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Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Genre
Created by
Based onPercy Jackson & the Olympians
by Rick Riordan
Starring
ComposerBear McCreary
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producers
Production locationVancouver, British Columbia
CinematographyPierre Gill
Production companies
Original release
NetworkDisney+

Percy Jackson and the Olympians is an upcoming American fantasy television series created by Rick Riordan and Jonathan E. Steinberg for Disney+.[1] It is based on the book series of the same name by Riordan.

Walker Scobell stars as Percy Jackson, alongside Leah Sava Jeffries and Aryan Simhadri. Development on the series began by May 2020, following a pitch by Riordan to Disney Branded Television. Jonathan E. Steinberg and Dan Shotz were announced as showrunners in July 2021, with James Bobin hired to direct the first episode in October. Scobell was cast in the lead role in January 2022, with Jeffries and Simhadri joining the cast in May. By September, Anders Engström and Jet Wilkinson were also set to direct multiple episodes of the series. Filming began in June 2022 in Vancouver, British Columbia and concluded in February 2023, with additional cast members revealed throughout 2022 and 2023.

Percy Jackson and the Olympians is scheduled to premiere on December 20, 2023, with the first season consisting of eight episodes.

Premise

12-year-old demigod Percy Jackson is accused by the Greek god Zeus of stealing his thunderbolt.[2]

Cast

Main

Recurring

Guest

Additionally, Jason Gray-Stanford has been cast in an undisclosed role[13]

Episodes

No.TitleDirected byTeleplay by [1]Original air date
1TBAJames Bobin[14]Rick Riordan & Jonathan E. SteinbergDecember 20, 2023 (2023-12-20)[14]
2TBAJames Bobin[14]Rick Riordan & Jonathan E. SteinbergDecember 20, 2023 (2023-12-20)[14]
3TBAAnders Engström[15]Jonathan E. Steinberg & Monica Owusu-BreenTBA
4TBAAnders Engström[15]Jonathan E. Steinberg & Joe TraczTBA
5TBAJet Wilkinson[15]Rick Riordan & Jonathan E. SteinbergTBA
6TBAJet Wilkinson[15]Jonathan E. Steinberg & Joe TraczTBA

The final two episodes were written by Andrew Miller and Craig Silverstein, respectively.[1]

Production

Development

In November 2018, Rick Riordan stated that he believed he would have no creative control over a Disney reboot of the Percy Jackson novel series if it were to happen, much like his experience with the film series with 20th Century Fox.[16] In December 2019, Riordan pitched an adaptation of the novels to the Walt Disney Company,[17] which had acquired Fox in March of that year.[18] By May 2020, a Disney+ series based on Percy Jackson was in the works, with the first season set to adapt the first book in the series, The Lightning Thief.[19] Riordan revealed in March 2021 that searches for the series' directors and cast was underway,[20] with James Bobin was announced as the pilot episode's director in October.[21] Jonathan E. Steinberg and Dan Shotz were also announced as showrunners in July.[22]

The series was greenlit in January 2022, with Disney Branded Television, 20th Television, and the Gotham Group producing the project. Steinberg, Shotz, Bobin, and Riordan were announced as executive producers alongside Rebecca Riordan, Bert Salke, Monica Owusu-Breen, Jim Rowe, Anders Engström, Jet Wilkinson, Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Jeremy Bell, and D. J. Goldberg.[2] At the D23 Expo in September, Anders Engström and Jet Wilkinson were revealed to be executive producing the series as well.[23] The same month, Riordan revealed that Engström would direct the third and fourth episodes while Wilkinson would direct the fifth and sixth.[15] The series was reportedly made with a budget of 12-15 million dollars per episode.[6]

Writing

Drafts of the pilot episode were being reviewed by March 2021.[20] In April 2021, it was announced that Steinberg would serve as co-writer and executive producer of the pilot alongside Riordan.[24] The same day, Monica Owusu-Breen, Daphne Olive, Stewart Strandberg, Zoë Neary, Joe Tracz, and Xavier Stiles joined as writers.[22] Each season of the series will adapt one installment of the book series, with the first season being an adaptation of The Lightning Thief.[20] There are also plans to adapt additional material within the franchise for the series.[6] In addition to writing the pilot, Riordan and co-showrunner Steinberg created a series bible for the show, as well as planning the plot for the first season and creating ideas for potential future seasons.[22] The first season will consist of eight episodes.[25]

Writing for the second season had begun by March 2023, though Riordan cautioned that it had yet to be greenlit.[26] Plans for future seasons include a further exploration of Chiron's disability.[6]

Casting

Preliminary casting began in April 2021.[27] In January 2022, Walker Scobell was cast in the lead role as Percy Jackson, with this being announced in April.[3] The next month, it was announced that Leah Sava Jeffries and Aryan Simhadri would respectively portray Annabeth Chase and Grover Underwood, two close friends of Percy.[4] Jeffries' casting received online backlash due to Annabeth not being depicted as Black in the novels, which Riordan condemned as racism.[28] In June, Virginia Kull, Glynn Turman, Jason Mantzoukas, Megan Mullally, and Timm Sharp were announced to be appearing in recurring capacities as Sally Jackson, Chiron, Dionysus, Alecto, and Gabe Ugliano, respectively.[5] The same month, Dior Goodjohn and Charlie Bushnell joined the cast in recurring roles as Clarisse La Rue and Luke Castellan, respectively, while Olivea Morton was announced to portray Nancy Bobofit in a guest role.[7] Adam Copeland was cast in the recurring role of Ares in October, while Suzanne Cryer and Jessica Parker Kennedy were cast in the guest roles of Echidna and Medusa, respectively.[8] In November 2022, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jay Duplass, and Timothy Omundson were announced to guest-star as Hermes, Hades, and Hephaestus, respectively;[9][10] as were Lance Reddick and Toby Stephens in January 2023, announced to portray Zeus and Poseidon, respectively.[11] Jason Gray-Stanford was cast in an undisclosed role in March 2023.[13]

Design

Tish Monaghan serves as the costume designer.[29][third-party source needed]

Music

By October 2023, Bear McCreary has been composing the score for the series, after previously working with Steinberg and Shots in the series Human Target, Black Sails and See.[30] Members of the music company Sparks & Shadows, which McCreary was a co-founder of, also worked on the soundtrack.[30]

Filming

Principal photography began on June 2, 2022 in Vancouver, British Columbia,[5][21] under the working title Mink Golden,[31] and concluded on February 2, 2023.[32] The series utilized an LED stage powered by Industrial Light & Magic's StageCraft visual effects technology.[33]

Marketing

A teaser for the series was revealed during the D23 Expo in September 2022.[34] Rotem Rusak of Nerdist highlighted how the teaser featured the opening lines of The Lightning Thief,[35] while Kendall Myers of Collider noted the teaser's dark tone.[36] A second teaser trailer for the first season was released on September 19, 2023.[37]

Release

The first season will consist of eight episodes,[25] and will debut with two episodes on December 20, 2023, releasing weekly.[14] It was originally expected to be released around early 2024.[38][39]

References

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