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Alexandra Daddario has been a part of the film industry for many years now. While many have heard of her after she starred in Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, she has been in several notable works since then.

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While some of her works have done quite well in the eyes of the public, some have been outright horrendous for her career, causing her to gain somewhat of a reputation as a bad actress. Recently, Daddario spoke about this and addressed the rumors about her being untalented, calling them outrageous and bringing up her Emmy nomination.

On this note, here are three of her films that she should not have starred in and three that help showcase her talent.

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One cannot praise Alexandra Daddario’s talents as an actress without talking about The White Lotus.

Rick Riordan's first Percy Jackson novel, "The Lightning Thief," was first published in 2005, riding on a wave of ultra-popular young adult fantasy literature that persists to this day. One can easily see that the "Percy Jackson & the Olympians" books lift a lot of ideas from J.K. Rowling's blockbuster Harry Potter novels and follow a lot of the same story beats. Both were about young men who, while living unhappy lives among the hoi polloi, discover they actually possess royal blood. Their previously unknown lineages allow them access to worlds of magic and/or deities, which they are able to explore through either a wizards' boarding school (in Harry Potter) or a demigod summer camp (in Percy Jackson).

Both Potter and Jackson also have to face off against intergenerational enemies that are directly linked to their absent parents; with Potter, it was a wizard named Voldemort, and with Jackson,...

Disney+’s Percy Jackson and the Olympians has picked a real winner — of Golden Globe, Grammy and Emmy awards — to play Annabeth’s mom.

R&b singer and actress Andra Day will play Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom, it was announced on Sunday at D23 Brazil.

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Now that the Percy Jackson book series is being adapted to television, it's time for old and new fans to brush up on their knowledge of the novels. Thankfully, the order to read all seven of them is straightforward since their chronological order lines up with their release order. However, Riordan has written other book series set in the Percy Jackson universe, and that is when the timeline gets a bit tricky.

Riordan created the character of Percy Jackson when the author used to tell his son stories about Greek mythology. He turned his bedtime stories into a novel The Lightning Thief and the rest is history. Percy Jackson and the Olympians, which premiered in 2023, gives each book its own season. Hopefully, the Disney+ series continues to be successful enough to warrant more seasons, so that the entire series can come to life on-screen. Following the disaster that was the...

The Percy Jackson movies altered the characters' ages and story tone from the source material. The movies changed Percy's quest, removed key elements, and inaccurately portrayed characters' motives. The adaptations lost the books' humor and simplified the gods, and were therefore less engaging and faithful.

It is no secret that the Percy Jackson movie adaptations got a lot wrong about the source material. Everyone, including Rick Riordan himself, has criticized the movies for their complete failure to understand the books and their most vital components. The Percy Jackson movie franchise only made it through two movies before buckling under the weight of its mistakes; the second movie awkwardly tries to correct some of the things from the first, to little avail.

These two movies changed so many things about the Percy Jackson story that none of the original tone or messages came through, and many of the characters were unrecognizable.

Summertime is the best time to transport yourself into a nostalgic world, as Freeform celebrates 30 Days of Disney with legendary Disney films starting June 1. Viewers can relive their childhood with films from the full Disney catalog, including Disney-Pixar’s Inside Out, National Treasure, Avatar, Spider-Man (2002), and many more.

The programming event will also feature the world television premiere of Disney-Pixar’s animated film Lightyear. Other Freeform premieres include Disney-Pixar’s Soul and Disney Animation’s Fantasia (1940 and 2000).

Throughout each week in June, fans can reminisce with special summer marathons that will stir up fond memories and reconnect them with the films they cherish.

During the first weekend of June, you can check out your Disney “faves” with classic films like Disney Animation’s Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, and The Little Mermaid (1989). During the second weekend, check out your Pixar faves with movies like Inside Out, Coco, and Cars.

