These days, it looks like Disney+ has been deleting extra exhibits than it’s including. But sure, it’s nonetheless including them, and one of many largest coming later this yr is Percy Jackson and the Olympians. Based on the hit guide 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) Maybe you noticed one of many two motion pictures Fox made primarily based on the character within the 2010s. Well now, it’s getting the full-court press, Disney+ adaptation which is able to debut on December 20. Here’s the primary teaser.
That’s Walker Scobell within the lead position, who you could or might not know from the Netflix movie, The Adam Project. Besides his youthful costars (Leah Sava Jeffries and Aryan Simhadri), Scobell will likely 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 couple of.
This appears to be a present a lot of youthful followers are enthusiastic about and hey, that’s nice. I hope it’s so good that the excitement boils up to a degree the place everybody on Earth is speaking about Percy Jackson and the Olympians. Because, let’s face it, if it doesn’t, it might endure the destiny of comparable fantasy Disney+ exhibits like Willow or The Mysterious Benedict Society.
Percy Jackson and the Olympians debuts on December 20.
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