Earlier this year, writer Rick Riodan announced that he was working on a brand new series for Disney+ based on his “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” novels.  With the new Disney+ series set to consists of 5 seasons, with one season will represent each book in the series.  Recently he shared that he had sent the pilot script had been sent to Disney,

With the Walt Disney Company set to reveal more details on its upcoming Disney+ slate at today’s Investor Day event, Rick Riodan has shared a video clip on Tiktok that will be appearing in the shareholders meeting.

A super short teaser that will appear today at the Disney shareholders meeting. Still a long way to go but I am so excited! #percyjackson #disneyplus

 

20th Century Studios has already made two movies from the book series, both of which are available on Disney+, however, Rick Riodan has been very vocal about his dislike for those movies and wanted to try again.

Are you excited for the new “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” Disney+ series?

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2 Comments

  1. Tom December 10, 2020

    Very excited about this series as well as the Willow series. Need more content like this that is not based on Marvel or Star Wars. Gives more balance to the lineup of originals. Hope to see more series like this.

  2. Oliver January 7, 2021

    I read the Percy Jackson series before and I loved them, the old movies were ok I geuss, but I can't wait to see what they have done with it. So I want to say thanks to rick riorden and the team for bringing my favourite books to life.