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The stars of the upcoming live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender series are stepping out for the premiere of their new Netflix show!

Netflix has stacked the cast for their upcoming live-action series, Avatar: The Last Airbender.

Selome Hailu Netflix has rounded out the cast of its upcoming live-action adaptation of “Avatar: The Last Airbender,” with 20 new additions including George Takei, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Arden Cho and Danny Pudi. Playing characters in the Water Tribe are Amber Midthunder (“Prey,” “Roswell”) as Princess Yue, the compassionate spiritual leader of the Northern Water Tribe; A Martinez (“Cowboy Bebop,” “Ambulance”) as Pakku, the veteran waterbending master of the Northern Water Tribe and a fierce defender of their traditions; Irene Bedard (“Pocahontas,” “The Stand”) as Yagoda, an empathetic healer who serves as a role model for her tribe’s female waterbenders; Joel Oulette (“Trickster,” “Ruby and the Well”) as Hahn, a strong and skilled warrior with an unwavering loyalty to his tribe; Nathaniel Arcand (“Heartland,” “FBI: Most Wanted”) as Chief Arnook, father to Princess Yue and the respected leader of their tribe; and Meegwun Fairbrother (“Burden of Truth,” “Mohawk Girls”) as Avatar Kuruk, a previous Avatar with a haunted past.

Riz Ahmed and Octavia Spencer arrive at the premiere of their new film Encounter at the Directors Guild of America on Thursday Night (December 2) in Los Angeles.

Riz Ahmed scored a worthy Oscar nomination earlier this year in Sound Of Metal as a heavy metal drummer stricken with hearing loss, and in the latest film by Beast director Michael Pearce he shows even more range. In Amazon’s Encounter he stars a Marine who sets out on a secret mission to save his two pre-teen sons (Lucian-River Chauhan and Aditya Geddada) from a mysterious alien threat. Octavia Spencer and Rory Cochrane also star, and Pearce directs from a screenplay he co-wrote with Joe Barton.

Riz Ahmed and wife Fatima Farheen Mirza hit the red carpet together for the premiere of Encounter during the 2021 BFI London Film Festival held at The Curzon Mayfair on Friday night (October 8) in London, England.

British actor Riz Ahmed is leading a new sci-fi pic “Encounter” from director Michael Pearce (“Beast“), where he plays a decorated Marine who goes on a rescue mission to save his two sons from an alien threat. As things get more dangerous, the youngsters will have to leave their childhoods behind them.

Amanda N'Duka pmc-editorial-managerEXCLUSIVE: Young actor Lucian-River Chauhan is set to play opposite Riz Ahmed and Octavia Spencer in Amazon Studios’ sci-fi thriller Invasion,  which is being directed by Michael Pearce.The film, written by Pearce and Joe Barton, follows two young brothers who go on the run with their father, a decorated Marine (Ahmed), who is trying to protect them from an unhuman threat. As the journey takes them in increasingly dangerous and unexpected directions, the boys will need to confront hard truths and leave their childhood behind.Amazon has worldwide rights to the project and will produce with Dimitri Doganis, Piers Vellacott and Derrin Schlesinger of UK-based production company, Raw.