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Lerman has not ruled out a return to the Percy Jackson franchise. The success of the series could lead to multiple seasons with potential opportunities for Lerman to get involved. Long-term success of the show might also depend on incorporating legacy actors like Lerman in suitable roles.

Logan Lerman responds to if he would be open to appearing in Percy Jackson and the Olympians. Lerman rose to prominence when he played the titular role in the 2010 movie Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, an adaptation of the novel The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan. After a sequel, Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters in 2013, the film series was cancelled, with the television reboot hitting Disney+ in December 2023.

Speaking with Access Online, Lerman was asked about a potential return to the franchise in Percy Jackson and the Olympians season 2. Reacting to the Disney+ adaptation of the novels, which Riordan is involved with,...

Logan Lerman, best known for the Percy Jackson film series, began acting in commercials when he was young and made his film debut in 2000 with the movie The Patriot. After starring in several movies, he decided he needed a break in the early 2000s and would return to the industry when he was 12. In 2004, he was cast in one of the two titular roles in the TV series Jack & Bobby.

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By the time he was cast as the titular character in the 2009 movie Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, he had appeared in numerous projects and won three Young Artist Awards. The movies have been criticized for deviating from the source material for years. With the release of the new Disney+ series, fans were hoping to have those mistakes corrected. However, Lerman’s recent words have drawn a surprisingly new reaction from them.

For fans of World War II period dramas and the original "Percy Jackson" films, I have incredible news. The limited series "We Were the Lucky Ones" is coming to Disney's newly-purchased Hulu very soon, and it looks like it's going to be worth the wait.

The show is "inspired by the incredible true story of one Jewish family separated at the start of World War II, determined to survive and reunite," according to the official synopsis. "The series demonstrates how in the face of the 20th century's darkest moment, the human spirit can endure and even thrive. The series is a tribute to the triumph of hope and love against all odds."

It is adapted from a New York Times best-selling novel of the same name by Georgia Hunter, a 46-year-old Jewish-American author. Her book is based on the true story of her family's survival in the Holocaust. Although the...

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The first season of the long-awaited “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” series has come to a close, and the whole season is now available to stream on Disney+.

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The season ended the same way Rick Riordan’s first book did: Percy (Walker Scobell), Annabeth (Leah Sava Jeffries) and Grover (Aryan Simhadri) part ways before the school year, knowing that they’ll reunite in the not-so-distant future with a bit more world-saving to do.

The series follows Percy on a dangerous quest as he journeys across America to return Zeus’ (Lance Reddick) master bolt and stop an all-out war. With the help of his quest mates Annabeth and his best friend Grover, Percy’s journey lead him closer to the...

Warning! This article contains spoilers for Percy Jackson and the Olympians episode 5.

The inclusion of Ares in Percy Jackson and the Olympians episode 5 rectifies a major error in the 2010 movie's portrayal of Percy and Annabeth's relationship. The Waterland sequence in the episode is an iconic chapter from the book that allows Percy and Annabeth to transition from acquaintances to friends. The Tunnel of Love scene in the episode focuses on Percy and Annabeth's friendship rather than romantic love, making it a standout moment in the series.

Percy Jackson and the Olympians episode 5 contains one specific sequence that fixes a major issue with the 2010 movie concerning Percy and Annabeth's relationship. The first adaptation of Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson book series was released in 2010 under the title Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief. Despite being an enjoyable enough film in its own right, many familiar with the original books...

[Warning: The following contains Major spoilers for Percy Jackson and the Olympians Season 1 Episode 5, “A God Buys Us Cheeseburgers.”] Ahead of the release of Percy Jackson and the Olympians Episode 5, author and series co-creator Rick Riordan said on Instagram that this is the episode “where things Really get cooking.” He wasn’t kidding. “A God Buys Us Cheeseburgers” features the debut of not just one god, but two: Aew star Adam “Edge” Copeland as Ares, and Psych alum Timothy Omundson as Hephaestus, the god of artisans, blacksmiths, carpenters, craftsmen, and more. Hephaestus’ presence in the episode is actually a departure from the source material. In Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (the book on which Season 1 is based), Hephaestus doesn’t actually show up and meet the questing demigods. In the Disney+ adaptation, he does, bringing another exciting element to the fan-favorite Tunnel of Love scene — another pivotal book moment that the movies left out. (Ares isn’t ...

