Welcome to the Earth Kingdom.
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| Avatar: The Last Airbender. (L to R) Kiawentiio Tarbell as Katara, Ian Ousley as Sokka, Gordan Cormier as Aang, Miya Cech as Toph in season 2 of Avatar: The Last Airbender. Cr. Katie Yu/Netflix © 2025 |
The Gaang is back!! Today Netflix unveiled the Official Teaser and First Look photos for the highly-anticipated return of Avatar: The Last Airbender, confirming Season 2 will debut in 2026. The Teaser showcases fan-favorite Earthbender, Toph (Miya Cech), the newest member of Team Avatar that includes Aang (Gordon Cormier), Katara (Kiawentiio) and Sokka (Ian Ousley) and more!
Update (31/3) - Netflix will announce the release date for Avatar: The Last Airbender season two on March 31!
About AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER S2
Release Date: 2026
Starring: Gordon Cormier, Kiawentiio, Ian Ousley, Dallas Liu, Miya Cech, Elizabeth Yu, Ty Lee and Paul Sun-Hyung Lee, with Maria Zhang and Daniel Dae Kim.
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| Avatar: The Last Airbender. Gordan Cormier as Aang in season 2 of Avatar: The Last Airbender. Cr. Katie Yu/Netflix © 2025 |
AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER follows Aang, the young Avatar, as he learns to master the four elements (Water, Earth, Fire, Air) to restore balance to a world threatened by the terrifying Fire Nation. In S2, after a bittersweet victory saving the Northern Water Tribe from the invading Fire Nation, Avatar Aang, Katara and Sokka regroup and set off on a mission to convince the elusive Earth King to aid in their battle against fearsome Fire Lord Ozai.
AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER is a live-action reimagining of the award-winning and beloved Nickelodeon animated series. Christine Boylan (Poker Face, Once Upon a Time) serves as executive producer and writer. Jabbar Raisani (Lost in Space, Stranger Things) is executive producer and director, alongside directors Anu Menon, Amit Gupta and Hiromi Kamata. Dan Lin and Ryan Halprin serve as executive producers from Rideback. Additional executive producers include Brendan Ferguson and Albert Kim.
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| Avatar: The Last Airbender. Miya Cech as Toph in season 2 of Avatar: The Last Airbender. Cr. Katie Yu/Netflix © 2025 |
Kim, who served as showrunner and wrote the pilot for Season 1, has passed the reins to Boylan and Raisasni. Kim will remain as an executive producer on the series.
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 Boylan and 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.”
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| Avatar: The Last Airbender. (L to R) Kiawentiio Tarbell as Katara, Gordan Cormier as Aang, Ian Ousley as Sokka, Maria Zhang as Suki in season 2 of Avatar: The Last Airbender. Cr. Katie Yu/Netflix © 2025 |
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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| ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ Season 2 key art | Photo: Netflix |
Update (1/11/26) - Netflix has shared a all-new photo from Avatar: The Last Airbender season two on social media, captioning the pic: "Aang is about to face his biggest challenge yet. Avatar: The Last Airbender returns with Season 2 this year":
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Via Tudum:
See a More Grown-up Aang in Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 2
“There are going to be scenes that push the audience to tears, but also make them laugh,” says Gordon Cormier.
Even in the world of Avatar: The Last Airbender where the elements can be bent and warped, you can’t bend time. When the live-action reimagining of the classic Nickelodeon animated series returns for Season 2 later this year, you’ll meet an Aang who has grown up visibly since the first chapter debuted, as you can see in the first-look photo above — and the actor who plays him, Gordon Cormier, has evolved right along with him.
“Shooting Season 1, I was 12, so it’s really the fun memories that stick with you,” Cormier told Netflix from the set of Season 2. He even missed sporting Aang’s signature haircut — or lack thereof. “A piece of me wanted to shave my head again — I don’t know why,” he said, laughing. “I missed being bald and my castmates — both.” Along with the fun and camaraderie with the tight-knit cast, Cormier and the rest of the Gaang reunited knowing that they’d be able to finish telling the entire story. “We didn’t really know if we were getting Season 2 or Season 3,” Cormier recalled, of filming the first season. “And now having both, it’s really awesome knowing I’m going to be able to see them again for a while.”
That continuity, as well as becoming a more mature actor, has shifted Cormier’s approach, making him think more deeply about his character. “It’s definitely a lot more,” he said. “I go home, read my script, study my script, character analysis, study my script, hang out a little bit, go rock climbing, study my script, go to sleep, come to work, study my script — that kind of thing.”
The scope of the series will grow, too, as Aang and Team Avatar must navigate the complexities of the Earth Kingdom. “It’s definitely going to be a lot more action-packed and emotional,” Cormier says. “There are going to be some scenes that push the audience to tears, but also make them laugh.”
Of course, one of the most anticipated additions is Toph, a character brought to life by Miya Cech. “She fits right in now,” Cormier says of their dynamic. “We have a new member of the family.” As a longtime fan of the animated series, he’s excited for fans to meet Cech on screen. “She’s playing Toph the way I pictured it,” he says. “I’m really stoked.”
Even Aang’s costume reflects the season’s evolution. His familiar robes return — but they’re rougher, patched, and lengthened, complete with a larger cape. “Honestly, that OG costume, just all extended and super worn looking, is my favorite,” Cormier says.
Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 2 will stream in 2026.
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Originally published: December 11, 2025.
