Announced back in 2020, fans have been eagerly awaiting the latest news on the Disney+ adaptation of the beloved fantasy novels Percy Jackson and the Olympians. In a significant new update, it appears the upcoming series has found its Percy – The Adam Project star, Walker Scobell.
The project is based on the incredibly popular novels by award-winning author Rick Riordan, who originally announced the series' development on the Disney+ social media channels. In a statement on his website, Riordan said: "Walker Scobell is an incredibly talented young man who blew us away with his audition tapes for the role of Percy."
In a press release, Disney stated that the series "tells the fantastical story of a 12-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."
