Percy Jackson and the Olympians followers have lastly gotten their long-awaited TV adaption — and Disney+ has discovered its good solid.
The sequence, which relies on creator Rick Riordan’s guide sequence of the identical title, was first teased in Could 2020. Riordan later confirmed the information in a January 2022 video announcement shared by way of Disney+.
“The wait is over, demigods,” he shared on the time. “I’m thrilled to be the primary to let you know that Percy Jackson and the Olympians is, really, and for certain coming to your screens. the sensible people at Disney+ have given us the inexperienced gentle.”
The guide sequence — which consists of 5 novels revealed between 2005 and 2009 — launched followers to a 12-year-old Percy Jackson, a Demigod who discovers that he’s the son of the Greek god of the ocean, Poseidon. (The story was beforehand tailored into a movie and subsequent sequel starring Logan Lerman, a franchise that has been extensively criticized by followers.)
Lower than one month after confirming that Percy Jackson can be hitting the small display, Disney+ revealed that Walker Scobell would tackle the function of the titular character.
“Walker Scobell is an extremely gifted younger man who blew us away together with his audition tapes for the function of Percy,” Riordan wrote by way of his weblog on the time. “It was apparent to me and the remainder of the group that Walker had the right mixture of comedic timing, sweetness, rebelliousness, snark and heroism to embody our hero Percy Jackson. … He’s going to surpass your highest expectations from the very first line of the present.”
Subsequent got here Leah Jeffries and Aryan Simhadri, who painting Percey’s confidants Annabeth Chase and Grover Underwood, respectively.
“Heroes within the making. 🗡⚡️🐐 Meet Annabeth, Percy, and Grover,” the official Disney+ Instagram account wrote in Could 2022. Riordan, in the meantime, wrote by way of his web site that Simhadri “gained” the “hearts” of the casting room, leaving the creator “laughing out loud together with his supply and timing.”
Jeffries, for her half, was Riordan’s “primary alternative for Annabeth” after she first learn for the function. Leah is strictly the best way I imagined [her] within the books: sensible, robust and brave, a real daughter of Athena who has zero endurance for the foolishness of a sure Seaweed Mind,” he gushed. “Watching her act with Walker and Aryan, I noticed Annabeth Chase come to life.”
The 8-episode sequence formally premiered in December 2023, with Disney+ releasing the primary two installments earlier than adhering to a weekly launch schedule for the remainder of the season. In its first week, the present introduced in a whopping 13.3 million viewers, making it an immediate hit amongst followers.
New episodes of Percy Jackson and the Olympians air Tuesdays on Disney+.
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