With Netflix’s live-action adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender already in production on its third season, Deadline reports the series has filled a significant role for Sokka and Katara in their journey to bring down the Fire Nation with Adam Beach (The Birds Who Fear Death) starring as their father Hakoda.
Hakoda has been missing in Sokka and Katara’s lives for years prior to the series’ beginning after being believed killed by the Fire Nation’s army. His absence and possible death has spurred both Sokka and Katara into action with Sokka training to become a warrior and Katara strengthening her waterbending in order to protect their village.
Avatar: The Last Airbender takes place in a world where people can control one of the four elements of water, earth, fire and air while one person known as the Avatar is chosen by fate to wield all the elements to protect the world. Together with his friends, the latest Avatar Aang must stop the Fire Nation in their war to conquer the world.
Beach is known for Flags of Our Fathers, The Power of the Dog, Windtalkers and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. He recently starred in Apple TV+’s Government Cheese and will be seen next in Garry A. Brown’s upcoming biopic of decorated Native American fire captain Paul Fullerton.
Season two of Avatar: The Last Airbender will premiere in early 2026.
Set in an Asiatic, war-torn world where certain people can ‘bend’ one of the four classical elements: water, earth, fire, or air. Aang (Gordon Cormier) is the “Avatar,” the only one capable of bending all the elements, and is destined to bring peace to the world from the Fire Nation. With his new companions Katara (Kiawentiio) and Sokka (Ian Ousley), Aang sets out to master the elements while being pursued by the exiled Fire Nation prince Zuko (Daniel Dae Kim), who seeks to regain his honor by capturing the Avatar.
Avatar: The Last Airbender stars Gordon Cormier as Aang, Kiawentiio as Katara, Ian Ousley as Sokka, Dallas Liu as Zuko, Elizabeth Yu as Azula, Paul Sun-Hyung Lee as Iroh, and Daniel Dae Kim as Fire Lord Ozai. Joining season two is Chin Han (Mortal Kombat) Hoa Xuande (The Sympathizer), Justin Chien (The Brothers Sun), Amanda Zhou (Spinning Out), Crystal Yu (Good Omens), Kelemete Misipeka (Sons of Thunder), Lourdes Faberes (Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre), Rekha Sharma (Battlestar Galactica), Dichen Lachman (Severance), Dolly de Leon (Triangle of Sadness), Terry Chen (Lucky Star), Lily Gao (Blue Sun Palace), Madison Hu (The Brother’s Son), Tantoo Cardinal (Killers of the Flower Moon) and Jon Jon Briones (Hadestown).
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