New Teaser Trailer for Disney's PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS Gives Premiere Date
Disney+ has released a new teaser trailer for its upcoming series adaptation of Percy Jackson and the Olympians. They also announced that the series will premiere with two episodes on December 20th, 2023.
The series tells the fantastical tale of the titular 12-year-old modern demigod played by Walter Scobell, “who’s just coming to terms with his newfound supernatural powers when the sky god Zeus accuses him of stealing his master lightning bolt. With help from his friends Grover and Annabeth, Percy must embark on an adventure of a lifetime to find it and restore order to Olympus.”
The series also stars Leah Sava Jeffries as Annabeth Chase, Aryan Simhadri as Grover Underwood, Lin-Manuel Miranda as Hermes, Megan Mullally as Alecto aka Mrs. Dodds, Toby Stephens as Poseidon, Virginia Kull as Sally Jackson, Jason Mantzoukas as Dionysus aka Mr. D, Jay Duplass as Hades, Glynn Turman as Chiron aka Mr. Brunner, the late Lance Reddick as Zeus, Adam Copeland as Ares, Charlie Bushnell as Luke Castellan, Dior Goodjohn as Clarisse La Rue, Jessica Parker Kennedy as Medusa, Olivea Morton as Nancy Bobofit, Suzanne Cryer as Echidna, Timm Sharp as Gabe Ugliano, and Timothy Omundson as Hephaestus.
Author Rick Riordan and Jon Steinberg wrote the pilot, and James Bobin directs. Steinberg will oversee the series with his producing partner Dan Shotz. The series is said to stay true to Riordan’s vision of the story.