Avatar: The Last Airbender Iroh Actor Blasts 'Straight Up Evil' Paramount Executives After RPG Is Canceled

Iroh histrion Greg Baldwin has taken to societal media to unleash a drawstring of posts aimed astatine what helium called "straight up evil" Paramount executives aft quality broke that it had canceled an Avatar: The Last Airbender RPG.

Baldwin, who has voiced Zuko's omniscient fire-bending uncle since Season 3 of the archetypal show, voiced his concerns for the absorption of the franchise connected X/Twitter earlier today. Responding to IGN's reporting that the antecedently announced AAA Avatar: The Last Airbender RPG would nary longer spot the airy of day, helium said helium had a "hard truth" to stock with fans.

"I tin talk freely due to the fact that I’m 65 years aged and my pocketful of f**ks is earnestly depleted," Baldwin said. "Working arsenic a paralegal astatine assorted studios successful LA for 30 years…I had the accidental to observe workplace executives closely. They’re mostly a slippery and clueless clump who shouldn’t beryllium allowed adjacent thing remotely creative…but the caller authorities astatine Paramount is consecutive up evil. I guarantee you.

"These soulless bastards person thing but contempt for a amusement astir grace and redemption and the conflict against fascism. ATLA is simply a enigma to them. They. Do. Not. Value. The. Franchise."

Other Avatar: The Last Airbender fans person been vocal astir however Paramount has handled the beloved Nickelodeon cartoon successful caller years. Some person been captious of its determination to determination guardant with a live-action adaptation without its archetypal originative leads, for example, portion others, specified arsenic animator Julia Schoel, don't o.k. of the company's determination to propulsion the series' caller movie from theaters.

Baldwin, who took implicit the relation of Iroh aft archetypal histrion Mako passed distant successful 2006, said helium isn't frightened to talk his caput due to the fact that "Nickelodeon volition ne'er prosecute maine again anyway." He puts his feelings bluntly: "Paramount Doesn't Care About ATLA."

He signed off, posting an representation of Iroh flipping disconnected the camera portion surrounded by lighting with the caption, "In conclusion… f**k you, Paramount."

Although the Avatar: The Last Airbender amusement finished many, galore years ago, fans are inactive looking guardant to the caller movie, The Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender. The live-action adaptation volition instrumentality for Season 2 aboriginal this month. You tin besides larn much astir the precocious announced Paramount Games here.

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