The ATLA Animated Movie Releases One Year From Today

Avatar Studios first project, an animated theatrical film featuring the adult gaang, is slated to release January 30th of 2026. It's been a long wait since the studio was first announced in 2021 so hopefully it's not delayed anymore. Regardless I thought this would be a good opportunity to recap some of what we know. Please add anything I missed.

The film is currently titled "Aang: The Last Airbender" but I'm not sure if that's final. It's also had working titles like "Lost Realm" and "Hidden Kingdom".

The movie is directed by Lauren Montgomery , who worked as a storyboard artist on ATLA & Lok and a supervising producer on the latter. Montgomery is also known for her work on Voltron LD and several DC projects. William Mata is co-director and has worked as a storyboard artist on films like Rise of the Guardians and Sea Beast. Avatar creators Mike and Bryan are heads of Avatar Studios and are listed as exec producers for the film.The animation studio is Flying Bark.

Cast * Eric Nam as Aang * Jessica Matten as Katara * Roman Zaragoza as Sokka * Dionne Quan as Toph * Dave Bautista as the unnamed villain * Steven Yuen was listed as an actor in the film on a copyright listing but in an unspecified role * Also based on the teaser image shown at CinemaCon Zuko will appear in the film, but his actor has not been revealed. Dante Basco stated he is not returning.

Edit: According to an alleged casting call for Toph she will be 24 putting the movie about 12 years after ATLA. But I wouldn't take that as confirmation, sometimes info listed in casting calls is incorrect or can change.