Aang Avatar Movie Adds Invincible's Steven Yeun to Its Cast

Invincible and The Walking Dead prima Steven Yeun has reportedly joined the upcoming animated Aang Avatar movie.

Details connected Yeun’s engagement travel from Variety, which reports the versatile prima has been picked up to beryllium a portion of the film’s formed successful an undisclosed role. It means we could perceive him lend his dependable acting talents arsenic a caller quality from immoderate 1 of the project’s Earth, Air, Fire, and Water kingdoms. There’s besides the accidental we spot him play a acquainted character, too, though the animated film's crippled details besides stay tightly nether wraps.

Variety's study besides states the Aang Avatar movie is presently "untitled" aft antecedently being referred to arsenic Aang: The Last Airbender. It's unclear if that rubric thought has been dropped by Paramount Pictures.

Yeun made a sanction for himself arsenic The Walking Dead’s shot cap-wearing Glen earlier yet branching retired to look successful shows similar Netflix’s award-winning Beef arsenic good arsenic movies similar Nope and, much recently, Mickey 17. He’s besides managed to cement himself arsenic a more-than-capable dependable actor, too. Amazon Prime Video’s Invincible, wherever helium leads arsenic the superhero series’ titular character, is nary uncertainty his astir notable dependable acting credit, but he’s besides got an important past with the Avatar universe.

Steven Yeun. Photo recognition Marc Piasecki/Getty Images.

Sequel bid The Legend of Korra spends a bully chunk of Book Two, its 2nd season, diving into Yeun's character, Wan. A long-deceased antheral with heavy ties to the tone satellite – and the precise archetypal Avatar – Wan is undoubtedly an important sanction successful Avatar canon. It would marque consciousness to spot Aang: The Last Airbender research its lead’s narration with the archetypal maestro of each 4 elements. Then again, Yeun could surely marque consciousness successful a caller role, too.

IGN has reached retired to Paramount for comment.

Choosing however The Walking Dead alum fits into the 2026 movie is up to co-directors Lauren Montgomery and William Mata. The duo is already hard astatine enactment alongside archetypal creators Michael DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, who stay attached arsenic enforcement producers. The task is portion of a trilogy of animated works from the Avatar team.

Aang: The Last Airbender, the archetypal of the 3 films, is scheduled to premiere January 30, 2026. It volition prima singer/songwriter Eric Nam arsenic the titular Airbender, with Guardians of the Galaxy and Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery prima Dave Bautista besides isolated of its cast.

With little than a twelvemonth to spell earlier its planned merchandise date, we’ll surely perceive much astir however its communicative volition grow upon the beloved beingness successful the coming months. For much connected each things Avatar, you tin work up connected however Netflix volition proceed its live-action instrumentality connected the archetypal series.

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