A Percy Jackson and the Olympians series is ‘really, truly, and for sure’ coming to Disney Plus

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The cover of Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief featuring Percy standing atop a fallen statue of Poseidon, his father.
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Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief author Rick Riordan will be the first person to tell you how much he didn’t care for 20th Century Studios’ 2010 adaptation of the novel from director Chris Columbus. For years, Riordan’s been insisting to his fans how he’s been longing to see his work transformed into a live-action story that squares with the grand vision in his mind, and now, Disney Plus plans to make that happen.

Though Riordan already announced almost two years ago in a series of now-deleted tweets that Disney Plus was moving forward with a new show based on the book series, the prolific author reiterated today the studio’s plans and shared some new details about the project in a new video posted to Twitter. Along with Riordan,...

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source https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/25/22901164/percy-jackson-and-the-olympians-disney-plus-series

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