Percy Jackson and the Olympians has received overwhelmingly positive reviews and high audience scores, surpassing the low ratings of the previous movies. The first episode of the series garnered record-setting viewership, becoming the most watched premiere of any Disney Branded Television offering and one of the top five season premieres of 2023. The strong performance of the series suggests that it has the potential to expand and continue for multiple seasons, potentially surpassing the limitations faced by other fantasy shows like Willow.

Fans of Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson books have been waiting for a faithful adaptation of the story of the young demi-god for a long time. After two heavily criticized movies, this December Disney finally unveiled the first episodes of Percy Jackson and the Olympians, adapting Riordan’s books with the full co-operation of the author himself, and reaping the rewards for their endeavor.

The serialized adaptation arrived on...

Warning: Spoilers ahead for Percy Jackson & the Olympians episodes 1 and 2.

The Disney+ series adaptation of Percy Jackson & the Olympians is more faithful to the books compared to the movies. Walker Scobell's portrayal of Percy is closer to the character's age in the books, unlike Logan Lerman's slightly older version in the movies. The Disney+ show delves deeper into Percy's school life, including his time at Yancy Academy, while also presenting a less troubled home life for the character.

Percy Jackson & the Olympians is giving Rick Riordan's books a second chance at life on-screen, and the Disney+ series is already proving a much different adaptation than the movies; even Walker Scobell's Percy offers a distinct version of the character compared to Logan Lerman's. Lerman brought the titular hero to life in 2010's Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief and its 2013 sequel, The Sea of Monsters. The...

Disney+'s Percy Jackson and the Olympians has the highest audience score of the franchise at 91% on Rotten Tomatoes. The new adaptation has surpassed the previous movies in terms of audience ratings. The show's score aligns with the show's best-ever critic score of 96%, earned earlier this month.

Disney+'s Percy Jackson and the Olympians has earned a higher Rotten Tomatoes audience score than the rest of the franchise. The live-action show, which stars Walker Scobell as the titular son of Poseidon, is a new adaptation of the young adult book series of the same name by Rick Riordan. The series was previously adapted into a pair of movies starring Logan Lerman, namely 2010's Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief and 2013's Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters.

Now that the two Percy Jackson and the Olympians premiere episodes have aired on Disney+ (with the first also being available on Hulu...

There was nothing special at all about Percy Jackson. He was just another face in a crowd…until a shocking discovery sent him and his friends on an epic quest, with a face-to-face meeting with a god at its end! “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” will debut on Disney+ on Wednesday, Dec. 20, with a journey so epic that even Zeus himself would be impressed! You can watch Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief with a subscription to Disney+. You can also watch with Hulu.

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Percy Jackson knows he’s nothing all that special, but he’s got friends and hobbies that he enjoys.

Logan Lerman, who played the title character in two Percy Jackson films a decade ago, offered praise and best wishes to the latest actor to take on the role: “I can’t imagine a better fit for Percy Jackson than Walker [Scobell],” Lerman wrote in a note read aloud to Scobell during a podcast featuring the cast and producers of the new Disney+ series Percy Jackson and the Olympians.

The encouraging words came during a live recording of the podcast Happy Sad Confused (watch it below). Host Josh Horowitz was moderating a panel at New York’s 92nd Street Y that included Scobell along with castmates Leah Sava Jeffries, Aryan Simhadri, author and producer Rick Riordan and exec producer Becky Riordan when he surprised the guests with Lerman’s missive.

“The show looks amazing,” Lerman wrote. “I can’t wait to see you all crush it in your roles. You’re...

