Percy Jackson actor Walker Scobell was officially replaced after growing too tall. A faithful, entertaining Percy Jackson adaptation has been a long coming, but fortunately, it arrived on the silver screen with a splash in 2023. Related: The 20th Century Fox Brand is Officially No More Gone are the days of needlessly aged-up Demigods and strange plot choices (don’t worry, Logan Lerman ...
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Percy Jackson’ Unveils New Lead Actor as Disney Reboot Moves Forward
The next season of Percy Jackson and the Olympians has its new lead. After a false start in 2010 (sorry, Logan Lerman), Percy Jackson is finally getting the recognition it deserves. The series – penned by Rick Riordan – follows its eponymous hero as he discovers that he’s the son of Poseidon before being plunged into a world of other Half-Bloods, ...
Read More »We’ve Got Bad News ‘Percy Jackson’ Fans
In 2020, Disney announced that it was rebooting the popular young adult book series, Percy Jackson. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief was a film released by 20th Century Fox in 2013, starring Logan Lerman as the young Greek demigod. A sequel — Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters — was released in 2013, but the film did not perform ...
Read More »Will There Be A ‘Percy Jackson’ Season 2? Everything We Know
The world has been going crazy for the new Percy Jackson series streaming on Disney+, so what’s the news on the next season? Percy Jackson has quickly become one of the most beloved television shows on Disney+ for fans, young and old. For some, it’s a show that tugs at that nostalgia, and for others, it’s a whole new introduction to ...
Read More »‘Percy Jackson’ Author Highly Prefers Show to the Old Movies
The new Percy Jackson Disney series is all the rage, and there’s been a lot of developments and news about it, from Rick Riordan slamming the old movies to fans learning more about Lance Reddick, the late actor who played Zeus in season one of the show. Percy Jackson and the Olympians have made many Disney fans and Percy Jackson fans ...
Read More »Disney Makes Big ‘Percy Jackson’ Change for New Streaming Series
Disney’s new adaptation of Percy Jackson and the Olympians has just diverted from its source material for the sake of one of its most famous villains, Medusa. Fresh off the flop that was Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief (2010), author Rick Riordan is making a second stab at a live-action adaptation of his renowned young adult’s series. This time around, it’s for ...
Read More »‘Percy Jackson’ Tops Disney+ Releases, Could Bring Success to Streaming Platform
Disney+ has been struggling for the last trying to maintain its subscribers while also trying to make the streaming platform profitable amidst other losses that The Walt Disney Company has been facing. With the release of the latest original series, Percy Jackson and the Olympians, it seems as though it may have found a way to reach the success it’s been striving ...
Read More »‘Percy Jackson’ Is a Hit, But Some Still Can’t Get Over the Diverse Casting
Much like Bruno, Percy Jackson fans don’t like to talk about the movies. And it’s not just the fans. Author Rick Riordan said it was like “watching his life work go through a meat grinder.” But now, it appears that both Rick Riordan and Percy Jackson fans are all quite satisfied with the new version streaming on Disney Plus. 'Percy Jackson' author Rick ...
Read More »‘Percy Jackson’ Stuns Critics, Ushers in New Era For Disney+
Recently, The Walt Disney Company has become synonymous with a frequent reliance on reboots and remakes of their timeless stories. Examples include the recent 2023 reboot of The Little Mermaid featuring Halle Bailey, Guy Ritchie’s 2019 adaptation of Aladdin, and the Tom Hanks-led Pinocchio in 2022. Percy Jackson and the Olympians (2023) looks set to change all that. The new ...
Read More »‘Percy Jackson’ Disney+ Reboot Cuts Fan-Favorite Character
The upcoming reboot of the Percy Jackson series on Disney+ has been promoted by author Rick Riordan as a corrective to the early 2010 film adaptations, but it seems that even this television series is having to make sacrifices. According to Mythomagic, Inc., Rick Riordan and Becky Riordan’s production company, the Percy Jackson series had to cut Argus, the fan-favorite ...
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