Avatar Creators Confirm Steven Yeun's Role in Upcoming The Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender Movie | SDCC 2025

The creators of Avatar: The Last Airbender, Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, confirmed a large portion of casting quality for the upcoming The Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender movie successful an interrogation with IGN astatine San Diego Comic-Con 2025.

Paramount Pictures had confirmed Steven Yeun, of The Walking Dead and Invincible fame, for the Aang movie successful March, but we didn’t cognize which quality helium was acceptable to play.

Speaking to IGN’s Kim Horcher astatine Comic-Con, Konietzko and DiMartino revealed that Yeun plays Zuko. That volition travel arsenic a astonishment to immoderate fans who had assumed Yeun would reprise his relation arsenic Wan, the archetypal Avatar. (Yeun voiced Wan successful 3 episodes of The Legend of Korra.)

Zuko is the Crown Prince of the Fire Nation who is searching for Avatar Aang. "Steven Yeun was Avatar Wan," Konietzko said. "He played the archetypal Avatar successful The Legend of Korra. We loved moving with him and we're excited to person him backmost successful the universe."

The earthy follow-up question is whether Yeun volition besides beryllium playing Avatar Wan, but neither Konietzko nor DiMartino would budge connected that one.

Yeun joins antecedently announced formed members Dave Bautista (a so-far unannounced villain), Eric Nam (Aang), Dionne Quan (Toph), Jessica Matten (Katara), and Román Zaragoza (Sokka).

The Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender, owed retired October 9, 2026, is said to absorption connected the archetypal Avatar protagonist successful a communicative that takes spot galore years aft the bid came to an end. It’s the archetypal of 3 movies planned to instrumentality spot successful that universe.

It’s a engaged clip successful the satellite of Avatar. Also astatine Comic-Con, DiMartino and Konietzko revealed the archetypal representation from Avatar: Seven Havens, a 26-episode, 2D animated bid pursuing a young Earthbender who is the adjacent Avatar pursuing Avatar Korra.

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