Post by Iceeh★ on Jul 22, 2010 2:43:52 GMT -5
As a lot of you know, Avatar: The Last Airbender was a cartoon that aired on Nickelodeon from 2005-08. With M. Night's film adaptation, it's recently gained a lot of publicity, and is surfacing again with a new series. Here's all the information that's known so far, quoted from AvatarSpirit.Net:
KNOWN KORRA FACTS:
* The title "Avatar: Legend of Korra" was trademarked by Viacom.
* Job openings were listed months ago for an "Untitled Avatar Project".
* Mike and Bryan are involved in the project, and said in a book signing in June that an announcement would be made "soon", perhaps before SDCC.
* It's going to be a new Avatar series, and it will premiere on Nickelodeon in 2011.
* "The Legend of Korra" takes place 70 years after the events of the original Avatar series.
* Korra is the waterbending Avatar after Aang, a passionate, rebellious and fearless teenage girl from the Southern Water Tribe, who has already mastered three elements and needs to master Air.
*Aang's son, Tenzin, will be Korra's airbending sifu.
*The epicenter of the modern Avatar world is Republic City, a metropolis fueled by steampunk technology. It is a virtual melting pot where benders and non-benders from all nations live and thrive.
*Korra discovers that Republic City is plagued by crime as well as a growing anti-bending revolution that threatens to rip it apart.
Official Nickelodeon Press Release:
biz.viacom.com/sites/nickelodeonpress/Nicktoons/Pages/showpdf.aspx?FileName=Legend%20of%20Korra%20Announcement.pdf&ListName=Press%20Releases&ItemID=70 [PDF]
News articles:
- www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hbTT0HDUdgI8sCe4d8eMDKmUBzoAD9H3C6O00
- www.toonzone.net/news/articles/34425/new-series-avatar-the-legend-of-korra-premieres-in-2011
- blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2010/07/21/avatar-the-last-airbender-nickelodeon-greenlights-tv-sequel-the-legend-of-korra/
- www.reuters.com/article/idUS155532+21-Jul-2010+PRN20100721
- www.mtv.com/news/articles/1644158/20100721/story.jhtml
- www.ugo.com/tv/the-legend-of-korra-gets-official-sounds-a-bit-like-x-men
- INTERVIEW WITH MIKE AND BRYAN --> blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2010/07/21/legend-of-korra-the-creators-of-avatar-the-last-airbender-on-the-new-spinoff/
Images:
HIGH QUALITY IMAGE:
avatarmovie.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/legendofkorrahires.jpg
I'm pretty much bounce-off-the-walls-spazzing excited for this, seeing as how Avatar is my current obsession. So, thoughts? Ideas? Speculation? I figure this can also be used to talk about the original series, so we can keep it separate from the already existent movie thread.
avatarspirit.net said:
KNOWN KORRA FACTS:
* The title "Avatar: Legend of Korra" was trademarked by Viacom.
* Job openings were listed months ago for an "Untitled Avatar Project".
* Mike and Bryan are involved in the project, and said in a book signing in June that an announcement would be made "soon", perhaps before SDCC.
* It's going to be a new Avatar series, and it will premiere on Nickelodeon in 2011.
* "The Legend of Korra" takes place 70 years after the events of the original Avatar series.
* Korra is the waterbending Avatar after Aang, a passionate, rebellious and fearless teenage girl from the Southern Water Tribe, who has already mastered three elements and needs to master Air.
*Aang's son, Tenzin, will be Korra's airbending sifu.
*The epicenter of the modern Avatar world is Republic City, a metropolis fueled by steampunk technology. It is a virtual melting pot where benders and non-benders from all nations live and thrive.
*Korra discovers that Republic City is plagued by crime as well as a growing anti-bending revolution that threatens to rip it apart.
Official Nickelodeon Press Release:
biz.viacom.com/sites/nickelodeonpress/Nicktoons/Pages/showpdf.aspx?FileName=Legend%20of%20Korra%20Announcement.pdf&ListName=Press%20Releases&ItemID=70 [PDF]
News articles:
- www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hbTT0HDUdgI8sCe4d8eMDKmUBzoAD9H3C6O00
- www.toonzone.net/news/articles/34425/new-series-avatar-the-legend-of-korra-premieres-in-2011
- blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2010/07/21/avatar-the-last-airbender-nickelodeon-greenlights-tv-sequel-the-legend-of-korra/
- www.reuters.com/article/idUS155532+21-Jul-2010+PRN20100721
- www.mtv.com/news/articles/1644158/20100721/story.jhtml
- www.ugo.com/tv/the-legend-of-korra-gets-official-sounds-a-bit-like-x-men
- INTERVIEW WITH MIKE AND BRYAN --> blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2010/07/21/legend-of-korra-the-creators-of-avatar-the-last-airbender-on-the-new-spinoff/
Images:
HIGH QUALITY IMAGE:
avatarmovie.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/legendofkorrahires.jpg
I'm pretty much bounce-off-the-walls-spazzing excited for this, seeing as how Avatar is my current obsession. So, thoughts? Ideas? Speculation? I figure this can also be used to talk about the original series, so we can keep it separate from the already existent movie thread.