The cast of Netflix's live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender series continues to come to light, with one of the most recent characters with major news being Hakoda, the father of Sokka and Katara of the Southern Water Tribe.
According to Avatar News, Indigenous Cree actor Joel Montgrand, known for his performance in Altered Carbon, is playing Hakoda, thus completing Sokka and Katara's family. Hakoda's wife, Kya, is being played by Rainbow Dickerson, Sokka is being played by actor Ian Ousley and Katara is being played by Kiawentiio.
News of Kya's casting came recently, alongside that of King Bumi, Ty Lee, the Mechanic and the fan-favorite Cabbage Merchant, who will be played by Utkarsh Ambudkar, Momona Tamada, Danny Pudi and James Sie, respectively. Aside from the supporting characters, the main cast was announced early on to be composed of Gordon Cormier as Avatar Aang, Dallas Liu as Zuko, Paul Sun-Hyung Lee as Uncle Iroh and Daniel Dae Kim as the ruler of the Fire Nation, Firelord Ozai.
The upcoming Netflix series reportedly wrapped filming in June, with costume designer Farnaz Khaki-Sadigh celebrating the end of filming with a post on social media. The news has not yet been officially confirmed by Netflix. Production began in November 2021 after the project announced its key cast members.
The World of Avatar
Avatar: The Last Airbender takes place in a fantasy world made up of four individual nations corresponding to one of the four elements: water, earth, fire and air. While many across these nations are able to "bend" or manipulate these elements using numerous forms of martial arts, only the Avatar is capable of mastering all four and is tasked with maintaining balance between the nations and between humans and spirits.
The original series, Avatar: The Last Airbender (also known in some regions as Avatar: The Legend of Aang) was created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko. It premiered in 2005 and ran for three seasons, reaching the story's conclusion in 2008. It continues to enjoy a passionate fanbase, which resulted in the establishment of Avatar Studios, a division of Nickelodeon dedicated to projects expanding the world of Avatar.
Netflix's live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender series does not yet have a release date. All three seasons of the original animated Nickelodeon series is available to stream on Paramount+.
Source: Avatar News