‘Percy Jackson and the Olympians’ TV Series: Everything You Need to Know
The Percy Jackson and the Olympians book series is officially being adapted into a television show for Disney+.
“Hey Percy Jackson fans, over the past decade you’ve been working hard to champion a faithful on-screen adaptation of the world of Percy Jackson,” announced author Rick Riordan. in a video via his website in May 2020. “Some of you have even suggested it would be a good series for Disney+. We completely agree with that!”
The five-book series – published between 2005 and 2009 – introduced fans to a 12-year-old demigod named Percy Jackson, who discovers early on that he is the son of the Greek god Poseidon. The novels were previously adapted into a two-starrer series Logan Lerman as Percy, Brandon T Jackson as Grover Underwood and Alexandra Daddario as Annabeth Chase.
Over the years, the film adaptations have been widely criticized by fans of the book series and Rick himself. But he told it The guard in October 2020 he and his wife, Becky Riordan“owed it to the fans to give it another try” for a film adaptation.
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