Avatar: The Last Airbender is officially returning to movie theaters. After months of confusing, back-and-forth changes, delays, and a massive leak, Paramount and Nickelodeon have decided to bring the animated feature film Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender to movie theaters in addition to its streaming release on Paramount Plus.
Avatar fans noticed on Wednesday that Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender appeared on the AMC Theatres website. A poster for the animated feature film made it explicitly clear: Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender was landing in theaters on July 24, one day before the film officially starts streaming on Paramount Plus.
Unfortunately for Avatar fans, the film’s theatrical release will be extremely limited. According to a report from Variety, Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender will have a one-week theatrical run, from July 24 to 30, and only at two theaters: the AMC Burbank 8 in Los Angeles and the AMC Empire 25 in New York City. There will reportedly be just three showings per day at each location, though the AMC website currently displays five showings per day at the AMC Empire 25 in NYC. Avatar: The Last Airbender co-creator Bryan Konietzko described the release as a “very limited, award-qualifying theatrical run” in an Instagram story.
Tickets for Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender will go on sale on Thursday, July 16 at 9 a.m. EDT / 6 a.m. PDT. The film is also showing at San Diego Comic-Con on July 24.
Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender, the sequel to the beloved Nickelodeon animated series, has had a troubled road to release. Originally scheduled to arrive in 2025, the film was delayed, had its theatrical release scrapped (much to the dismay of fans), and then had footage leaked. The person alleged to have leaked the film was later arrested.
At the end of Avatar: The Last Airbender, Aang and his allies have ended the Fire Nation’s genocidal war and began a new age of peace. But as the show’s name implies, Aang doesn’t get to fully celebrate. The Air Nomads were eradicated by the Fire Nation to keep the Avatar from interfering with their conquest. But Aang finds new hope for his people when he wasn’t the only Airbender to spend a century frozen in an iceberg. According to an official synopsis of the film, here’s what Avatar fans should expect in the animated series’ sequel:
Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender is about Avatar Aang, the world’s last Airbender, all grown up, who learns of an ancient power that could save his culture from extinction. With the help of his friends, he embarks on a global quest to find it before it falls into the wrong hands and upends the peace they sacrificed everything to achieve.
Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender stars Eric Nam as Aang, Dave Bautista as Tagah, Jessica Matten as Katara, Román Zaragoza as Sokka, Steven Yeun as Zuko, Dionne Quan as Toph, and Dee Bradley Baker as Aang’s pets Appa and Momo. Rounding out the cast are celebrity voices Freida Pinto, Ke Huy Quan, Taika Waititi, Geraldine Viswanathan, Ronny Chieng, and Ken Jeong.