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Netflix canceling The Kane Chronicles adaptation is an opportunity for Disney to create a Percy Jackson universe. Disney's success with Percy Jackson on Disney+ indicates TV is a better medium for spinoffs. The Kane Chronicles would work better as a TV show than a movie trilogy to complement Percy Jackson and the Olympians on Disney+.

Netflix axed an adaptation of a Percy Jackson spinoff series, which is devastating for those looking forward to it, but the cancelation could ultimately be a positive thing (especially for Disney). Following the overwhelming success of Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson books, the author published a new series set in the same universe as everyone's favorite son of Poseidon and Camp Half-Blood — The Kane Chronicles. The Kane Chronicles is a trilogy — The Red Pyramid (2010), The Throne of Fire (2011), and The Serpent's Shadow (2012) — revolving around Carter and Sadie Kane, two magicians descended from pharaohs.

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Netflix has scrapped plans to adapt The Kane Chronicles into a film series after two years of script development. The future of the project now depends on whether another studio is willing to take on preproduction costs. Despite setbacks, Riordan's work remains popular on screen, as seen in the success of Percy Jackson on Disney+.

Netflix has abandoned its intention to convert The Kane Chronicles by Rick Riordan into a series of three feature films. The announcement came directly from Riordan, the acclaimed author behind the beloved Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, in response to a fan's inquiry on Goodreads.

Per Variety, Riordan explained that The Kane Chronicles is now in "turnaround," a term used in the entertainment industry to indicate that a project is no longer moving forward with its original studio or network. Despite two years of effort to develop a script for the adaptation, Netflix ultimately chose to abandon the project.

Netflix has cancelled the Percy Jackson spinoff movie trilogy, The Kane Chronicles. The cancellation of The Kane Chronicles movies comes four years after they were originally announced. The Kane Chronicles movie adaptations are now in "turnaround", depending on interest from other studios.

The previously-announced Percy Jackson spinoff movie trilogy based on The Kane Chronicles has been canceled at Netflix. Percy Jackson is a popular Rick Riordan novel series that follows the life of the titular demigod son of Poseidon. Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief was first adapted into a movie in 2010, though more recently found wider success as a TV show on Disney+, recently earning a season 2 renewal with Riordan's closer involvement garnering rave reviews.

As per a statement from Riordan on Goodreads, Netflix has canceled development on a movie trilogy of the Percy Jackson spinoff series The Kane Chronicles. According to the author, the trilogy is in “turnaround,...

Netflix is no longer adapting Rick Riordan’s “Kane Chronicles” book series into feature films.

Riordan, best known as the author of the “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” books, shared the news while responding to question from a fan on Goodreads.

“Right now, Kane Chronicles is in ‘turnaround,’ which means Netflix has decided not to move forward and their option has lapsed after trying for two years to develop a script they liked,” he wrote. “Now it depends on whether another studio would like to step in, assume the preproduction costs, and move forward.”

Riordan announced the development of “The Kane Chronicles” film trilogy in 2020. The first film, based on 2010’s “The Red Pyramid,” was penned by “Star Trek: Prodigy” writer Diandra Pendleton-Thompson, according to a 2022 blog post where Riordan wrote that he was expecting a new script draft soon.

“The Red Pyramid,” along with “The Throne of Fire” (2011) and...

Rick Riordan is a well-known name in young adult fantasy circles for his best-selling Percy Jackson series. Now the novelist is back in the limelight with a new deal with Netflix to develop his Kane Chronicles series as a set of movies produced by the streaming giant. Riordan took to his blog to announce the news with the following statement.

"An exciting announcement as posted on social media concerning the Kane Chronicles: We are developing the series for feature films on Netflix! We have been working on this deal since last October, about the same time we started working on Percy, and I'm so glad I can now announce it! That's all I can say for the moment, but stay tuned. I will try to answer some questions during the Tower of Nero tour events."

Similar to how the Percy Jackson series mined Greek mythology to tell a modern tale...

Rick Riordan, author of the popular “Percy Jackson” novels, is developing his Egyptian mythology series “The Kane Chronicles” into feature films at Netflix, Variety has confirmed.

The author made the announcement on his social media accounts and website on Saturday. “Hey everybody, want some more exciting news? We’re developing ‘The Kane Chronicles’ as feature films for Netflix,” he said. “More news soon.”

On his website, Riordan wrote that he’d been working on a deal with Netflix since last October, around the same time he and Disney Plus began negotiating on a TV series for his “Percy Jackson” novels.

“We have been working on this deal since last October, about the same time we started working on Percy, and I’m so glad I can now announce it! That’s all I can say for the moment, but stay tuned,” he wrote.

Published after Riordan’s popular Greek mythology series,...

Rick Riordan, who is best known for creating the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, took to social media to unveil that he is developing feature adaptations of his The Kane Chronicles series at Netflix.

Riordan revealed the news on his Twitter and Instagram accounts as well as his website. “We have been working on this deal since last October, about the same time we started working on Percy, and I’m so glad I can now announce it!” he wrote. “That’s all I can say for the moment, but stay tuned.”

In The Kane Chronicles, Riordan takes audiences on another journey of mythology as the book series explores Egyptian gods in the modern world through the eyes of the Sadie and Carter Kane. The first of the three books in the series is The Red Pyramid, which was published in 2010. This was followed by The Throne of Fire and The Serpent’s Shadow.