Season one of Netflix’s live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender series was a great success. And fans are very excited to know that season two of the series is well underway. Although it might be some time before we see a new trailer or imagery from the series, Netflix has revealed some other fun information.
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| Pictured, left to right: Amanda Zhou, Chin Han, Hoa Xuande, Kelemete Misipeka |
We now officially have some new live-action casting information for important characters from Avatar: The Last Airbender season two. First up, our new friends from the Earth Kingdom. Book Two of Avatar: The Last Airbender is “Earth,” after all. But maybe we’ll see new season two cast information from other Avatar: The Last Airbender kingdoms and nations soon as well. For now, we’ll get inspired by what’s been revealed so far.
You can take a look below to see who has joined in the fun.
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Here is the full list of new characters joining the adventure in the second season of live-action Avatar.
- Chin Han (Mortal Kombat, Skyscraper) plays “Long Feng”
- Hoa Xuande (The Sympathizer, Top of the Lake: China Girl) as “Professor Zei”
- Justin Chien (The Brothers Sun, The Great Leap) as “King Kuei”
- Amanda Zhou (Spinning Out, The Handmaid’s Tale) plays “Joo Dee”
- Crystal Yu (Doctor Who, Good Omens) plays “Lady Beifong”
- Kelemete Misipeka (Sons of Thunder, Ray Donovan), plays “The Boulder”
- Lourdes Faberes (The Sandman, Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre) as “General Sung”
- Rekha Sharma (Yellowjackets, Battlestar Galactica) as “Amita”
Of particular interest are, of course, Long Feng, a devious villain who heads up Ba Sing Se’s secret police, the Dai Li, in the beloved animated Nickelodeon series. Long Feng has fickle loyalties and a lot of self-interest. We bet he’ll be causing trouble for the Gaang sooner rather than later.
Professor Zei, meanwhile, is the head of the anthropology department at Ba Sing Se University in the original series who was obsessed with finding Wan Shi Tong’s Library. Wan Shi Tong already made one appearance in Avatar: The Last Airbender season one, speaking to Aang in the Spirit World. So perhaps we shall see him again.
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Finally, Joo Dee is a public servant and guide for important visitors in Ba Sing Se, as well as the face of Ba Sing Se’s dangerous denial of war, waylaying the Avatar and his friends from their mission in the most genial way possible. We’re sure we’ll see Amanda Zhou’s grinning face making its way into the meme-verse before long.
Others cast include Toph’s mother, Lady Beifong; The Boulder, who is a professional earthbending wrestler Toph handily defeats in the ring; General Sung, a high-ranking Earth Army commander; and King Kuei, the Earth King. Especially interesting is the season two casting of a brand new character Avatar: The Last Airbender‘s world, both live-action and cartoon, Amita. Netflix's Avatar did introduce several new characters in season one. But we’ll have to wait and see exactly who Amita is.
It should be noted that the live-action version has already made several changes to individual characters as well as storylines, so these versions of the characters mentioned above may not correspond exactly to their counterparts in the original show.
Avatar: The Last Airbender recently revealed the casting of one of its most important season two characters, Toph, who will be portrayed by Miya Cech. And so, it really feels like momentum is building for the next chapters of the series. We’re excited to meet all these new faces and to soon learn more about where the show will go.
The new additions join returning cast members Gordon Cormier, Kiawentiio, Ian Ousley, Dallas Liu, Elizabeth Yu, Paul Sun-Hyung Lee, Daniel Dae Kim, Momona Tamada and Thalia Tran.
In addition to season two, Netflix also renewed Avatar: The Last Airbender for a third season, which will round out the series, mirroring the Nickelodeon original.
Avatar: The Last Airbender is currently in production at Netflix in partnership with Nickelodeon. Netflix has already renewed the show through Season 3, concluding with the “Book of Fire” just like the animated version.
Jabbar Raisani and Christine Boylan are executive producers and showrunners on the series. Albert Kim, who developed the live-action version, also executive produces along with Dan Lin, Ryan Halprin, and Brendan Ferguson.
Studios contributing to the elemental VFX include BarnstormVFX; BigHugFX; Clear Angle Studios; Dimension Studios; DNEG; Image Engine; Pixomondo; Rodeo FX; Scanline VFX; Spin VFX; The Third Floor; and Track VFX.
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Originally published: November 14, 2024.
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