What Time Does ‘Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender’ Movie Come Out on Paramount+?

Attention all Avatar fans (and no, I don’t mean the blue people movie): Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender is coming to Paramount+ this weekend, and it’s a new animated movie from the original show creators, featuring the original show characters. Cue the foaming mouth guy screaming.

The Avatar Aang movie is directed by Lauren Montgomery, and written by Tim Hedrick and Christopher Yost, from a story by ATLA co-creators Bryan Konietzko, Michael Dante DiMartino, as well as Hedrick, and Kenneth Lin. The story follows a now-adult Aang (voiced by Eric Nam), who discovers a new-new Airbender frozen in ice named Tagah (voiced by Dave Bautista). Tagah reveals there is a way to bring back all the Air Nomads, if Aang can just track down a magic staff.

So, Aang gathers Team Avatar: Katara (voiced by Jessica Matten), Sokka (Román Zaragoza), Toph (Dionne Quan), and Fire Lord Zuko (Steven Yeun). They hop on Appa, and go flying into their next epic adventure.

This new animated movie is a sequel to the original Avatar series, which ended with Aang as a 13-year-old kid, but a prequel to The Legend of Korra series, which followed the next Avatar after Aang’s death. This Aang is around 25 years old, according to what Konietzko told Entertainment Weekly.

Even though the film was leaked online in April, we know there are a lot of fans out there still waiting to watch the movie on Paramount+. Read on to find out what time the Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender movie comes out on Paramount+.

Where to watch the Avatar Aang movie on streaming:

Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender movie will be released on streaming on Paramount+ on Saturday, July 25, 2026. You’ll be able to watch the film with a subscription to Paramount+. The only way to watch the Avatar Aang movie on streaming is on Paramount+.

How to watch the Avatar Aang movie on Paramount Plus:

You will need a Paramount+ subscription to watch the Avatar Aang movie on streaming.

Paramount+ offers two subscription plans, Essential and Premium. Right now, you can get started with a seven-day free trial on the Premium plan.

The ad-supported Essential plan typically costs $8.99/month, while the ad-free Premium plan (which comes with Showtime titles and live CBS) costs $13.99/month.

What time does the Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender movie come out on Paramount Plus?

A Paramount representative confirmed to Decider that Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender will begin streaming on Paramount+ on Friday, July 25 at 12 a.m. Pacific Time, or 3 a.m. Eastern Time. That means fans on the west coast will be able to watch the Avatar Aang movie as early as midnight on Thursday.

Will the Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender movie be released in theaters?

Avatar Aang is playing in theaters, but only in New York and in Los Angeles, and only for one week.

Last week, Variety reported that the Avatar Aang movie would have a two-week, Oscar-qualifying theatrical run at select AMC theaters in New York and Los Angeles, from July 24 to July 30. If you live in New York or LA, you can find tickets via Fandango. The film is playing at the AMC Burbank Town Center 6 in LA, at the AMC Empire 25 in New York.

Originally, Avatar Aang was meant to open in theaters nationwide. According to an Entertainment Weekly exclusive, the shift from the theatrical release to the streaming release has less to do with the online leak of the film in April, and more to do with leadership changes at Paramount, following the merger of Skydance and Paramount in August 2025. Apparently, the film had already moved to a streaming-only release before the leak in April 2026.

“We were trying to be like, ‘Let’s make the best of this new situation, let’s adapt to that,’ and then it got stolen, which was just very unceremonious and abrupt and a bit rude,” Avatar co-creator Bryan Konietzko told Entertainment Weekly.

“At least for me, now that the film is ready to finally be out officially in the world, the excitement’s back,” Avatar co-creator Michael DiMartino added. “And I’m excited for everybody to finally see it in their homes, wherever they’re watching, with their friends. Hopefully people can recreate some kind of community experience because the big part about Avatar is the community.”

When asked if the creators felt similarly to fans about the scrapped theatrical release, Konietzko responded, “We all have feelings about it. Hollywood is changing rapidly. Even on Korra, we got caught up in it. Then here again, we found ourselves originally on one path under one set of leadership and then that path changed. I think it’s just part of a broader thing that all studios and a lot of our friends and colleagues are also dealing with on other projects.”