Logan Lerman is giving his stamp of approval for the upcoming Percy Jackson and the Olympians Disney+ series!

The adaptation of Rick Riordan‘s novels stars Walker Scobell as Percy Jackson, Leah Jeffries as Annabeth Chase, and Aryan Simhadri as Grover Underwood.

Logan played the titular character in the 2010 movie Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief and in 2013′s Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters.

The actor has shared his praise for the new generation of stars as he passes the torch!

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During the cast’s recent appearance at a live taping of Josh Horowitz‘s Happy Sad Confused podcast, the host read aloud a note from Logan.

“The show looks amazing,” The Perks of Being a Wallflower star wrote. “I can’t wait to see you all crush it in your roles. You’re making a lot of people happy bringing these characters to life.

Logan Lerman was the first actor to bring Percy Jackson to life on screen with his role in Fox’s short-lived film franchise, which kicked off in 2010 with “Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief” and continued in 2013 with “Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters.” Now rising star Walker Scobell is taking over the role in Disney+’s television series “Percy Jackson and the Olympians.” Lerman recently surprised Scobell and the rest of the new cast by sending over his blessing during a live recording of the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast.

“The show looks amazing,” Lerman told the cast in a note. “I can’t wait to see you all crush it in your roles. You’re making a lot of people happy bringing these characters to life. I can’t imagine a better fit for Percy Jackson than Walker. You were so brilliant in ‘The Adam Project.’ I hope...

It's been less than 15 years since 20th Century Fox tried to leverage the "Percy Jackson" series of books by Rick Riordan into their own version of a "Harry Potter" franchise, replete with well-known adult actors, a group of less familiar child actors, a fantastical setting, and even the director of the first two "Potter" films. But while "Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief" did well enough to merit a sequel, there must have been some sense of a story that wasn't told as effectively as possible. Now, as we wrap up 2023, and as Disney+ embarks on its fifth year of existence, Percy is back and this time in TV form. "Percy Jackson and the Olympians" (please note the lack of an ampersand in this show's title) goes through the basic story that made up the 2010 film subtitled "The Lightning Thief," but has the benefit and imprimatur of Riordan as...

Percy Jackson and the Olympians' episode titles have been revealed ahead of its December premiere on Disney+.

Released on the show's Instagram account, a video reel of a scroll struck by lightning lists the eight-episode count for Season One of the upcoming fantasy adventure series. The first season is as follows: Episode 101: I Accidentally Vaporize My Pre-algebra Teacher, Episode 102: I Become Supreme Lord of the Bathroom, Episode 103: We Visit the Garden Gnome Emporium, Episode 104: I Plunge to My Death, Episode 105: A God Buys Us Cheeseburgers, Episode 106: We Take a Zebra to Vegas, Episode 107: We Find Out the Truth, Sort Of and Episode 108: The Prophecy Comes True.

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20th Century Fox wanted Chris Columbus‘ 2010 film “Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief” to kick off a franchise that could contend with “Harry Potter.” Alas, that didn’t happen. Critics had a mixed reception about the feature, and it didn’t do well at the box office either. But the original “Percy Jackson” books remain popular, so it only makes sense for Disney to take a swing at it, this time as streaming series on Disney+.

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A recently unveiled trailer gives fans a sneak peek into the world of Percy Jackson and the Olympians. Percy Jackson and the Olympians season 1 premieres on Disney+ on December 20. The show, which is inspired by Greek mythology, stars Walker Scobell, Aryan Simhadri, and Leah Sava Jeffries.

A brand-new look at Percy Jackson and the Olympians has arrived. The upcoming Disney+ show, which is an adaptation of the Rick Riordan novels of the same name, is set to premiere on December 20. The show follows Percy Jackson (Walker Scobell), a young man who learns that he is the son of the Greek god Poseidon and is whisked away to Camp Half-Blood, where demigods are trained. When he is accused of stealing Zeus' thunderbolt, he and his friends, the satyr Grover (Aryan Simhadri) and Athena's daughter Annabeth (Leah Sava Jeffries), embark on an adventure to clear his name.

