yes, this was an april fool’s day joke 😂 happy april everyone, we should be getting REAL news soon!

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Scarlett Johansson has been cast in the new Netflix live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender series!

A 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.

Noted Asian Scarlett Johansson has joined the cast in an as-of-yet unannounced role. Given how famous she is, we can assume that it’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. She would be perfect for Avatar Kyoshi, or maybe even Suki if they’re deciding to age up the young characters for a more gritty, mature retelling of the story. If that’s the case, she could also be playing Princess Yue– she has the look totally down already.

This is also really exciting considering that Bryke told us right when the series was announced that it would have “culturally appropriate, non-whitewashed” casting. It’s great to know that they’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. She’s already given us multiple iconic Asian characters, for example the Indian python Kaa in Disney’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).

Really excited to find out who will be joining her to round out the rest of the cast!

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