Following yesterday’s photos and poster, the trailer has now been released for the Disney+ series adaptation of Rick Riordan’s “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” novels.
The live-action series follows the fantastical story of the titular twelve-year-old modern demigod, Percy Jackson, who’s just coming to terms with his newfound supernatural powers when the sky god Zeus accuses him of stealing his master lightning bolt. Now Percy must trek across America to find it and restore order to Olympus.
The series stars Walker Scobell as Percy, Leah Sava Jeffries as Annabeth Chase, Aryan Simhadri as Grover Underwood, Dior Goodjohn as Clarisse La Rue, Charlie Bushnell as Luke Castellan, Virginia Kull as Sally Jackson, Glynn Turman as Chiron, Megan Mullally as Mr. Dodds, Olivea Morton as Nancy Bobofit, and Timm Sharp as Gabe Ugliano.
The gods include Jason Mantzoukas as Dionysus, Adam Copeland as Ares, Jay Duplass as Hades, Lin-Manuel Miranda as Hermes, Timothy Omundson as Hephaestus, Toby Stephens as Poseidon, and the late Lance Reddick as Zeus.
The series is being directed by James Bobin from a screenplay co-written by Riordan and Jon Steinberg. Unlike the films which Riordan is famously not a fan of, he has been involved in the series since its inception and calls this a faithful adaptation.
“Percy Jackson and the Olympians” will arrive with a double-episode debut on December 20th.
