Meet the New Percy Jackson

Anyone who watched the brand new Netflix movie The Adam Project might inform that the actor who performed younger Ryan Reynolds was going to be a star. What they couldn’t know is simply how briskly it might occur. That actor’s title is Walker Scobell and he’s simply been solid as Percy Jackson in Disney+’s upcoming present Percy Jackson and the Olympians. Star-status achieved.

The present is predicated on a well-liked sequence of books by creator Rick Riordan which have been beforehand made into movies in 2010 and 2013. However, this present wipes the slate clear of these, and restarts Percy’s story at the start, when a 12-year-old boy realizes he’s the son of a God and has particular powers. He’s then accused by his uncle, Zeus, of stealing his lightning bolt and should go on an epic journey to seek out it and restore peace to Olympus. Basically, the story of the primary novel within the sequence, although the present is predicted to go on from there.

Production on Percy Jackson and the Olympians begins this summer time with James Bobin (The Muppets) directing the pilot from a script by Riordan and Jon Steinberg (Black Sails). Steinberg will then showrun together with producing accomplice Dan Shotz.

And although that is the primary little bit of casting, it’s a really robust begin. In The Adam Project, Scobell steals each scene he’s in. That means he outshines Ryan Reynolds, Mark Ruffalo, Zoe Saldana, and even Jennifer Garner. Simply put, he has a pure charisma about him that may definitely serve him effectively as Percy turns into a hero and a pacesetter. Plus, learn what the Disney+ press launch says about his entry into appearing. This will heat your coronary heart. “When Walker Scobell was five, he learned that his favorite superhero Tony Stark—AKA Iron Man—was not an actual person but an actor playing a role. He decided right then that he wanted to become an actor. He said if he couldn’t become a superhero in real life, the next best thing would be to play one.”

Now, as Percy Jackson, he’s already achieved that dream.

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