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‘Percy Jackson’ live-action TV series is officially in the works
FILE: Riordan at the Texas Book Festival in November 2007, doing publicity for Book 4 (Photo: By Larry D. Moore, CC BY-SA 3.0)
Demigods! Gather around as the Percy Jackson series is about to be re-made as a TV series soon to be available on Disney+.
The series author himself, Rick Riordan along with his wife Becky, delivered the news via Twitter after months of rumors being hinted about the soon-to-be live-action series.
“After a lot of hard work, and a lot of support from you guys, Percy Jackson is coming to Disney+,” announced Riordan, addressing the Demigods, or what the fans of the series are called. The demigods are also what the main characters of the series are called.
Pssst. Hey, demigods . . . pic.twitter.com/7ep4aeyS3I
— Rick Riordan (@rickriordan) May 14, 2020
“We can’t say much more at this stage but we are very excited about the idea of a live-action series of the highest quality, following the storyline of the original Percy Jackson 5-book series, starting with The Lightning Thief in season one,” Riordan said in a follow-up statement.
Riordan also said that the TV series will remain faithful to the original five-book saga as he and his wife will be heavily involved in the making of the adaptation.
“Rest assured that Becky and I will be involved in person in every aspect of the show. There will be much more news in the future, but for now, we have a lot of work to do! Buckle up, demigods. It’s going to be a fantastic, exciting ride,” he added.
The series will follow the Greek Mythology-based story of Percy Jackson, who realizes he is a demigod and his father is an Olympian god, Poseidon. He is then sent to Camp Half-Blood, where other demigods are trained and kept safe from the monsters that hunt them. Percy meets fellow demigod Annabeth and the satyr Grover from the camp and together, they discover more of the world dividing man and ancient gods.
The first book of the series has been adapted into a film by the 20th Century Fox as “Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief” starring Logan Lerman as Percy Jackson, Alexandra Daddario as Annabeth, and Brandon T. Jackson as Grover.
Lerman also shared his excitement on Twitter and hopes that the series will get the adaptation it deserves.
Excited to see this! Hope it gets the adaptation the books deserve. Congrats @rickriordan https://t.co/ReE6EjJICV
— Logan Lerman (@LoganLerman) May 14, 2020
In 2013, the second movie adaptation “Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters” was also released. The two films received mixed reviews from the critics.
