Albert Kim, the showrunner of Netflix’s live-action fantasy series Avatar: The last airbendercontinues – and that means the show is entering its second season with its third showrunner in charge.
That may seem like a lot of showrunners for a show with only one season so far, but it was in development for a long time before it actually aired. Netflix ordered it in 2018, six years before it finally hit the screen.
Kim has directed the show since the creators of the original animated film Avatar show, Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, left in 2020; according to The Hollywood Reporter Kim thought it was time for something new after the long process of bringing the new live-action Avatar on-screen, and join Disney Plus’ Percy Jackson season 2 as an executive producer and developing new Disney projects.
Who’s piloting The Last Airbender now?
Kim took over the show to “lay the groundwork for season one,” says The Hollywood Reporter, suggesting he felt his role was to ensure the creators’ vision was preserved. Now he will hand over the reigns to co-executive producer Christine Boylan and executive producer Jabbar Raisani, both of whom were chosen by Kim to join the show.
According to the trade magazine, Boylan’s credits include:Leverage, Castle, Once Upon a Time, The Punisher and, more recently, Poker face And Citadel”and she has been nominated for a Writers Guild of America award as part of the Poker face team. Comic books are clearly in her blood: she has written for both Marvel and DC, among others. And Raisani already produced the first season of Airbender and also directed the third and fourth episodes.
As we previously reported, the show has received mixed reviews, leaving people concerned about its future since it also had such a lengthy and troubled development process – but it was a big hit for Netflix: “Six days after all eight episodes premiered on Netflix, Avatar: The last airbender It was confirmed to be a Netflix hit, with 21.2 million people tuning in to see what all the fuss was about. It was followed a week later by another 19.9 million views. That means it’s been a bigger success A piecethe much-hyped, fan-favorite adaptation.
Of course, given Netflix’s history of canceling shows, nothing is safe, but with Avatar already confirmed for two seasons, it looks like it’s in good hands for now.
