Disney+’s new 'Percy Jackson' series has found its lead demi-god in 'The Adam Project' star Walker Scobell. The project begins filming this summer.
Disney's upcoming adaptation of Rick Riordan's novels Percy Jackson and The Olympians has cast Walker Scobell as the series' lead character. The Adam Project star will be taking up the titular role of Percy Jackson in the upcoming series for Disney+. Percy is a 12-year-old boy in modern-day that learns that he is actually a demi-god, the son of the Greek God Poseidon.
The upcoming series is set to adapt The Lightning Thief, the first novel of the series which, as the name suggests, sees Percy traveling across America with his friends to clear his name and return order to Mount Olympus after he is accused of stealing Zeus's powerful master lightning bolt — all the while coming to terms with his newly learned demi-god status. Scobell made his film debut this year opposite Ryan Reynolds in Netflix's The Adam Project.
Percy Jackson and The Olympians debuted in 2005 and consists of five novels, including the previously mentioned The Lightning Thief as well as The Sea of Monsters, The Titan's Curse, The Battle of the Labyrinth, and The Last Olympian. There were also several spin-offs as well as a sequel series known as Heroes of Olympus that followed a new cast of main characters and returning favorites from the first series.
The Disney+ series adaptation for Percy Jackson and The Olympians does not currently have a release date or release window announced.