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Karey Burke, who’s the president of Disney-owned 20th Television, discussed the future of the highly-anticipated Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, ahead of its Disney+ debut.

In an interview with Variety, Burke expressed the studio’s eagerness to potentially adapt Rick Riordan’s entire Camp Half-Blood Chronicles book series, which includes stories centering around other demigods besides Percy Jackson. "We want them all," Burke said. "In spite of the movie experience that he had before, he’s an expansive thinker about his work. He doesn’t have a rigid interpretation of it. The other series that he’s created that live in this world are all part of our universe that we can adapt."

Related: Percy Jackson and the Olympians Creator Has a Cameo in the Disney+ Series

In addition, Burke also teased the possibility of turning the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series into a franchise that may expand into a theme park.

Rick Riordan "wrote off Hollywood" after being left frustrated by the 'Percy Jackson' films.The 59-year-old author has never watched either of the movie adaptations of his work – 'Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief' and 'Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters' – and refused to consider other takes on the books as the flicks had deviated from the source material so much.In an interview with Variety, Rick said: "After the movie experience, I basically wrote off Hollywood for a long, long time. I really didn't want to have anything to do with the film industry."There were many years of me saying, 'I don't want to engage. I don't want to think about other adaptations. I'm done.'"'Percy Jackson' is now returning to the screen in a Disney+ TV series that will premiere in December and Rick ultimately relented on his anti-adaptation stance.He explained: "But...

It’s no secret that Rick Riordan, who wrote the Percy Jackson book series and executive-produces the upcoming Disney+ live-action series, took major issue with the 2010 film Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief and its sequel Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters.

In his notes to movie producers in 2009, he called the Lightning Thief script “terrible” as a whole and maligned the age-inappropriate swearing as a “lazy attempt to make the script seem hip to teens.” Responding to a fan in 2020 who said he hated the films more than they did, Riordan shared that it was “my life’s...

Rick Riordan was not exactly impressed with the Percy Jackson movies, and the author is looking back on some of the issues with the two feature films.

Based on Riordan's Percy Jackson novel series, Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief was released in 2010. It was followed by a sequel, Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, in 2013. The films respectively made $227 million and $202 at the box office, falling short of the studio's hopes that the franchise could be the new Harry Potter in terms of theatrical revenue. Reflecting on the films in a newly-published interview with Variety, Riordan speaks about what went wrong with the original live-action adaptations.

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According to Riordan, one of the "fundamental mistakes" made was with the casting, as making the characters older versions of themselves created a bit of a disconnect with viewers. With the first film,...

The next big thing in Hollywood was created by a middle school teacher from Texas. To his fans, he’s Uncle Rick.

In the crowd of a Los Angeles theater, where Uncle Rick has stopped on his most recent book tour, two teenage sisters gush that they drove for nearly two hours to make it here tonight — longer, when you account for parking — but it was worth it. Like Percy Jackson, the character that made Uncle Rick famous, the older sister has Adhd, while the younger sister never liked reading. And Percy also landed in Los Angeles on his very first quest. So by the logic set out in Uncle Rick’s books, these girls were born to be heroes.

“Here’s what I think is gonna happen,” the 15-year-old whispers. “He’s gonna pull me out of the audience and say, ‘I want you in my show.’” Her sister...

He wasn’t on the speakers’ list, but Percy Jackson & The Olympians creator Rick Riordan staged a surprise last-minute walk-on Sunday at New York Comic Con with his wife, Becky Riordan.

The couple closed out a jam-packed panel for the upcoming Disney+ adaptation of author Riordan’s beloved, modern-day-mythological fantasy novels about a boy who learns he is the half-human son of the sea god Poseidon.

