‘Percy Jackson’ Author Says Casting a Black Actor as Annabeth in Disney+ Show Stays True to Why He Wrote the Books: ‘Everybody Can Be a Hero’

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While spawning a sequel, the original ‘Percy Jackson’ film, released in 2010, wasn’t the massive hit people were expecting. Aiming to be another ‘Harry Potter,’ the original film just didn’t strike a chord with critics or fans, despite being based on a massively popular series of YA books.

Michaela Zee Welcome back to Camp Half-Blood. Disney+ has released the official trailer for its “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” series, starring Walker Scobell as the titular 12-year-old boy, Leah Jeffries as Annabeth Chase and Aryan Simhadri as Grover Underwood. The official logline reads, “‘Percy Jackson and the Olympians’ tells the fantastical story of a 12-year-old modern demigod, Percy Jackson (Scobell), who’s just coming to terms with his newfound divine powers when the sky god Zeus accuses him of stealing his master lightning bolt.

Walker Scobell embarks upon an epic quest in the newly released teaser trailer for the Disney+ series Percy Jackson and the Olympians.

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