The 13-year-old is the protagonist of the production inspired by the books by Rick Riordan
News from the long-awaited series of “Percy Jackson” coming, the actor Walker Scobell 13-year-old will be the protagonist of the new production on the Disney+ platform! The portal Variety released the information on Monday, 11.
The production of the series is old, but updates on news were slow leaving fans anxious. In the middle of 2021, Rick Riordan, author of the saga that inspires the series, began to speak more often about the series. Until in April 2021, they announced that the casting tests began and finally, a year later, we have the first name confirmed!
The young actor recently made his debut in the Netflix movie “Project Adam”. And the choice of Walker Scobell has already pleased many fans because the actor is a child just like Percy Jackson in the first book.
In fact, the expectation is so great that the production will have a millionaire budget like “WandaVision” and “The Mandalorian”, around R$ 100 million dollars. And so it will become one of the biggest investments of the Disney platform. WOW!
Riordan and Jon Steinberg are already writing the pilot episode of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” which is directed by James Bobin. Finally, we will keep an eye out as new actors must be confirmed for the other roles. The series that does not yet have a premiere date.
Source: Atrevida
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