Creator Rick Riordan says the Disney+ series is the faithful adaptation “you’ve been waiting for.”
It’s time for another trip to Camp Half-Blood.
The series has also been adapted for the screen already, in two films that starredLogan Lermanas Percy.
Aryan Simhadri as Grover in ‘Percy Jackson and the Olympians’.Disney/David Bukach
conducted prior to the start of the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes.
We are involved and I think you’re gonna love it."
“Like, not just, ‘Oh, those books are cool,’ but they helped me.
Leah Jeffries as Annabeth in ‘Percy Jackson and the Olympians’.Disney/David Bukach
I grew up with them, as I’m sure a lot of people did.
The new adaptation also provided an opportunity to make the series more representative of the real world.
That’s what the prototype was,” Jeffries says.
Walker Scobell and Leah Jeffries in ‘Percy Jackson and the Olympians’.Disney/David Bukach
Jeffries adds, “My experience filming the series has been phenomenal and unbelievable.”
“As a classroom teacher myself, I knew a great deal about Greek mythology.
I loved teaching it.
Walker Scobell as Percy in ‘Percy Jackson and the Olympians’.Disney/David Bukach
My son had no trouble believing that.”
Difference is a strength.
You’re gonna be just fine.
And you belong in this world.'"
“I think he is the coolest guy ever.
“In the books, Percy is always there right by us,” Riordan says.
So we had to figure out ways to make that visual.”
See what he means whenPercy Jackson and the Olympianspremieres Dec. 20 on Disney+.
These interviews were conducted prior to the start of the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes.
