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    A beloved fantasy franchise is revived with Netflix's live-action 'Avatar: The Last Airbender'

    by Mark Kennedy Feb 21, 2024 3 minutes
    Source: © 2024 Netflix, Inc.

    A new entry in the “Avatar” franchise is about to soar and James Cameron has no part in it.

    “Avatar: The Last Airbender” is a completely different fictional world from Cameron's Pandora but the two similarly named dueling sci-fi fantasy properties have kept throwing out new entries over the decades.

    On Thursday — two years after the debut of “Avatar: The Way of Water” — Netflix offers “Avatar: The Last Airbender,” a multi-part, lush live-action adaptation that mixes adventure and friendship, martial arts and philosophy, all through an Asian lens.

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