Able to return to Camp Half-Blood? Percy Jackson and the Olympians creator Rick Riordan announced on Twitter not too long ago {that a} Percy Jackson TV collection is headed to Disney+, and this time it is going to be a trustworthy adaptation of the collection.
What we all know up to now in regards to the upcoming collection is proscribed, however TV Information can affirm that Disney+ is adapting the younger grownup guide collection Percy Jackson and the Olympians, beginning with the primary novel, The Lightning Thief. “We’re very excited in regards to the thought of a live-action collection of the very best high quality, following the storyline of the unique Percy Jackson five-book collection, beginning with The Lightning Thief in Season 1,” Riordan wrote on Twitter as a followup to the announcement. He additionally reassured followers that he plans to be a really lively participant within the creation of this new collection.
Pssst. Hey, demigods . . . pic.twitter.com/7ep4aeyS3I
— Rick Riordan (@rickriordan) May 14, 2020
The novels comply with a younger boy named Percy Jackson, who finds out that not solely is his father a Greek god — Poseidon — however the grasp of the ocean is one probably the most highly effective gods on in Greek mythology. Percy finds himself accused of stealing Zeus’ famed lightning bolt, launching him and his associates on a determined seek for the bolt and the true thief. The one downside? Each monster on the earth thinks Percy has the bolt and so they’re not afraid to return for it, and him.
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The guide collection was beforehand tailored right into a characteristic movie in 2010 starring Logan Lerman, Alexandra Daddario, and Brandon T. Jackson, however the film and its sequel weren’t well-received by followers of the books or by the creator. Riordan has by no means been shy about his distaste for the movie franchise, however he promised the TV present won’t make the identical errors because the movies.
“To you guys, it is a couple hours leisure,” Riordan tweeted in regards to the movies. “To me, it is my life’s work going via a meat grinder once I pleaded with them to not do it. So yeah. Nevertheless it’s wonderful. All wonderful. We’re gonna repair it quickly.”
Up to now, there isn’t any casting information or anticipated premiere date for this collection.
Logan Lerman, Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief