Avatar: The Last Airbender was one of Nickelodeon's most popular shows. It ran for three seasons on the network, receiving acclaim from child and adult audiences alike. The show's first season even spawned an awful M. Night Shyamalan adaptation. But when the sequel series, The Legend of Korra hits the small screen, don't expect it to stick around for too long. Unlike its predecessor, The Legend of Korra will be a miniseries.
"As a mini-series, it's going to be really tight. While we really love the filler episodes, those are some of our favorites, this thing is just lean and mean. It's a really cool driving story," show creators Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko told UGO.com. DiMartino and Koniezkto will be writing all the episodes for the series, though how long the miniseries will be is still up in the air.
The creators were very enigmatic when it came to the new series, and were reluctant to give away too many details. Aang (pictured right), the protagonist of The Last Airbender, would be a presence in the series "in his own way," as will Aang and Katara's offspring, who will reportedly be "central to the show." The series will also have "more sophistication to it, but still keep the humor, fun hybrid animals, and action," and will focus on "different mature subjects" than the war that pervaded the screen throughout the first time around.
The Legend of Korra is set to premiere on Nickelodeon in 2011, at an unspecified date. Any future series have not been commented on, though if Korra is successful it seems likely that perhaps a second sequel series might appear.
this mini series of avatar will surely my next favorite. I just hope they will have some comedy scenes like the old one.