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Dirk Libbey

Percy Jackson Author Rick Riordan Reveals Why He Was Relived After Seeing First Cut Of The Disney+ Series

Walker Scobell in the teaser for Percy Jackson and the Olympians.

Disney+ has become the place for series based on Star Wars and Marvel, and if we’re being honest, not a great deal more of note. However, there is at least one upcoming series that has a lot of fans with a Disney+ subscription interested that isn’t set in a galaxy far, far away, or contain any superheroes. Percy Jackson and the Olympians will be the second screen adaption that we’ve seen for the popular series of novels, and author Rick Riordan says that, after getting a look at the show, it will be exactly what fans are hoping for.

Two Percy Jackson films came out in the early 2010s, but neither was really a home run with fans. Speaking with Comicbook.com, Rick Riordan says that first and foremost what he wants from the new Disney+ series is for it to make the fans happy. Based on everything we know about Percy Jackson and the Olympians, that was definitely a goal, and based on what Riordan has seen, he believes the series will do that, which was a relief for him. He explained… 

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