Leah Sava Jeffries, Aryan Simhadri and Walker Scobell in Percy Jackson.Picture: Disney+
Nowadays, it looks as if Disney+ has been deleting extra reveals than it’s including. However sure, it’s nonetheless including them, and one of many largest coming later this 12 months is Percy Jackson and the Olympians. Based mostly on the hit ebook 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 tens of millions of people that purchased the books or B) Perhaps you noticed one of many two motion pictures Fox made primarily based on the character within the 2010s. Nicely now, it’s getting the full-court press, Disney+ adaptation which can debut on December 20. Right here’s the primary teaser.
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That’s Walker Scobell within the lead function, who it’s possible you’ll or might not know from the Netflix movie, The Adam Challenge. In addition to his youthful costars (Leah Sava Jeffries and Aryan Simhadri), Scobell will probably be joined by a formidable 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 just a few.
This appears to be a present plenty 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. As a result of, let’s face it, if it doesn’t, it may endure the destiny of comparable fantasy Disney+ reveals like Willow or The Mysterious Benedict Society.
Percy Jackson and the Olympians debuts on December 20.
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