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In September 2018, Netflix and Nickelodeon surprised fans when they announced that the streaming service was making a live-action adaptation of Nickelodeon's beloved animated series. Since the initial announcement, not much more has been revealed about the project. And whilst it looks like filming on the series has yet to commence and the cast still to be announced, it sounds like the series is now gaining momentum!Although Netflix still has to reveal an official release date for the new show, the streamer recently addedas a listing on its site The program has no cover art, but the listing includes the year ‘2020’, indicating the series is only months away. Obviously, 2020 has only just begun, so it could be that the remake isn’t arriving until December 2020, but fans should still remain optimistic and hopewill arrive this side of Summer.The official synopsis for the series is: "Long ago, the four nations lived in harmony. Then, everything changed. The animated show's original creators helm a live-action take on Aang's story."The news comes as Nickelodeon and Netflix is forming a new, multi-year output deal to produce original animated feature films and television series - based both on the Nickelodeon library of characters as well as all-new IP - for kids and families around the world. This marks an expansion of the existing relationship between the companies, which has already brought several popular titles to Netflix, including animated specialsandand the animated series. Also forthcoming are specials based onand. Netflix has also been steadily re-adding library Nickelodeon content in recent months, with Victorious - which was only readded in November 2019 - becoming one of the streamers top 10 kid and family series in 2019 - beating the likes of evenseason 5! Netflix will also debut Nick's new animated series Glitch Techs on Friday, February 21, 2020 Reportedly beginning production last year for a release sometime this year according to its current listing on Netflix itself, the details for the new live-action series have been kept under wraps. Outside of the confirmation that original creators Michael DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko are on board as showrunners and executive producers, the release date, cast, production team have all been kept a secret thus far. But maybe we'll see more soon if this all works out!DiMartino and Konietzko have promised to avoid the same mistakes thatmovie made, including having a culturally appropriate, non-whitewashed cast.Created by Michael DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko and airing between 2005 and 2008,, is set in world people can manipulate the elements of Earth, Water, Fire, and Air, and they lived peacefully in different regions until one of the nations started a world war. One master who can manipulate all four elements, dubbed the "Avatar," had been able to prevent this war, but disappeared soon after. 100 years later, a new Avatar named Aang awakens and sets out on a journey to master all the elements in order to bring peace to the land once more by defeating Fire Lord Ozai and ending the destructive war with the Fire Nation.The series managed to be such a hit with fans by combining amazing animated action set pieces with three dimensional interesting characters set in this magical fantasy world.The animated series originally aired for 61 episodes over three seasons ("Books") originally on Nickelodeon, where it began in February 2005 and concluded in July 2008. The series was nominated for—and won—Annie Awards, Genesis Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Peabody Award.Konietzko and DiMartino also created a follow-up series,, that returned to the world of Avatar years after Aang’s death to follow Korra, his successor as Avatar. That series ran between 2012-2014.The stories of bothandhave continued on in graphic novel series.Paramount Home Entertainment and Nickelodeon Home Entertainment are set to released the Avatar: The Last Airbender – The Complete Series 15th Anniversary Limited Edition Steelbook Collection on February 18, 2020.