“Let’s go to Camp Half-Blood and play capture the flag,” a smiling Riordan said from the stage, introducing the last of three exclusive sneak-peak clips from the series, which premieres December 20.

A capacity Comic Con audience — many already in orange and black Camp Half-Blood t-shirts handed out at the door — cheered inside the mammoth exhibition hall at Manhattan’s Javits Center. Then came a five-minute reel showing Percy, played by Walker Scobell, in a crucial early test of his fighting skills at the sleep-away camp for young demigods-in-training.

The upcoming Disney+ series of Percy Jackson and the Olympians has the potential to correct the mistakes of the previous film adaptation, with author Rick Riordan having creative control over the show. The TV series will include key storylines missing from the film, such as the involvement of the god Ares as a secondary antagonist and Percy's fight with him in Los Angeles. The show will also delve into important elements of the book series that were overlooked in the film, including Percy's encounter with the Three Fates, the manipulation of Luke by the titan Kronos, and the revelation of Percy's divine parentage by Poseidon.

The upcoming Disney+ television series Percy Jackson and the Olympians has a lot of hype surrounding it, as many hope that it will right the wrongs of the first adaptation of Rick Riordan's popular book series. 20th Century Fox released Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief...

The Percy Jackson series was one of the most successful book series of the 2000s. Author Rick Riordan's fantasy novels follow young Percy Jackson, who learns he is the son of the Greek god Poseidon. From there, Percy has to use his newfound powers to stop the Titans from destroying the world.

Set to premiere later this year on Disney+, the upcoming series adaptation is the second time that the novels have made the jump to the screen. The movie Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief adapted the first novel and was released in 2010. Despite lukewarm reviews, it enjoyed box office success. A sequel, Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, was released in 2013. More sequels were planned but never materialized, with the aging of the cast as one possible factor.

Disney gained the rights to Percy Jackson through their 21st Century Fox acquisition and announced plans to revisit the series in 2018. So,...

Disney+'s "Percy Jackson and the Olympians" series is quickly approaching. On Aug. 18, the streamer unveiled a dramatic teaser that indicates Percy might be in for some dark days ahead and reveals the highly anticipated show is set to arrive this December. Disney+ dropped yet another teaser on Sept. 19, taking fans back to Camp Half-Blood for Percy's upcoming adventure of a lifetime.

The very first teaser for "Percy Jackson and the Olympians" arrived on Sept. 10, 2022. The clip, which debuted at the D23 expo, revealed a first look at both Walker Scobell as Percy and Camp Half-Blood itself. It also features voiceover narration from Scobell's Percy, who says, "If you think you might be one of us, my advice is: turn away while you still can."

There's a lot of excitement surrounding Disney+'s adaption of the beloved children's book series by Rick Riordan. The first live-action version of the franchise...

Welcome back to Camp Half-Blood.

Disney+ has released the official teaser trailer for its “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” series, starring Walker Scobell as the titular 12-year-old boy, Leah Sava Jeffries as Annabeth Chase and Aryan Simhadri as Grover Underwood.

The official logline reads, “‘Percy Jackson and the Olympians’ tells the fantastical story of a 12-year-old modern demigod, Percy Jackson (Scobell), who’s just coming to terms with his newfound divine powers when the sky god Zeus accuses him of stealing his master lightning bolt. With help from his friends Grover (Simhadri) and Annabeth (Jeffries), Percy must embark on an adventure of a lifetime to find it and restore order to Olympus.”

The action-adventure fantasy series is produced by Disney’s 20th Television. “Percy Jackson” author Rick Riordan co-wrote the pilot of the show with Jon Steinberg, while James Bobin directs. The three serve as executive producers with Dan Shotz,...

In 2010, 20th Century Fox brought to life the first film in the Percy Jackson series, Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief starring Logan Lerman. Fox would bring over the director of the early Harry Potter films, Chris Columbus, to helm the start of this new franchise. The Lightning Thief would go on to become a hit as it grossed $226.4 million worldwide with a production budget of $95 million. The sequel, Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, also became a modest hit and a third film, The Titan’s Curse, was set to be the next installment, but it never manifested.

