The Lightning Thief cast album is available on all music streaming services. And there are two Percy Jackson spin-offs: The Heroes of Olympus and The Trials of Apollo.įinally, there’s a Percy Jackson Broadway musical! The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson musical was a successful Off-Broadway and touring show before it came to Broadway for a limited run in 2020.
If you enjoy Greek mythology and are looking for a writing style that makes you feel like you’re an eager teen at a book fair again, Percy Jackson is a great series to dive into. label has never stopped millennials from re-reading Harry Potter. Speaking of the books, there are so many to read! The Percy Jackson books are Y.A., but the Y.A. They kicked off the season 1 writers’ room on July 12 ( Annabeth Chase’s birthday!) and are currently searching for a director who is a fan of the books. Riordan and his collaborator/wife, Becky Riordan, keep fans up to date on the show’s development on Riordan’s blog and their Twitter accounts. The show is moving along slowly, as all good things should. RELATED: Rick Riordan Says ‘Percy Jackson’ Disney+ Series Will Have a Budget as Big as ‘WandaVision’ Are ‘Percy Jackson’ books good for adults? But Riordan is confident the Percy Jackson Disney+ series “will be the show we’ve been waiting for.”ĭisney scooping up the film rights to percy jackson /S7PPu2f8pb- The Percy Jackson Musical May 18, 2020 There are no plans for a third Percy Jackson movie. The Sea of Monsters team had a feeling there wouldn’t be a third Percy Jackson movie, so they incorporated some of the plot of the last PJO book into the sequel.
It has all the trappings of a franchise similar to Harry Potter‘s success, but the movies didn’t meet their full potential. The Percy Jackson source material is steeped in Greek mythology and has a massive fanbase. And audiences were eager to find the next big book-to-film franchise since J.K.
The movie also came out the same year as Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I. And the comparisons continued when Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone director Chris Columbus directed The Lightning Thief. Riordan’s five Percy Jackson books have always drawn comparisons to Harry Potter. While we wait for the highly anticipated Disney+ series, there’s plenty to learn about the franchise. RELATED: ‘Percy Jackson’ Series Has Taken ‘a Massive Step Forward,’ Rick Riordan Says Will there be a third ‘Percy Jackson’ movie? They’re also available to rent or buy on Amazon Prime, YouTube, and iTunes. Both of the movies can be streamed now on Disney+.
Now that Riordan is developing a Percy Jackson TV show for Disney, the streaming service has acquired both The Lightning Thief and Sea of Monsters. I’m just sorry they got dragged into that mess.” “I certainly have nothing against the very talented actors,” Riordan tweeted. He doesn’t feel the same way about Lerman, Daddario, Jackson, and the rest of the Percy Jackson cast. In fact, he’s never seen them because reading the scripts alone was like seeing his “life’s work going through a meat grinder.” The movies are based on Rick Riordan’s novels of the same name. Stanley Tucci, Nathan Fillion, Yvette Nicole Brown, and Missi Pyle joined for Sea of Monsters. Pierce Brosnan, Uma Thurman, Rosario Dawson, Sean Bean, Kevin McKidd, and Steve Coogan, and Catherine Keener also rounded out the cast. The films starred Logan Lerman as Percy, Alexandra Daddario as Annabeth, and Brandon T. And the sequel, Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, came out in 2013. The first, Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, came out in 2010. The original Percy Jackson movies were produced by 20th Century Studios. Logan Lerman at the premiere of ‘Percy Jackson and The Olympians: The Lightning Thief’ in 2010 | Theo Wargo/WireImage Are the ‘Percy Jackson’ movies on Disney+?
And when you’re done streaming the movies, there’s much more Percy Jackson content to consume. In the meantime, where can the Percy Jackson movies be watched? The franchise has jumped around the various streaming services in recent years. The Percy Jackson series is making ground, but it will be a while before fans see the Disney+ show.