Toph has joined the Gaang
Netflix has announced that it will premiere Avatar: The Last Airbender season two, the sophomore season of the streaming service's hit live-action reimagining of the beloved Nickelodeon animated series, in 2026! To celebrate, the streamer unveiled the official key art poster for the new season, which gives us a first look at newcomer Toph Beifong, played by Miya Cech (The Astronauts, Are You Afraid of the Dark?: The Carnival of Doom), who stands beside the rest of the Gaang: Katara (Kiawentiio), Aang (Gordon Cormier) and Momo, and Sokka (Ian Ousley), with Appa flying in the air. They'll be joined in the season by Zuko (Dallas Liu) and Suki (Maria Zhang).
Season 2 has yet to premiere, but fans of the series know the stakes have never been higher as Aang, the young Avatar, learns to master the four elements (Water, Earth, Fire and Air) to restore balance to a world threatened by the terrifying Fire Nation.
If you are not familiar with Toph Beifong, well – you are missing the greatest piece of Avatar: The Last Airbender. The character was teased in Book One: Water as Aang began tapping into the Spirit World, but we do not meet Toph in full until Book Two: Earth begins. The earth bender is one of the strongest in the land, and Toph's personality is just as gruff. Her dry wit and levelheaded strategies made Toph a favorite with fans years ago. And though she is blind, Toph uses her lack of sight as a gift in battle.
Following the smashing success of Season 1 on Netflix, the live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender series was quickly renewed for two more seasons, which were filmed back-to-back, with the series wrapping earlier this Fall.
“We’re looking forward to working with all of our actors again and digging into the deeper, more complicated relationships that develop as their journey continues in Season 2,” executive producers Christine Boylan and Jabbar Raisani told Netflix's Tudum in February. “We are going to show the real-world versions of iconic scenes from the original, and explore some of the stories that the animation didn’t. Mainly, we’re looking forward to seeing our gang all together again.”
The EPs are keeping details about Season 2 close to the vest, but they did tease that we will see more of the Earth Kingdom.
“There’s no war in Ba Sing Se,” they explain, referencing a line from the original animated series. “For the Gaang, fans can expect more brilliant plans from Sokka, even more masterful bending from Katara, Appa, and Momo to be as fluffy as ever, and Aang to learn a new bending form (or two).”
In general, Raisani and Boylan are excited about building on the strong foundation of Season 1. “We’re going to challenge our characters with more complex and nuanced obstacles as they navigate a more tactile world,” say Boylan and Raisani. “Just as the animated series matured and progressed, the live-action will also take these characters and worlds and grow them.”
“When we started working on Season 2, we gathered three forces: integrity, hope, and joy. And here we are almost three years later wrapping the end of production with an immensely talented and devoted team that met those ideals and exceeded them,” Boylan told Tudum. “I am eternally grateful to be part of this important, hilarious, action-packed team who is bringing this epic live action story to the world.”
But with a new season comes the opportunity for fresh faces.
Earlier in 2025, Netflix announced new cast members who will be joining Season 2, in addition to Cech as Toph:
- Chin Han (Mortal Kombat, Skyscraper) as Long Feng
- Hoa Xuande (The Sympathizer, Top of the Lake: China Girl) as Professor Zei
- Justin Chien (The Brothers Sun, The Great Leap) as King Kuei
- Amanda Zhou (Spinning Out, The Handmaid’s Tale) as Joo Dee
- Crystal Yu (Doctor Who, Good Omens) as Lady Beifong
- Kelemete Misipeka (Sons of Thunder) as The Boulder
- Lourdes Faberes (The Sandman, Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre) as General Sung
- Rekha Sharma (Yellowjackets, Battlestar Galactica) as Amita
- Terry Chen (Lucky Star, Jessica Jones, House of Cards) as Jeong Jeong
- Dolly de Leon (Triangle of Sadness, Between the Temples, Ghostlight) as Lo and Li
- Lily Gao (Blue Sun Palace, Twisted Metal, Slip) as Ursa
- Madison Hu (The Brothers Sun, The Boogeyman) as Fei
- Dichen Lachman (Severance, Jurassic World: Dominion, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes) as Yangchen
New cast members for the third and final season will also include Jon Jon Briones (Ratched, Hadestown, The Last Voyage of the Demeter) as Piandao and Tantoo Cardinal (Dances with Wolves, Legends of the Fall, Killers of the Flower Moon) as Hama.
Check back for more news as the epic story arc of Avatar: The Last Airbender bends across Seasons 2 and 3.
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