Disney+ newPercy Jackson and the Olympiansserieshas begun filming, a new post by authorRick Riordanreveals. The author of the best-selling book series took to Instagram to post a new image from the set.
After much anticipation by fans, thePercy Jacksonuniverse is finally expanding. The new series is targeted toward a general audience and especially tweens, teens, and young adults. Leading the cast in the titular role would be 13-year-old Walker Sobell who made his debut alongsideRyan Reynoldsin Netflix’sThe Adam Project. In a previous post onhis blogRiordan wrote, “it was obvious to me and the rest of the team that Walker had the perfect mix of comedic timing, sweetness, rebelliousness, snark and heroism to embody our hero Percy Jackson.”
Along with fans Riordan was also dissatisfied with the live-action versions of his characters in bothPercy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief and Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters.Nonetheless, he is finally at the helm of the Disney+ series. He co-wrote the pilot episode withJon Steinberg(Black Sails)and also serves as an executive producer on the show. Steinberg along with his producing partner,Dan Shotzwill overlook the series.
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Disney Branded TV presidentAyo Davispreviously said in a statement, “With Rick, Jon, and Dan leading our creative team, we’re deep into creating a compelling TV series worthy of the heroic mythological characters that millions of Percy Jackson readers know are well-worth caring about.” The new series will bring Greek mythology to the 21st century as demigod Percy along with his friends Grover and Annabeth will journey beyond the mortal world to prevent a war of gods.
The first season will take its inspiration fromThe Lightning Thiefbook and will have eight episodes. Accompanying Sobell to complete the trio will beAryan Simhadri(Cheaper by the Dozen)playing demigod Grover andLeah Sava Jeffrieswho will play Annabeth, the daughter of the Greek goddess Athena. Currently, there’s no release date set forPercy Jackson and the Olympians.
Here’s the synopsis for the show:
The live action series tells the fantastical story of a 12-year-old modern demigod, Percy Jackson, who’s just coming to terms with his newfound supernatural powers when the sky god Zeus accuses him of stealing his master lightning bolt. Now Percy must trek across America to find it and restore order to Olympus.