Now, Disney brings you the teaser trailer for the new Disney+ series, Percy Jackson and the Olympians. The news is revealed today, for it is Percy Jackson’s birthday. The show is to be an epic adaptation of the series of novels by author Rick Riordan. The novels are a best-selling book series from Disney Hyperion.

Prime Video has released its “Red White & Royal Blue” film, based on Casey McQuiston’s novel, and viewers are in store for some great twists on romantic comedy tropes and foreign relations.

McQuiston’s novel follows Alex Claremont Diaz (Taylor Zakhar Perez), son of the first woman to become president of the United States (Uma Thurman) as he butts heads with Prince Henry (Nicholas Galitzine) constantly, which gets them both into trouble. The president sent her son to the royal wedding with only one operative: Do not cause a scene. But apparently, he caused a big enough commotion to take the cake — literally a large wedding cake toppled onto Alex and Henry after an altercation on the dance floor. Smoothing things over, at least in a famous fake friendship kind of way, the boys strike up an actual relationship, romantic and all.

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Percy Jackson & the Olympians, written by American author Rick Riordan, is a series of five fantasy novels based on Greek mythology that has stemmed into a multi-series franchise; over 15 books have been published following several key characters along their journey to save the world. In the first series, Percy Jackson is a 12-year-old boy with dyslexia and Adhd who discovers he is the son of the Greek god of the sea, Poseidon. From there, he bravely sets out to deal with the complex politics of the temperamental Olympians, making many friends and enemies along his journey and fighting against a prophecy he is meant to fulfill.

Update August 10, 2023: This article has been updated Mona Bassil with additional information regarding the news of the Disney+ Percy Jackson series.

Two films were made based on this book series: Chris Columbus' Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief in 2010 and Thor Freudenthal...

Where to Watch Powered by The Percy Jackson film series, which had disappointing adaptations of the first two books, was unsuccessful due to straying from the source material and rushing the storylines. Despite earning double its budget, the sequel, Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, garnered unfavorable reviews and underwhelming box office returns. After scrapping plans for a third film, Disney's upcoming Percy Jackson TV series offers hope for a faithful book-to-screen adaptation, with author Rick Riordan heavily involved and a promise to fix the mistakes made in the movies.

The Percy Jackson & the Olympians series does not have the best track record regarding book-to-screen adaptations. 20th Century Fox attempted to bring the world of Camp Half-Blood and Olympus to life in the 2010 film Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, starring Logan Lerman as the son of Poseidon. The movie was not received well by fans and critics alike,...

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Rob Young, a Canadian sound mixer whose 40-year career in the industry included an Oscar nomination for his work on the Clint Eastwood best picture winner Unforgiven, has died. He was 76.

Young died June 11 in Albi, France, of complications from a fall in Morocco while on a food tour, his wife, Yvonne Young, announced.

Young also was nominated for BAFTA awards for Unforgiven (1992) and Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet (1996), for a Cinema Audio Society prize for Joe Johnston’s Jumanji (1995), for a Genie Award for Phillip Borsos’ The Grey Fox (1983) and for a Golden Reel Award for Bryan Singer’s X2 (2003).

The New Brunswick native mixed Roxanne (1987) and The Russia House (1990) for director Fred Schepisi, the first two First Blood films in 1982 and ’85 for Ted Kotcheff and George P. Cosmatos, respectively, and the first two Night at the Museum movies for Shawn Levy in 2006 and ’09 (not to mention The Pink Panther...

Rob Young, the Oscar-nominated sound mixer of “Unforgiven,” died June 11 in Albi, France from complications of a fall he sustained during a trip to Morocco. He was 76.

Young was a sound mixer in the feature film industry for nearly 40 years, earning an Oscar nomination in the category of Best Sound for Clint Eastwood’s 1992 Western “Unforgiven.” He mixed sound for other popular projects including “William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet” and “Jumanji” in the mid-1990s.

