TVLine Items: Avatar Adds 8 Actors, New Bluey Minisodes and More
Avatar: The Last Airbender is rounding out its Season 2 cast with eight new additions.
Joining the ensemble are Chin Han (Mortal Kombat, Skyscraper) as Long Feng; Hoa Xuande (The Sympathizer, Top of the Lake: China Girl) as Professor Zei; Justin Chien (The Brothers Sun) as King Kuei; Amanda Zhou (Spinning Out, The Handmaid’s Tale) as Joo Dee; Crystal Yu (Doctor Who, Good Omens) as Lady Beifong; Kelemete Misipeka (Sons of Thunder) as The Boulder; Lourdes Faberes (The Sandman) as General Sung; and Rekha Sharma (Yellowjackets, Battlestar Galactica) as Amita.
As previously announced, the Netflix series will also welcome Miya Cech (The Santa Clauses) as the fan-favorite character Toph in Season 2.
Ready for some more recent newsy nuggets? Well…
* Six new Bluey minisodes will begin streaming Monday, Dec. 9 on Disney+, and will roll out on Disney Jr., Disney Channel and Disney Jr. on Demand throughout that week.
* The comedy special James Acaster: Hecklers Welcome will premiere Saturday, Nov. 23 at 10/9c on HBO.
* Prime Video has released a trailer for Jeff Dunham’s Scrooged-Up Holiday Special, debuting Tuesday, Nov. 19:
* Hulu has released a trailer for the Ben Stiller family comedy Nutcrackers. The movie begins streaming Friday, Nov. 29:
* Max has released a trailer for Human Vs. Hamster, premiering with all eight episodes on Thursday, Nov. 21. In the competition series, “the world’s most remarkable pet hamsters go toe-to-toe with teams of humans in scaled challenges that will test their speed, strength, agility – and, of course, their eating prowess – all for the sake of answering the burning question: ‘Which species is superior, humans or hamsters?'”
Which of today’s TVLine Items pique your interest?
Human Vs. Hamster? Has the state of television fallen that low? What’s next, a new drama called Static that is targeted to audiences that miss the days of static on TV?