In September 2018, Netflix announced that a "reimagined" live-action remake of Avatar was to start production in 2019. Casey Camp-Horinek as Gran Gran: The matriarch of the Southern Water Tribe, and Katara and Sokka's grandmother.Tamlyn Tomita as Yukari: Suki's mother and the fiercely protective mayor of her small village on Kyoshi Island.Yvonne Chapman as Avatar Kyoshi: The legendary earthbender Avatar preceding Aang's previous incarnation, Avatar Roku.Maria Zhang as Suki: The leader of Kyoshi Island's elite all-female soldiers, the Kyoshi Warriors.Elizabeth Yu as Azula: The cunning and prodigiously-gifted princess of the Fire Nation and Zuko's younger sister.Ken Leung as Commander Zhao: An ambitious Fire Nation military officer and Zuko's main rival in his pursuit of the Avatar.Lim Kay Siu as Gyatso: A kind and caring Air Nomad monk who is Aang's mentor and father figure.Paul Sun-Hyung Lee as Iroh: A retired Fire Nation general and the wise and nurturing uncle and mentor to Zuko.Kim previously voiced General Fong in the animated series. Daniel Dae Kim as Fire Lord Ozai: The tyrannical ruler of the Fire Nation, and Zuko and Azula's father.Dallas Liu as Zuko: The scarred, exiled crown prince of the Fire Nation, bent on capturing the Avatar to end his banishment and regain his honor.He joins Aang on his mission along with Katara, and makes up for his lack of bending abilities with his intelligence and resourcefulness. Ian Ousley as Sokka: Katara's sixteen-year-old brother who has taken up becoming the quasi-leader of their tribe after their father left to fight in the war.Despite her personal tragedy, she joins Aang on his journey while growing to her true potential. Kiawentiio Tarbell as Katara: A fourteen-year-old who is the last waterbender of her tribe after her mother was killed by the Fire Nation.When he wakes up, all the other airbenders have been wiped out by the Fire Nation and he is beholden on a quest to end the war and become the figurehead of balance and harmony for the world. Gordon Cormier as Avatar Aang: The Avatar and a free-spirited twelve-year-old airbender who was frozen in ice for a hundred years.With his new companions Katara and Sokka, Aang sets out to master the elements while pursued by the exiled Fire Nation prince Zuko, who seeks to regain his honor by capturing the Avatar. Aang 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. The series is set in an Asiatic, war-torn world where certain people can "bend" one of the four classical elements-water, earth, fire, or air.