Among his other notable credits were “Catwoman,” “She’s the Man,” “Final Destination 3” “Night at the Museum,” “Jennifer’s Body” and “Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief.”

He went on to be nominated by the British Academy for “Unforgiven,” and “William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet” and “Jumanji” and the Geni Awards for “The Grey Fox” and the Golden Reel for “X2.”

Young was raised in a small town in New Brunswick, Canada. He attended technical school in St.

The Disney+ Percy Jackson and the Olympians TV series is currently in the works, and there are 8 big reasons why the show is already beating the books. Percy Jackson and the Olympians is an acclaimed book series written by Rick Riordan that started in 2005, with it going on to consist of five mainline books and tons of spin-offs. The franchise has remained popular since it initially launched, which is why it is now getting a major show on Dinsey+. Some fans have been skeptical as to what the quality of Disney's Percy Jackson and the Olympians show will be like, but it already looks better than the books.

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Percy Jackson and the Olympians author Rick Riordan shares his positive impression of the director's cuts of all the episodes in season 1. Based on Riordans' best-selling novel series, Percy Jackson and the Olympians is an upcoming Disney Plus show for which Riordan also serves as co-creator. The series stars The Adam Project's Walker Scobell in the lead role of Percy, with season 1 production having wrapped in Vancouver earlier this year.

Now, after his wife previously reacted to early cuts of Percy Jackson and the Olympians episodes, Riordan himself shares his own thoughts on the episodes with ComicBook.com. While not revealing any spoilers for the show, the author's impressions are exceedingly positive, with "relief" being the first reaction that came to mind. Check out Riordan's thoughts on the director's cuts below:

"I've seen cuts of all the episodes at this point, multiple cuts, because they do go through a manuscript.

Rick Riordan, the creator of Percy Jackson & The Olympians, details the damage the film adaptations had on his family. Riordan's first Percy Jackson book was initially adapted into a feature film in 2010, entitled Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief. Despite the poor reception, the sequel Sea of Monsters was released in 2013. Riordan had little involvement in the films, aside from briefly consulting on the first film and refusing to participate in the sequel's production.

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Upon its release throughout the mid-to-late 2000s, the Percy Jackson book series garnered widespread popularity among young readers, which led to not one but two film adaptations of the books, "Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief" and "Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters." The movies follow Percy Jackson, a young adult who discovers he is the son of Poseidon, the Greek god of the sea, and embarks on a number of adventures to develop his demigod powers and save loved ones from threatening forces, but they faced criticism for straying from the original content of the novels and cutting author Rick Riordan out of the creative process.

The last Percy Jackson onscreen adaptation reached audiences in 2013, but Disney+ is bringing a fresh, new take to Percy's story in the upcoming series "Percy Jackson and the Olympians," which is currently in production and set to...

The Disney+ series Percy Jackson and the Olympians has potentially already been renewed for season 2 if its lead star is to be believed. The series, which is set to premiere on the streaming platform in early 2024, is the latest live-action adaptation to be based on the children's book series of the same name by Rick Riordan, which follows a young man named Percy Jackson who discovers that he is the son of Poseidon and is whisked off to Camp Half-Blood, a training ground for demigods. The property was originally adapted into a pair of films - 2010's Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief and 2013's Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters - starring Logan Lerman in the title role.

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Alexandra Daddario smiles in a fuzzy bathrobe during a French adventure. Photo credit: ©ImageCollect.com/Carrie-nelson

Alexandra Daddario was all smiles as she donned a fuzzy bathrobe during her French adventure.

The 36-year-old is currently in France for Paris Fashion Week and she gave her social media followers the inside scoop on her trip. Her photos gave a glimpse of her prep for attending the Dior Ready-to-Wear Spring/Summer 2023 Show, as well as some sightseeing she partook in after the show.

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