Daniel Dae Kim is becoming a member of the solid of Netflix’s live-action Avatar: The Final Airbender sequence.
The sequence, now overseen by showrunner Albert Kim (Sleepy Hole, Nikita), is described as a reimagined tackle Nickelodeon’s beloved animated franchise. Kim will painting the sequence common position of Hearth Lord Ozai, the ruthlessly-driven chief of the Hearth Nation who calls for everybody reside as much as his inconceivable requirements, particularly his teen son, Prince Zuko. Ozai’s drive to overcome and unite the world underneath firebender rule is a household burden — he believes that it’s his future to complete a struggle began by his ancestors.
Kim joins a beforehand introduced solid that features Gordon Cormier as Aang, Kiawentiio as Katara, Ian Ousley as Sokka and Dallas Liu as Zuko.
Albert Kim serves because the central author on the present and exec produces alongside Dan Lin (The Lego Film, Aladdin), Lindsey Liberatore (Walker) and Michael Goi (Swamp Factor). Roseanne Liang will direct alongside Goi, Jabbar Raisani and Jet Wilkinson.
Daniel Dae Kim counts Hawaii 5-0, Misplaced, The Divergent Collection and Hellboy amongst his credit. He’s the exec producer of ABC’s The Good Physician and subsequent stars in Nat Geo’s scripted miniseries The Sizzling Zone: Anthrax, reverse Tony Goldwyn. He’s repped by UTA, Brillstein Leisure Companions and Gang Tyre.
Netflix picked up Avatar: The Final Airbender straight to sequence in September 2018. Creators Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko parted methods with the streaming large following artistic variations (and for a profitable total deal with ViacomCBS) in August 2020. Albert Kim was tapped to take over as showrunner and lead the artistic a 12 months later and set Cormier, Kiawentiio, Ousley and Liu because the younger leads of the sequence.
