The principal voice cast includes Saheli Khan as Avatar Pavi, alongside Aishu Devan, Akshay Khanna, Major Curda, Sakina Jaffrey, Darren Barnet, Dianne Doan, and Dee Bradley Baker. Creatives from both The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra returned, including Jeremy Zuckerman creating original music and Ethan Spaulding, who was a story artist and director on both shows, executive producing. The series is produced by Nickelodeon Animation and Avatar Studios, and La Chouette Compagnie provides animation.
The first season of Avatar: Seven Havens, titled Book 1: Survival, premiered on October 9, 2026, on Paramount+, with the concurrent release of its first three episodes. The other ten episodes were released weekly in batches of three to four episodes through October 30. It received acclaim from critics, who complimented the characters, storytelling, and the visual style. Three additional seasons have also been ordered.
Setting
Premise
225 years after Korra's time, the world is mostly an inhospitable place after a cataclysm attributed to her terraforms the world into the perennially calamitous Harshlands, except the eponymous Seven Havens: isolated hubs of civilization created in the wake of the disaster to save humanity. The world comes to view the Avatar—the master of all four elements—as an annihilator instead of a savior. In Ellora, one of the havens, 9-year-old orphaned twin sisters, Pavi and Nisha, discover that they are the Avatar; and for the first time, there are two Avatars at the same time. Hunted by both human enemies and spirit anomalies, the twins must uncover their strange shared backstory and save the Seven Havens from looming threats.
Background
Avatar: Seven Havens is set in a fictional world where people, before the apocalypse, had belonged to six nations; the Northern Water Tribe and the Southern Water Tribe, the Earth Kingdom, the Fire Nation, the monastic Air Nomads, and the United Republic of Nations. The distinguishing aspect of the series is "bending", the ability of some people to telekinetically manipulate one of the classical elements associated with their nation or heritage, water, earth, fire or air. Bending is carried out by spiritual and physical exercises. The Avatar is the only person who can bend all of the four elements and is tasked with maintaining peace and balance in the world, using their powers and wisdom. The Avatar is constantly reincarnated and reborn.
Voice cast and characters
Saheli Khan as Pavi: a young orphan living in the city of Ellora, who learns that she is the next Avatar, after Korra.
Aishu Devan as Nisha: Pavi's long-lost twin sister and also an Avatar like Pavi, who works along with her to uncover their origins, which are shrouded in mystery.
Major Curda as Jae: an airbender and Bending Brigade platoon leader who travels with Pavi and Nisha. He has a boyfriend named Datu.
Dee Bradley Baker as Geet and Ruhi: Pavi and Nisha's respective pet cat-monkeys.
Akshay Khanna as Karthik: an airbender commander of Ellora's Bending Brigade and Nisha's guardian.
Cia Court as Korra: The twins' predecessor of the Avatar. She was originally voiced by Janet Varney.
Darren Barnet as Daemin: a waterbender member of Jae's platoon.
Sakina Jaffrey as Agam: a generous baker who gives Pavi food often, with a dislike for the forced conscription.
Jennifer Sun Bell as Kayoko: the head of the council of Ellora.
Kimberly Woods as Uki: a young firebender member of Jae's platoon who takes care of the camodillos.
Topher Ngo as Datu: Jae's boyfriend who is a nonbender city guard.
Nia Castro as Amow: a young pickpocket on the streets of Ellora.
Clyde Kusatsu as Bountan: the elderly firebender commander of Ellora's Bending Brigade.
Andrew Kishino as Hamka: an intimidating firebender captain and Karthik's ally.
Tobit Raphael Capati as Ulan: a young waterbender cadet of the Bending Brigade.
Zehra Fazal as Shilpa: a calculating earthbender captain and Karthik's ally.
Anjali Bhimani as
Tala: a firebender platoon leader and Jae's friend.
Saumya: Pavi and Nisha's mother and a metal worker.
Sean T. Krishnan as Pramodh: Pavi and Nisha's father and a metal worker.
