Disney+ saves Percy Jackson with fantasy series – see the new cast in their roles for the first time

2024 comes the fantasy series Percy Jackson and the Olympians to Disney+ *. After the first film was not continued after two movies, the streamer wants to make his own Harry Potter dream come true in a new start – and participates 3 posters of the main characters the series cast. We contrast them with their film predecessors.

Percy Jackson at Disney +: These are the new stars of the fantasy series

The 5-part fantasy saga * by Rick Riordan suggested comparisons to Harry Potter early on with its magic school (or the camp inspired by Greek mythology). Here, too, the story of the young demigod who is supposed to prevent a war of the Olympian gods, a trio of friends at the center: In addition to the title character Percy Jackson (Walker Scobell), these include his classmate Annabeth Chase (Leah Jeffries) and satyr buddy Grover Underwood (Aryan Simhadri). These three major new stars have now received character posters from Disney+.

In the first short teaser trailer for the Percy Jackson series 10 months ago, the new main actor Walker Scobell (from Netflix’ The Adam Project) was only briefly seen. Now we get our first look at the costumed trio, which could mean the first proper trailer for the fantasy series isn’t far away.

Percy Jackson: Compares the new cast to their first fantasy version

The direct comparison shows that Disney’s fantasy remake isn’t afraid of character changes to create its own version younger and visually significantly different characters to be distinguished from the two cinema films (2010 and 2013):

Percy Jackson:

Annabeth:

grover:

The Percy Jackson series co-developed by author Rick Riordan as a fantasy highlight on Disney+ does not yet have a specific start date. But it has been off since February 2023 and should definitely be 2024 come.

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