Licensing вЂњAvatarвЂќ to Netflix paid off in two ways: It proved Nickelodeon should invest in the expansion of the franchise and it drove viewers to ViacomCBSвЂ™ streaming platform Paramount+ in order to stream вЂњThe Legend of Korra.вЂќ As Robbins revealed, itвЂ™s not the only time the new streamer got a significant boost thanks to Netflix. The 150 Greatest Horror Movies of All Time The Best Sexy Movies of the 21st Century, from 'Y Tu MamГЎ TambiГ©n' to 'Portrait of a Lady on Fire' We are now on our way to a full-fledged franchise strategy, creating films and spinoffs out of вЂAvatar.'вЂќДЄ New Report Confirms It: Your Kids Have Pretty Much Stopped Watching Linear TVДЄll the Details on Andrew Dominik's NC-17 Marilyn Monroe Biopic 'Blonde,' Starring Ana de Armas That led us to our new relationship and bringing the creators of вЂAvatarвЂ™ back to Nickelodeon to form Avatar Studios. вЂњThen we put this spinoff of вЂAvatar,вЂ™ вЂ The Legend of Korra,вЂ™ on Paramount+, and it crushed it. We licensed that show to Netflix and it exploded,вЂќ Nickelodeon president and CEO Brian Robbins recently told The Hollywood Reporter. вЂњвЂAvatar: The Last AirbenderвЂ™ was a series that ran for three seasons on Nickelodeon and was never a huge show, but had an amazing following. It was this Netflix-created surge in вЂњLast AirbenderвЂќ interest that drove ViacomCBS and Nickelodeon to go all in on the franchise expansion. The show experienced a boom in popularity during the pandemic when all three seasons became available to stream on Netflix starting May 15, 2020. SheвЂ™s already given us multiple iconic Asian characters, for example the Indian python Kaa in DisneyвЂ™s 2016 hit The Jungle Book, and Russian secret agent Natasha Romanoff aka Black Widow in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (Russia is like 90% in Asia).Fans of NickelodeonвЂ™s вЂњ Avatar: The Last AirbenderвЂќ got extraordinary news in February when ViacomCBS announced it was bringing creators Michael DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko back to expand the franchise with new series and films via the creation of Avatar Studios. ItвЂ™s great to know that theyвЂ™re keeping their word! Scarlett Johansson fits the bill perfectly for the world of Avatar, which is inspired by various Asian and indigenous American cultures. This is also really exciting considering that Bryke told us right when the series was announced that it would have вЂњ culturally appropriate, non-whitewashedвЂќ casting. If thatвЂ™s the case, she could also be playing Princess YueвЂ“ she has the look totally down already. She would be perfect for Avatar Kyoshi, or maybe even Suki if theyвЂ™re deciding to age up the young characters for a more gritty, mature retelling of the story. Given how famous she is, we can assume that itвЂ™s going to be a main character, and since the number of female roles in ATLA Book One: Water is relatively few, we can make some pretty solid guesses. Noted Asian Scarlett Johansson has joined the cast in an as-of-yet unannounced role. Scarlett Johansson has been cast in the new Netflix live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender series!ДЄ surprise, to be sure, but a welcome one! We have our first official casting announcement for the upcoming live-action ATLA series coming to Netflix in 2020.

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