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The Lightning Thief Is Back: ‘Percy Jackson’ Is Getting A TV Series Adaptation On Disney+
A decade ago, one of the most awesome Greek mythology films was released – ‘Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief’, which was adapted from the critically-acclaimed novel of the same name by Rick Riordan.
The film even had a sequel three years later, but that was the last time we ever heard from Percy and his demigod buddies.
Well, it seems that our wish to see the Lightning Thief on screen once again has come true after it was announced that the book would be adapted into a TV series on Disney+.
Coming really soon
The book’s author broke the news via his Twitter account on Thursday (14 May):— Rick Riordan (@rickriordan) May 14, 2020"Hey Percy Jackson fans, for the past decade, you've worked hard to champion a faithful on-screen adaptation of Percy Jackson's world. Some of you have even suggested it would be a good series for Disney+. We couldn't agree more!" he said.
The live-action series will follow closely to the original storyline of the book and the first season will be based on ‘The Lightning Thief’.
There are a total of five books in the 'Percy Jackson' universe - 'Sea of Monsters', 'The Titan's Curse', 'The Battle of the Labyrinth', 'The Last Olympian', and 'The Lightning Thief'.Logan Lerman, who played the titular character, was also excited to hear the news of the small screen adaptation.
Following the announcement, ‘Percy Jackson’ is now trending on Twitter and fans are overjoyed with the news.Excited to see this! Hope it gets the adaptation the books deserve. Congrats @rickriordan https://t.co/ReE6EjJICV— Logan Lerman (@LoganLerman) May 14, 2020
rick riordan: we are making a 5-season percy jackson tv series for disney+twitter: pic.twitter.com/6BwE5yJerK— trish (@ULTRAGLOSS) May 15, 2020
PERCY JACKSON HAD SO MUCH POTENTIAL TO BE AS BIG AS THE HARRY POTTER MOVIE FRANCHISE IF THEY HAD JUST STAYED FAITHFUL TO THE BOOKS!!! DISNEY+ BETTER GIVE PJO THE ADAPTATION IT DESERVES!!! pic.twitter.com/d1sRMbHRrJ— Jiah Santos (@natjiah) May 15, 2020
If the Percy Jackson series can finally get what it deserves, you can too.— Jai Cabajar (@jaicabajar) May 15, 2020
me to disney+ on the Percy Jackson series pic.twitter.com/TdVDOwgGI8— Syiqah (@deepdive02) May 15, 2020
Let’s hope Disney will do justice to the TV adaptation.me watching percy jackson adaption on Disney+ pic.twitter.com/JayAvOvXKZ— percy jackson ? (@reputalover) May 15, 2020
But one thing’s for sure, all of us are secretly hoping that Logan Lerman would somehow return in this series.
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