Bryke Create "Avatar Studios"

[Guardian Enzo]

https://www.vulture.com/2021/02/nick...-of-korra.html

So having ditched the Netflix live-action over creative differences, Bryke are now forming an AtLA-dedicated studio under the Paramount-Nick umbrella. First project is going to be a theatrical film and "additional series" are promised.

I think the key for this to work is to stick as closely as possible to the themes of the first series (as opposed to Korra), which is clearly what's resonated the most with fans. Up to and including reuniting with that cast.

[Endscape]

Korra isn't perfect but it gets an unfair rep from some people, it's a good series.

What I would hope to see is perhaps an adaptation of the comics.

[Guardian Enzo]

Originally Posted by Endscape

Korra isn't perfect but it gets an unfair rep from some people, it's a good series.

What I would hope to see is perhaps an adaptation of the comics.

Korra is decent, if a shadow of AtLA IMHO, but it's the original series that makes the franchise live on. The performance on Netflix was really astonishing for an older property. That's what people want to see more of, clearly.

[MeoTwister5]

Well it can't be worse than the Geneva Convention war crime that Shyamalan unleashed on the world.

[Guardian Enzo]

Originally Posted by MeoTwister5

Well it can't be worse than the Geneva Convention war crime that Shyamalan unleashed on the world.

Don’t tempt Netflix.

[Magin]

I'm personally convinced that this is 100% a nostalgia-milking.

The only good news is that the creators are proving not to be sell-outs, as proven by walking away from Netflix.

Honestly, I think my biggest issue is simply that Avatar turned into a case of sequel-itis: The original was fantastic, and LoK... while not bad, perhaps... can't hold a candle to it.

[Endscape]

Originally Posted by Guardian Enzo

Korra is decent, if a shadow of AtLA IMHO, but it's the original series that makes the franchise live on. The performance on Netflix was really astonishing for an older property. That's what people want to see more of, clearly.

No doubt this is part of what convinced them to go this route.

Originally Posted by Magin

Honestly, I think my biggest issue is simply that Avatar turned into a case of sequel-itis: The original was fantastic, and LoK... while not bad, perhaps... can't hold a candle to it.

I have nothing against franchises myself. What I hope for is the series does not become a one trick pony, like Nanoha became.

I do want them to do stuff like adapt the comics or even more original stuff but I also hope that they can make it thematically distinct from the original, even as it borrows for it.

[frubam]

Originally Posted by Endscape

I have nothing against franchises myself. What I hope for is the series does not become a one trick pony, like Nanoha became.

I do want them to do stuff like adapt the comics or even more original stuff but I also hope that they can make it thematically distinct from the original, even as it borrows for it.

I'm very unknowledgeable about things like directors and writers; saying that, I actually like The Dragon Prince which iirc, was written by Aaron Ehasz, who was the head writer in AtLA. He wasn't the head writer in LoK which might be why it doesn't have the same 'feel', even if it has a similar style, and why I feel tDP more closely resembled AtLA than LoK did. Ehasz is part of his own studio now, but if they can get him back on as head writer, it'll have a higher chance of capturing that same magic that's kept the original series so strong all this time. I mean, could still flop either way, but I'll be optimistic... for once.