The animated film “Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender” will now premiere in July rather than October as originally planned.

Paramount has announced that the film, which continues the story from “Avatar: The Last Airbender,” will debut globally on Paramount+ on July 25. The film was originally supposed to debut on Oct. 9 in theaters before Paramount shifted it to a direct-to-streaming release in December 2025. The entire film then leaked online in April, which no doubt factored into the decision to hasten its release. It is also due to be featured at San Diego Comic-Con in the coming weeks.

Paramount has also released an astounding first trailer and first-look images from the film, which can be seen below. The film stars Eric Nam as Aang, Dave Bautista as Tagah, Jessica Matten Katara, Román Zaragoza as Sokka, Steven Yeun as Zuko, and Dionne Quan as Toph and more.

The official logline for the film states, “Avatar Aang, the world’s last Airbender, learns of an ancient power that could save his culture from extinction. With the help of his friends, he embarks on a global quest to find it before it falls into the wrong hands and threatens to upend the peace they sacrificed everything to achieve.”