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With production currently underway in Vancouver for a 2025 return, we have some huge casting news to pass along for Disney+'s Walker Scobell (Percy Jackson), Leah Sava Jeffries (Annabeth Chase), and Aryan Simhadri (Grover Underwood)-starring adaptation of award-winning author Rick Riordan's bestselling book series Earlier today, it was announced that Tamara Smart (Resident Evil) is joining[...]

Some great news coming out of this afternoon's earnings report for the first fiscal quarter of this year, with The Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Iger in the mood to make fans of Disney+'s live-action series adaptation of award-winning author Rick Riordan's "Percy Jackson" novels That's right – after strong viewing numbers and a passionate social[...]

Any time a new cast is front and center to take over a beloved franchise, it's inevitable they'll face adversity from critics who are set in their way, as is the case of Leah Jeffries playing Annabeth Chase, one of the three core characters of the Disney+ series Percy Jackson & the Olympians with Walker[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? NBC's Night Court, Paramount+'s Star Trek: Section 31, Netflix's Star Trek: Prodigy, FX's What We Do in the Shadows, BBC's Doctor Who, Disney+'s What If…?, AMC's The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live, AEW/WWE, Paramount+'s Halo, DC Studios' Superman: Legacy, Netflix's Stranger Things 5, HBO's True Detective: Night Country, Netflix's Avatar: The Last Airbender,[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? Disney+'s Echo, Adult Swim's Rick and Morty, Netflix's Sonic Prime, CBS's Everybody Loves Raymond, Prime Video's The Boys, Eurovision 2024, Warrior Nun, AEW, James Gunn/DCU, NBC's Saturday Night Live, Disney+'s Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Charlie Sheen/Two and a Half Men, Screambox, Jeopardy!/Mayim Bialik, Crunchyroll's Suzume, and more! Images/Screencaps: Prime Video, Netflix, SNL, Disney+, BBC, Adult[...]

It's hard to believe it's been 13 years since Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson & the Olympians was first adapted to the screen in 2010's The Lightning Thief While the 20th Century Studios' film saw success at the box office, it was followed up with the lackluster sequel in 2013's Sea of Monsters Ten years later,[...]

It's been a long near-two-decade journey for Percy Jackson creator Rick Riordan Since first publishing his original Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief in 2005, his work was originally adapted to film for 20th Century Fox, now 20th Century Studios, that starred Logan Lerman, Brandon T Jackson, and Alexandra Daddario as Percy, Grover,[...]

Percy Jackson and the Olympians Disney+ series will add Jay Duplass (The Chair) and Timothy Omundson (Psyche) to an already loaded ensemble cast They join stars Walker Scobell, who plays the title character, Aryan Simhadri (Grover), and Leah Sava Jeffires (Annabeth) Rounding the cast are Virginia Kull, Glynn Turman, Jason Mantzoukas, Megan Mullally, Timm Sharp,[...]

Percy Jackson and the Olympians Disney+ series added three more to its cast, including Suzanne Cryer, Jessica Parker Kennedy, and Adam Copeland, also known as Edge in WWE The trio joins series lead Walker Scobell and series regulars Aryan Simhadri and Leah Savah Jeffires Copeland will have a recurring role as Ares, the god of[...]

With production on Disney+'s series adaptation of Rick Riordan's "Percy Jackson and the Olympians" YA novel series getting underway, it won't be long before fans get a chance to see Walker Scobell (Percy), Leah Jeffries (Annabeth Chase) and Aryan Simhadri (Grover Underwood) bring the author's characters to life Unfortunately, a small but loud & hate-filled group[...]

Whether you're a fan of author Rick Riordan's "Percy Jackson and the Olympians" YA novel series or just learning about it for the first time, what's been going on with the upcoming Disney+ series adaptation should be something on your pop culture radar Last week, Leah Jeffries and Aryan Simhadri were announced to be joining[...]

Fans of award-winning author Rick Riordan's "Percy Jackson" series of novels were in for some great news on Tuesday, with Disney+ giving a series order for Percy Jackson and the Olympians Based on the best-selling book series, the series finds Riordan & Jon Steinberg (Black Sails, FX's The Old Man) writing the pilot and James[...]

As fans eagerly wait for the Percy Jackson franchise to make its way to television for Disney+, author Rick Riordan offered an update on his blog (via Entertainment Weekly) All they're looking for is the creative mind before everything starts coming together "So where are we?" he wrote "Well, if I haven't been giving you[...]

Author of the "Percy Jackson" book series, Rick Riordan, recently reminded fans of the upcoming Disney+series when he placed a call for auditions for the coveted lead character The limits for who are able to audition focuses on actors who can play around the age of 12- with no mention of ethnicity The character of Percy,[...]

Also showing up next month on Disney+: both animated Tarzan films, Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, more Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian episodes, the first season of Schoolhouse Rock, and the debut of Into the Unknown: Making Frozen 2 The biggie is Artemis Fowl, as all of Hollywood will be watching with bated[...]

One of the most successful youth mythological fantasy adventures will make its way to television in Percy Jackson & The Olympians The series' author Rick Riordan made the announcement with his wife Becky Riordan over social media The couple petitioned Disney for an adaptation for the streaming platform Disney+ To garner support, they used #DisneyAdaptPercyJackson[...]

Ed Brown writes for Bleeding Cool This looks something like a messed-up combination of Bryan Singer's second X-Men film and… well, Percy Jackson: Lightning Thief Funny that. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xg3znoE9m7I[/youtube] Despite my misgivings about the earlier film, I think this certainly looks the part Those monsters look fantastic, and the vast world created in Rick Riordan's popular books seems to[...]

Jessy Williams writes for Bleeding Cool Two new character posters showing Annabeth Chase and Percy Jackson from Percy Jackson: The Sea of Monsters have been released via the film's Facebook page. They aren't the most astounding posters I've ever seen, but they do nicely at boasting who the characters are related to Percy is the son of[...]