The streamer has given the series a two-season renewal to wrap up the story of Aang's journey to become the Avatar.
The news comes after the series premiered on Netflix on February 22 and racked up 41.1 million views in its first 11 days, topping the TV charts for the past two weeks and on track to enter the top ten most-watched series to come over the first three months.
The plan is to film these two seasons - seasons two and three - in close succession to prevent child actors from growing up quickly.
The series comes from Rideback, whose boss Dan Lin, executive producer of the series, was recently named Netflix's new film chief, replacing Scott Stuber. Albert Kim is the showrunner and replaced original creators Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko in 2020.
The three-season series will mirror the structure of the animated series, which featured three books over three seasons for Aang's story that premiered on Nickelodeon in 2005 and became a hit on Netflix during the early stages of the pandemic.
It is not clear how many episodes will be produced for seasons two and three. The first season contains eight episodes.
Avatar: The Last Airbender (2024) is set in a world divided into four nations: the Water Tribes, the Earth Kingdom, the Fire Nation, and the Air Nomads. 'Benders' are people who have the ability to telekinetically manipulate and control the element associated with their nation, using gestures based on Chinese martial arts. The Avatar is the only person who can bend all four elements.
The four nations once lived in harmony, with the Avatar, master of all four elements, keeping peace among them. But everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked and wiped out the Air Nomads, the Firebenders' first step in conquering the world. With the current incarnation of the Avatar yet to appear, the world has lost hope. But like a light in the darkness, hope arises when Aang (Gordon Cormier), a young Air Nomad - and the last of his kind - awakens to take his rightful place as the next Avatar.
Together with his new friends Sokka (Ian Ousley) and Katara (Kiawentiio), siblings and members of the Southern Water Tribe, Aang embarks on a quest to save the world and fight back against the onslaught of Fire Lord Ozai (Daniel Dae Kim). But with a driven Crown Prince, Zuko (Dallas Liu), determined to capture them, it won't be an easy task. They need the help of the many allies and colorful characters they meet along the way. Ken Leung and Paul Sun-Hyung Lee also star.
Kim and Lin produce alongside Jabbar Raisani, Lindsey Liberatore and Michael Goi. Goi and Raisani co-directed episodes in season one with Roseanne Liang and Jet Wilkinson.
It is the second anime-inspired successful live-action series for Netflix after One Piece (2023), after a rocky start in the genre with Cowboy Bebop (2021). The streamer called it one of its latest successful adaptations, following other IP-driven series such as The Sandman, Wednesday, Arcane and Sweet Tooth.
The creative team behind the series is keen to expand the story. Jabbar Raisani, executive producer and director of Avatar: The Last Airbender (2024), previously said that they filmed things that were not included in the first season.
“If we get another season, then we will certainly have those things, because I know what we missed now and I know how to do better the second time around,” he said. “The animated series is a really good guide…for where the show can go.”
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