie, Toni Collette and Mark Ruffalo. Other film credits include Love Me with Kristen Stewart, Jordan Peele’s Nope, The Humans, Sorry to Bother You and Okja.
On television, he recently starred in and executive produced the award-winning Netflix/A24 series Beef. For his performance he won Emmy, SAG and Golden Globe awards. Other television roles include The Walking Dead, Tuca & Bertie, Invincible, Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters and The Twilight Zone.
Yeun is repped by WME, Hansen, Jacobson, Teller, Hoberman, Newman, Warren, Richman, Rush, Kaller, Gellman, Meigs & Fox and Narrative.
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Additional source: Nerdist.
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