Avatar Feature ‘Legend Of Aang’ To Skip Theatrical, Go Straight To Paramount+

Paramount+ is consolidating the animated Avatar universe, one of its most valuable IPs, under one roof. The upcoming franchise feature The Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender will no longer receive a theatrical release and will instead premiere directly on the streamer, alongside the newly announced series Avatar: Seven Havens.

Both projects are produced by Avatar Studios, Nickelodeon’s in-house label created in 2021 to expand the world first introduced in Avatar: The Last Airbender and later continued in The Legend of Korra. Paramount+ now becomes the exclusive streaming home for all animated content from the franchise.

Lauren Montgomery is directing the upcoming film, with longtime franchise collaborators Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko producing. Composer Jeremy Zuckerman returns to score both the feature and Seven Havens. Behind the scenes, The Legend of Aang continues to come together, adding voice actors Taika Waititi, Geraldine Viswanathan, Dee Bradley Baker, and Ke Huy Quan to a voice cast that already includeded Dave Bautista and Steven Yeun.

While Legend of Aang will once again focus on the world’s last Airbender in a new, globe-spanning story, Seven Havens looks forward, following a young Earthbender revealed as the Avatar in a fractured era where the title is feared rather than celebrated. The series is planned as two 13-episode “books” and is positioned as the next major chapter in the animated canon.

For Paramount+, the strategy is clear: double down on one of animation’s most durable franchises, and keep its future firmly on streaming rather than the big screen.