Lately, it looks as if Disney+ has been deleting more shows than it’s adding. However sure, it’s nonetheless including them, and one of many greatest coming later this yr is Percy Jackson and the Olympians. Primarily based on the hit e-book sequence by Rick Riordan, the present follows a boy who finds out that he’s the son of a God.
If that rings a bell it’s as a result of both A) You’re one of many lots of of thousands and thousands of people that purchased the books or B) Perhaps you noticed one of many two motion pictures Fox made primarily based on the character within the 2010s. Properly now, it’s getting the full-court press, Disney+ adaptation which is able to debut on December 20. Right here’s the primary teaser.
That’s Walker Scobell within the lead function, who chances are you’ll or might not know from the Netflix film, The Adam Project. In addition to his youthful costars (Leah Sava Jeffries and Aryan Simhadri), Scobell can be joined by a powerful forged of visitor stars together with Lin-Manuel Miranda as Hermes, Megan Mullally as Mrs. Dodds, Toby Stephens as Poseidon (Percy’s dad), Jason Mantzoukas as Dionysus, Jay Duplass as Hades and the late, nice Lance Reddick as Zeus, simply to call a number of.
This appears to be a present a number of youthful followers are enthusiastic about and hey, that’s nice. I hope it’s so good that the excitement boils up to some extent the place everybody on Earth is speaking about Percy Jackson and the Olympians. As a result of, let’s face it, if it doesn’t, it may endure the fate of similar fantasy Disney+ shows like Willow or The Mysterious Benedict Society.
Percy Jackson and the Olympians debuts on December 20.
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