Original series creators and executive producers Michael DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, who exited Netflix’s live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender remake due to creative differences, will lead the division as co-chief creative officers under Ramsey Naito, President of Nickelodeon Animation.
Avatar Studios content will find appear on Paramount+, Nickelodeon’s linear and digital platforms, as well as third party platforms and in theaters.
For the uninitiated, Avatar: The Last Air Bender ran for three season on Nickelodeon from February 2005 until July 2008, winning a Peabody and Primetime Emmy awards.
The Legend of Korra, set in the Avatar world 70 years after The Last Air Bender, debuted in 2012 and ran on Nickelodeon for four seasons.