Disney+ picked a strange time to revitalise Percy Jackson – that is, more than 20 years after the books were published. Most of its fans (myself included) are pushing 30, their days of reading children’s literature well behind them. The unloved film series starring Logan Lerman bombed. And here we are, a decade after that, with a brand-new TV show.
But there’s still magic here. For the uninitiated, Percy Jackson is an American tween just like any other, except, of course, he’s not. As he finds out (in a rather traumatic set of circumstances), he’s actually the demi-god son of Poseidon, and the Greek gods all happen to be real, and they walk among us.
