We have some good news for you, demigods! Rick Riordan’s well-loved fantasy series, Percy Jackson & the Olympians, is once again getting the live-action treatment, but this time as a Disney+ series. The author announced the news on May 14 a video posted to his Twitter page, where he and his wife, Becky gave him the news. “After a lot of hard work and a lot of support from you, Percy Jackson is coming to Disney+,” Riordan says in the video, high-fiving his wife in the excitement.
The author followed the video with a statement share I couldn’t say muchbut who are “excited about the idea of a live-action series of the highest quality, following the story of the original Percy Jackson five-book series.” Riordan added that he and Becky will be involved “in the person in all aspects of the fair,” which is already a huge difference from the film adaptations. Riordan has openly admitted on his blog that he had very little control over the two films of 20th Century Fox, once noted that he “saw the end of the script and saw what they were doing in the set, I realized that I had that step for my own peace of mind.”
The first of the five-book Percy Jackson series was launched 15 years ago, with the first film adaptation, which debuted a decade ago. Both the novels and movies followed the story of Perseus “Percy” Jackson, a young man who discovers that he is one of several young demigods descended from Greek mythical deities. The first season of the Disney+ series will follow the first book, The Thief Of Lightningalthough everything else about the program, including the production team, the members of the cast and date of release is tightly under wraps.
One thing we can say about the series? It already has a huge support! Logan Lerman, who played Percy Jackson in two films, he praised the news on Twitter, writing that he was excited to see the series and hope “, is achieved by the adaptation of the books deserve.” We love a class act!
