Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Events of the Week: ‘Wonka,’ ‘Rebel Moon’ and More
Here’s a look at this week’s biggest premieres, parties and openings in Los Angeles and New York, including events for Wonka, Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire, The Iron Claw, Anyone But You and Percy Jackson and the Olympians. Kevin Hart & Chris Rock: Headliners Only screening Kevin Hart and Chris Rock were joined […]
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‘Percy Jackson’ Team Talk Working With Lin-Manuel Miranda, Remember Lance Reddick
The cast and crew of Percy Jackson and the Olympians took over the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Wednesday night for the New York premiere of the Disney+ series. Walker Scobell, Leah Sava Jeffries, Aryan Simhadri, Jason Mantsoukas, Glynn Turman, Dior Goodjohn and more of the show’s stars hit the blue carpet to celebrate the […]
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‘Percy Jackson and the Olympians’ Trailer Teases the Demigod’s Quest
The latest trailer for Percy Jackson and the Olympians takes viewers farther into the challenges its title character will face. The new clip follows an earlier teaser that focused on Percy’s (Walker Scobell) realization that he’s a demigod — the child of a Greek god and a human — and expands on it, showing the characters […]
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‘Percy Jackson’ Trailer Travels to Camp Half-Blood
Disney+ has released a trailer for its Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, and it offers up a deeper look into its title character’s world. The clip expands on an earlier teaser as it follows the demigod Percy (Walker Scobell) from his school to Camp Half-Blood and on the quest to retrieve Zeus’ (the late […]
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‘Futurama,’ ‘Percy Jackson and the Olympians,’ ‘Scott Pilgrim Takes Off’ and Blumhouse Heading to New York Comic Con
Blumhouse, Futurama, Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Archer, Shining Vale, Scott Pilgrim Takes Off and a new Goosebumps series are among the panels, screenings and exclusive first looks set for this year’s New York Comic Con. On Thursday, ReedPop announced its initial programming slate for the 2023 edition of the annual pop culture convention, taking […]
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‘Percy Jackson’ Disney+ Series Sets Premiere Date, Unveils New Teaser
Camp Half-Blood will be reopening at the end of 2023. Disney+ on Friday announced a premiere date for its Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, based on the beloved (and mega-selling) quintet of novels by Rick Riordan. The series will debut with two episodes on Dec. 20, with subsequent installments rolling out weekly. Disney+ also […]
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Rick Riordan on Adapting ‘Percy Jackson’ for TV: “We Dove in With Both Feet”
Author Rick Riordan has enthralled two generations of readers with his Percy Jackson and the Olympians novels — beginning in 2005, and now with 180 million copies in print — and other books based on Greek, Norse and Egyptian mythology. He’s also shepherding a long-awaited Percy Jackson TV series for Disney+ — now in postproduction, […]
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Lin-Manuel Miranda Boards ‘Percy Jackson’ Series at Disney+
The Percy Jackson series at Disney+ has found its messenger god. Tony, Emmy and Grammy award winner Lin-Manuel Miranda will have a recurring role in Percy Jackson and the Olympians, based on author Rick Riordan’s best-selling series of novels. Miranda will play Hermes, the messenger god who looks out for travelers and thieves and is […]
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New ‘Percy Jackson’ Book Is on Its Way, 14 Years After the Previous One
Rick Riordan and Percy Jackson are back for another Olympians. The author announced on Oct. 18 that he’ll have a sixth installment in his popular children’s franchise 14 years after the release of the fifth book in the series, Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Last Olympian. “Nearly a decade after the release of THE […]
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Why Logan Lerman Is Excited for a New Generation to Watch the Disney+ ‘Percy Jackson’ Series
While on the red carpet for his latest project Bullet Train on Monday night in Los Angeles, Logan Lerman also reacted to the news that the Percy Jackson franchise, in which he starred, is getting a new iteration. Lerman led 2010’s Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief and 2013’s Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters as […]
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‘Percy Jackson and the Olympians’ Takes ILM Virtual Production Route (Exclusive)
Upcoming Disney+ series Percy Jackson and the Olympians is taking the virtual production route. The 20th Television series, based on Rick Riordan’s best-selling novels, has started production in Vancouver and will be the first project to be made on Industrial Light & Magic’s newly built StageCraft LED stage, which features a 95-foot LED screen. “The story of […]
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‘Percy Jackson’ Author Condemns Racist Attacks on Leah Sava Jeffries Casting
The author of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians book series — and executive producer of the upcoming Disney+ series based on the books — has spoken out against racist backlash directed at one of the show’s actors. In a blog post, Rick Riordan condemned social media trolls who have complained that Leah Sava Jeffries, […]
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