Disney is readying a new show based on Percy Jackson & the Olympians, the YA fantasy series by author Rick Riordan. The new series is called Percy Jackson and the Olympians; note the lack of ampersand. They’re shaking things up around here!
Anyway, Disney just released a “teaser trailer” for the show. But if you just think of it as a normal trailer no one will get mad at you:
Percy Jackson and the Olympians is about Percy Jackson, a young boy who finds out that he’s actually the son of the Greek god Poseidon. He heads off to Camp Half-Blood, where he trains with other demigods and meets two good friends who will be by his side for the rest of the adventure. Were these books written in the aftermath of Harry Potter or what?
Percy Jackson and the Olympians cast list
Here’s the cast list for Percy Jackson and the Olympians:
- Walker Scobel as Percy Jackson
- Leah Sava Jeffries as Annabeth
- Aryan Simhadri as Grover
- Toby Stephens as Poseidon
- Jay Duplass as Hades
- Lin-Manuel Miranda as Hermes
- Timothy Omundson as Hephaestus
- Jason Mantzoukas as Dionysus
- Megan Mullaly as the fury Alecto
- Lance Reddick as Zeus
Reddick’s inclusion is special, since the actor died earlier this year. We’ll have another chance to enjoy his work when Percy Jackson and the Olympians premieres on Disney+ on December 20.
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