Rick Riordan “wrote off Hollywood” after being left pissed off by the Percy Jackson movies.
The 59-year-old creator has by no means watched both of the film variations of his work – Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief and Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters – and refused to think about different takes on the books because the flicks had deviated from the supply materials a lot.
In an interview with Selection, Rick mentioned: “After the film expertise, I principally wrote off Hollywood for an extended, very long time. I actually did not wish to have something to do with the movie trade.”
“There have been a few years of me saying, ‘I don’t wish to interact. I do not wish to take into consideration different variations. I’m performed.’”
Percy Jackson is now returning to the display screen in a Disney+ TV collection that can premiere in December and Rick finally relented on his anti-adaptation stance.
He defined: “However when it began to change into clear that one thing was going to occur with me or with out me, I had an extended speak with Becky, my spouse. We mentioned, ‘Effectively, if one thing’s going to occur, it’s most likely finest to offer it yet another shot.’”
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The brand new TV collection options Walker Scobell because the titular younger demigod alongside Leah Sava Jeffries and Aryan Simhadri and Rick is satisfied that the small display screen is a greater match for Percy Jackson.
The author mentioned: “My feeling was all the time that tv was the higher format for Percy, as a result of it permits us a bigger canvas to inform extra of the story.”
“And to be extra trustworthy to the supply materials, which is what the followers of the books actually would like to see.”
Rick felt that one of many “basic errors” made within the films was to age up the primary characters however he could not be extra happy with the trio that can lead the TV present.
He mentioned: “Having been by way of the manufacturing course of, I completely get why they did that. It’s a lot simpler to work with older actors.”
Rick added of the brand new forged members: “They’re good, and so they’ve solely change into extra good.”
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