2023-05-05 07:50:00
Rick Riordan, author of the novels Percy Jackson and co-creator of the Disney+ series, has seen many scenes from Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Disney+ series, and he is relieved.
The young adult, a genre we thought was dead and buried, is being reborn from its ashes. After the success ofHunger Gamesand the end of Divergent and of Labyrinthnot to mention failures (The Mortal Instruments, Wandering souls), the young adult is about to make a comeback and the major franchises will be revived. In addition to the prequel toHunger Gameswhich unveiled its trailer, we will soon be entitled to the series reboot ofHarry Potterand even to that of Twilight. If all that wasn’t enough, Disney is also bringing Percy Jackson back to life.
It was in 2010 that the hero of Rick Riordan’s novels arrived on our screens with Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thiefdirected by none other than Chris Columbus, the director of the first two films Harry Potter. Although the Percy Jackson literary series consists of five novels, the failure of Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters buried the saga, at least in the cinema. So as not to reproduce the same errors as the FoxDisney made the author of the novels the co-creator of the series,
While the series Percy Jackson has found his Zeus and his Poseidon, it’s time for Rick Riordan to start his promo and teaser his series. If the author of the books has never seen the films Percy Jackson, this new series, he wants it faithful to his novels. Co-creator of the series alongside Jonathan E. Steinberg, Riordan said in an interview with ComicBook.com that he had seen the scenes shot of Percy Jackson and the Olympians and that he was relieved:
“I’ve seen footage from all the episodes at this point. […] They are awesome. Honestly, I think my first reaction was relief. I thought, “Oh, thank God. I think the fans are going to be happy.” That’s all I want. None of the special effects have been added yet so it shows it’s not finished, but the story works.”
Obviously, Rick Riordan wasn’t going to tell us that the show he’s been working on for years wasn’t up to snuff, but it’s still reassuring to know that the vision of the author of the novels has been respected and that he plays a real decision-making role in production. Probably the biggest change with the movies is the choice of lead actor. While the films had opted for a teenage Percy played by Logan Lerman, the series cast young actor Walker Scobell (Adam through timelisten)) to play the twelve-year-old demigod in the first novel.
The rest of the cast is notably made up of Jason Mantzoukas, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Lance Reddick, who left us in March 2023. More faithful to the novels, it remains to be seen if the series Percy Jackson and the Olympians will make you forget the two films that came before it. Currently in post-production, the series should arrive on Disney + at the beginning of the year 2024.
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