A new teaser for Percy Jackson and the Olympians has revealed that the highly-anticipated original series will debut on Disney+ in December.
Disney+ announced in a new teaser that Percy Jackson and the Olympians will debut with a two-episode premiere on Wednesday, December 20, 2023, followed by new episodes each week, with the latest footage offering viewers a glimpse of the live-action fantasy series based on Rick Riordan’s best-selling books.
The teaser sees Walker Scobell’s titular hero Percy Jackson team up with his buddies Grover and Annabeth as he ventures across America in search of Zeus’ lost lightning bolt after being accused of stealing it himself. His mission is to find it and restore order to Olympus before the almighty sky god cooks up a storm.
Aryan Simhadri stars as Grover, while Leah Sava Jeffries plays Annabeth. The series also features several notable guest stars, including a godly group comprising the likes of Lin-Manuel Miranda as Hermes, Toby Stephens as Poseidon, Jay Duplass as Hades, Adam Copeland as Ares, and the late Land Reddick as Zeus.
As a loose adaptation of Riordan’s first tome, Percy Jackson and the Olympians has further bolstered its supporting cast with Megan Mullally (Alecto aka Mrs. Dodds), Virginia Kull (Sally Jackson), Jason Mantzoukas (Dionysus aka Mr. D), Glynn Turman (Chiron aka Mr. Brunner), Charlie Bushnell (Luke Castellan), Dior Goodjohn (Clarisse La Rue), Jessica Parker Kennedy (Medusa), Olivea Morton (Nancy Bobofit), Suzanne Cryer (Echidna), Timm Sharp (Gabe Ugliano), and Timothy Omundson (Hephaestus).
The first two novels from the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series were adapted for the big screen in 2010 and 2013, with Logan Lerman in the title role.
IGN’s review of Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief gave it 4/10 and said: “Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief is careful to tie up most of its plot points, whether they make sense or not, by the time the credits roll. That’s just Fox and Columbus being smart — if the film flops, who needs the embarrassment of a cliffhanger ending that will never be continued? But then again, that unwieldy title reeks of franchise. By the gods, let it not come to pass.”
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