Netflix has announced some big-name additions to the cast of the second season of its live-action series. Avatar: The Last Airbender and One piece adaptations.
Revealed as part of Netflix's Geeked Week 2024 live event, the streaming giant confirmed that three actors, one for Avatar: The Last Airbender season 2, and two for One piece Season 2: will join the cast lists of those shows for their upcoming episodes.
Who is Toph in Avatar: The Last Airbender? And who plays her?
In it Avatar In front, American actress Miya Cech, who some readers might recognize from Santa Clauses on Disney Plus and/or Netflix Beefalso known as one of the best series of 2023, has been cast to play fan-favorite character Toph. In the original animated version, the blind earthbender (one of the most naturally gifted and powerful of her generation, mind you) joins Aang and the rest of Team Avatar on their quest to put an end to the Fire Nation's quest to become the tyrannical rulers of the world.
Cech's signing was not the only one Avatar-Related announcement made by one of the world’s top streaming services during Geeked Week Live. Netflix also confirmed that production had officially begun on season 2, with principal photography starting just six months after Netflix announced two more seasons of its series. Avatar: The Last Airbender It's unclear whether the final two installments of the series will be filmed back-to-back, but the revelation that Season 2 has already entered full production suggests that won't be the case.
Who are Miss All Sunday and Mr. 0 in One Piece? And which actors will play them?
For One pieceNetflix has confirmed that its adaptation of Eiichiro Oda’s beloved manga series, which has also become one of the best anime, has added two more names to its extensive cast list. Lera Abova and Geeked Week Live host Joe Manganiello are its new hires, and the pair will play Miss All Sunday and Mr. 0/Crocodile in the second part of one of Netflix’s best shows.
Abova, who starred in the Peacock comedy series Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlinwill play All Sunday, whose real name is Nico Robins and who is the vice president of Baroque Works, a covert criminal syndicate created with the sole purpose of destabilizing and then conquering the Kingdom of Arabasta. Manganiello, whose credits include the 2002 film Spiderman movie, True blood, how I Met Your Motherand a brief cameo as Deathstroke in the now-defunct DC Extended Universe (DCEU), he will play the mob boss/warlord of Baroque Works.
Ironically, fans already knew that Abova and Manganiello would be part of the cast for season two. Yesterday (September 19), Netflix's PR team accidentally leaked the pair's casting on its internal website Tudum. The information was removed shortly after the mistake was spotted, but not before What's on Netflix noticed and reported the error.
Those were not the only ones One piece– character-centric revelations that had fans salivating at Geeked Week Live and at home. As per the YouTube video above, Netflix also released a behind-the-scenes recording of the first table read for season 2, which teased the arrival of beloved character Chopper. With Netflix strongly suggesting that season 2 of One piece Although the second season was set to cover the Arabasta saga from the manga of the same name, we already had a hint that Chopper would appear at some point. However, this confirms that the half-reindeer, half-human hybrid will make his grand entrance in the upcoming season.
As part of an earlier Geeked Week reveal, Jeff Ward, who plays the villain Buggy the Clown, treated fans to a brief behind-the-scenes tour of One piece There was also talk of the different sets for season two, before hinting that the series would return sometime in 2025. If both shows return next year, it could be another successful 12 months for Netflix on the iconic anime adaptation front.
