The Legend of Korra is HERE

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By Christopher John Farley

Nickelodeon

Image from the coming series “The Legend of Korra.”

Nickelodeon has announced a new series from the creators of cartoon epic “Avatar: The Last Airbender.”

The new show from Michael DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko has the working title of “The Legend of Korra” and will premiere on Nickelodeon in 2011.

A live action theatrical movie based on the cartoon series called “The Last Airbender” was released earlier this summer to pans from critics and better-than-expected box office. The movie was directed by M. Night Shyamalan (”The Sixth Sense”), who has expressed interest in doing a sequel. Paramount, the studio behind the film, is watching the movie’s international grosses before making firm plans about any follow-ups.

The world of “Avatar: The Last Airbender” is one in which there are four nations–Air, Water, Earth and Fire–each with “benders” capable of controlling the elements. In the first series, a young airbender named Aang is revealed to be the Avatar, someone capable of manipulating all four elements, and prophesied to help save the world. “Avatar: The Last Airbender” debuted on Nickelodeon in 2005 and aired for three seasons.

Nickelodeon said in a release that “The Legend of Korra takes place 70 years after the events of ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ and follows the adventures of the Avatar after Aang – a passionate, rebellious, and fearless teenaged girl from the Southern Water Tribe named Korra.”

Korra’s quest eventually leads her to Republic City–the epicenter of the world of “Avatar.” A metropolis powered by steampunk-type technology, the city is inhabited by people from all nations. Korra finds that Republic City suffers from rampant crime and is also dealing with an anti-bender revolt. Korra is tutored by Aang’s son, Tenzin, is the ways of airbending.

How does the new series sound to you? Leave your thoughts in the comments.

Comments

[reflectedeve]

I am unbelievably excited for this, omg. :D I echo what everyone has said here about her build! And I'm excited that she's from the Southern Water Tribe - whether she's Sokka's descendant or not, I'm pleased that they rebuild and produce not only benders but an Avatar, after being so decimated in the previous series. I'm psyched to see the new developments with worldbuilding, particularly a mixed-nation/bender society, and damn, does the scenery in that picture look gorgeous.

I'm especially curious about Aang's son/the future of the airbenders. I've always been a little perplexed about the organization of their society, and I'm hoping we'll get some detail there. (I mean, the other three nations all had big populations of non-benders, but the Air Temples seemed to be benders-only, and heavily skewed towards male populations. Where are/were the rest of their people?)

Also, I'm hoping for some fantastic flashbacks of the previous cast's lives and legacies!