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Cable network green-lights ‘The Legend of Korra’ cartoon, but film sequel’s future is unclear. By Eric Ditzian Noah Ringer in “The Last Airbender” Photo: Paramount While the fate of a possible sequel to “The Last Airbender” remains in doubt, the small-screen version on which it is based — the Nickelodeon cartoon “Avatar: The Last Airbender” — is getting a second life. MTV News has confirmed that the cable channel is prepping a sequel to its popular anime-inspired series, which ran for three seasons and ended in 2008. The installment’s working title is “The Legend of Korra,” and it will premiere on Nickelodeon in 2011. The channel will reportedly base “Korra” on the mythology of “Airbender,” in which various nations can control water, fire, earth or air. The new show picks up 70 years after the events of the first series and will follow a teen girl named Korra, a so-called avatar who can control three of the world’s elements and is seeking to master air. “Her quest leads her to the epicenter of the modern ‘Avatar’ world, Republic City — a metropolis that is fueled by Steampunk technology,” a Nickelodeon press release says. “It is a virtual melting pot where benders and non-benders from all nations live and thrive.