Disney+ has revealed the first images from its highly anticipated new series “Percy Jackson and the Olympians”. Release planned for 2024.
Published: September 11, 2022 at 2:19 p.m.
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Percy Jackson is back! Disney+ has just unveiled the first images of the seriesPercy Jackson and the Olympianswhich is expected “soon” on the video platform.
In this first extract, which lasts a little less than a minute, we can notably see Percy Jackson, played by Walker Scobell, arriving at the camp of the demi-gods. He tells : ” Look, I didn’t want to be a demigod. Being a demigod is dangerous, it’s scary, and most of the time it gets you killed. If you think you’re one of us, my advice is: run away while you still can. ».
Besides Walker Scobell, cast in the main role, the other main actors of the series have been revealed: Aryan Simhadri will play Grover; and Lea Sava Jeffries will play Annabeth, both Percy Jackson’s best friends.
More than two years ago, Rick Riordan, the author of the literary saga, announced that a series adapted from the universe of Percy Jackson would see the light of day on Disney+. The literary saga tells the story of Perseus “Percy” Jackson, a 12-year-old boy who learns that he is the son of a human and Poseidon, making him a demigod. Then follow many adventures in which the young boy must help save Olympus.
Broadcast in 2024
Quoted by Deadline, Karey Burke, president of 20th Television, which will produce the series for Disney, had estimated a few months ago: “
It’s a mind-blowing adaptation, with all the excitement, action and mythology that fans of the books have come to expect and love.
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Before this series on Disney +, the saga of Rick Riordan, which has 5 volumes and 2 collections of short stories, had been adapted into films: Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thiefin 2010 and Percy Jackson and the Sea of Watchesin 2013, with Logan Lerman in the lead role.
According to the always well-informed American media Deadline, Percy Jackson and the Olympians should be available on Disney+ sometime in 2024. Fans of the saga now just have to be patient.
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