Disney + has found its Percy Jackson. Exciting ad published April 11, Rick Reardon shared that his favorite fantasy series“Percy Jackson and the Olympians” will be led by 13-year-old Walker Scobel, who starred with Ryan Reynolds in “Project Adam“For me and the rest of the team, it was clear that Walker had the perfect combination of comedic time, grace, rebellion, humor and heroism to embody our hero Percy Jackson,” wrote Riordan, describing Scobello as a “super fan”. from books. ”Leah Sava Jeffries and Arian Simhadri will also star alongside Scobel in the role of Anabeth Chase and Grover Underwood.
The film adaptation of the Disney + series was first announced on May 14, 2020, when the author published a video in which he and his wife Becky Reardon celebrate this news on a remote tweet. In 2018, Reardan admitted he was did not have much control over 20th Century Fox movies, but he and his wife are expected to play a much more prominent role in the creation of the Disney + series.
On Twitter in response to Riardon’s announcement of Logan Lerman’s live action project, which played Percy Jackson in both book adaptations, expressed his excitement for a future series. Congratulating Reardon, Lerman said he hoped the show “will get the adaptation the books deserve.” Learn more about the upcoming Disney + “Percy Jackson” series here.
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“Percy Jackson and the Olympians,” written by Reardon and John Steinberg, will star Walker Scobel. “We look forward to working with Scobells in Vancouver full-time this summer and building on the dedicated, supportive and enthusiastic community that is rapidly forming around this project,” Riyardon continued in his blog. “The excitement is so strong that you can cut it with the bronze sword of Heaven. Walker is an avid skateboarder and skier, and is very excited to get to Vancouver and start working on fencing, holding his breath underwater and other tricks. I’m glad he’s doing it all. and I don’t need to, but I’ll definitely be there, encouraging him every step of the way! ”
On May 5, Disney + announced additional actors, 12-year-old Leah Sava Jeffries and 15-year-old Ariana Simhadri, who will play best friends Percy, Annabeth Chase and Grover Underwood respectively. While Percy is a demigod, Grover is a brave satyr or half-man half-man, disguised as a 12-year-old teenager who is not afraid to go for Percy if the opportunity arises. Anabet is a half-breed camp student, a demigod educational institution. As the true daughter of Athena, she possesses the gift of strategy and uses her skills to teach Percy to navigate the mythological world. In exchange Percy acts as her liaison with the human world.
In Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Thief of Lightning (2010) and the sequel “Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters” (2013), Percy played Lerman. Additional cast members included Brendan T. Jackson as Grover Underwood, Alexander Dadario as Anabeth Chase, Jake Abel as Luke Castellan, Pierce Brosnan as Chiron, Sean Bean as Zeus, Rosary Dawson like Persephone, Uma Thurman like Medusa and more.
What is the series “Percy Jackson” with a live action movie?
Live action fantastic series, which is expected to air in hour-long episodes, will tell the story of “12-year-old modern demigod” Percy Jackson, who must learn to control his new supernatural abilities. When Zeus accuses Percy of stealing the main lightning he uses to control the sky, Percy is forced to travel across the country to find lightning and bring peace back to Olympus.
At what age can children watch the series “Percy Jackson”?
The Disney + series “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” will be aimed at a wide audience, including “teenagers, teenagers and young people.”
The premiere date of the series “Percy Jackson”.
Disney + and Riordan have not announced the official release date of the series “Percy Jackson”, but according to IMDb, the premiere of the series will take place sometime in 2023.