Xanthe Huynh as Lan: an earthbender member of Jae's platoon.
Eric Bauza as:
Varun: a disgruntled firebender of the Ellora city guard.
Kosal: a brutish member of the Faceless.
Kuzon: an envoy from New Ba Sing Se.
June Angela as Dr. Jia: the caring physician of Ellora.
Gary Farmer as Toklo: Uki's grandfather.
Dianne Doan as Zi: a high-ranking member of the Faceless bandits.
Sunkrish Bala as Rehan: a waterbender and the leader of the White Lotus sect of New Ba Sing Se.
Tania Gunadi as Tanushree: an earthbender and the co-leader of the White Lotus sect of Akasha.
Caleb Yen as Nobuo: a firebender and the co-leader of the White Lotus sect of Akasha.
Will Choi as Ikaika: a young diplomat who was assigned as Akasha's envoy to Ellora.
Jennie Kwan as Yeshe: an airbender Empress of Feather Mountain.
Production
Development
In 2018, Netflix announced that a live-action remake of Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005–2008) was to start production in 2019. The series' original creators, Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, were initially announced to be the executive producers and showrunners. In June 2020, the creators departed the series due to creative differences. That same year, Nickelodeon licensed the original The Last Airbender as well as The Legend of Korra (2012–2014) to Netflix, which led to a boom in popularity for both series. This success convinced Nickelodeon to rekindle their relationship with Konietzko and DiMartino and explore further opportunities.
In February 2021, ViacomCBS announced during its annual Investor Day the formation of Avatar Studios, a new division of Nickelodeon dedicated to the creation of projects based on animated television series Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra. The series creators and executive producers Konietzko and DiMartino would serve as co-chief creative officers. In late 2024, Knight Edge Media reported that a new Avatar series following the story of the Avatar after Korra was in production at Avatar Studios. The report coincided with leaked plot details and production materials across social media. According to the leaks, the series would star 9-year-old twin earthbender sisters, with one of them being the Avatar.
In February 2025, the series, titled Avatar: Seven Havens, was officially announced for a two-season and 26-episode pick-up at Nickelodeon to coincide with the original series' 20th anniversary. DiMartino and Konietzko were reported to be creators and executive producers on the new series. Executive producing were Ethan Spaulding and Sehaj Sethi. Nickelodeon Animation and Avatar Studios produce. A first look image of the series debuted at San Diego Comic-Con in July 2025. Alexandra Chiu was the supervising director for the series.
On October 9, 2026, the same day as the series premiere, at New York Comic-Con, the series was renewed for a third and a fourth season.
Casting
In July 2026, along with the first trailer, it was revealed that the voice cast would feature Saheli Khan as Avatar Pavi, alongside Aishu Devan, Akshay Khanna, Major Curda, Sakina Jaffrey, Darren Barnet, Dianne Doan, and Dee Bradley Baker in starring roles and supporting roles.
Animation, design and music
The animation is provided by La Chouette Compagnie, a French animation studio. According to DiMartino and Konietzko, the series' art direction was influenced by French surrealist artist Mœbius and 1990s anime. Avatar: Seven Havens music was composed by Jeremy Zuckerman, who previously scored Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra with Benjamin Wynn.
Release
Avatar: Seven Havens premiered on October 9, 2026, on Paramount+ with its first three episodes. The rest of the season was released in three to four episode batches from October 16 to 30. Originally set to broadcast in 2027, it was announced during San Diego Comic-Con 2026 that series would premiere earlier on Paramount+, on the same day that the Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender film was originally scheduled to release. The series was initially ordered for two seasons, or "books" of thirteen episodes each; the first was titled Survival.
Reception
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the series holds an approval rating of 100%, based on 21 reviews, with an average of rated reviews of 7.9/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "Seven Havens embarks on a new saga with inspired storytelling, a vibrant sense of style, and remarkable characters that ultimately usher in a positive new era for Avatar." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 80 out of 100 based on 11 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.
External links
Avatar: Seven Havens at IMDb