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Speaker 0 00:00:00 The weight is over Demi gods. I am thrilled to be the first to tell you that Percy Jackson and the Olympians is really truly, and for sure, coming to your screens, the smart folks at Disney plus have given us the green life
Speaker 1 00:00:18 Didn't we already get a Percy Jackson live action movie, and wasn't it kind of bad, never fear. Rick rein is giving his beloved kids book series a second, go at a screen adaptation this time in a series format
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Speaker 1 00:00:37 Percy Jackson. And the Olympians is a five book series about modern day, Demi God, that is the child of a Greek God. And imortal the protagonist. Percy is a problem child who keeps getting kicked out of school. When Greek mythological monsters attack him on a class trip. The 12 year old's life changes. He is taken away to camp, half blood, a summer camp for Demi God kids to learn about their parents and hone their talents. Percy finds out is the son of Passid the Greek God of the sea, and must go on a quest to rescue his mom from the underworld and catch whoever stole Zeus's master lightning bolt. Along with Annabeth a brilliant strategically minded daughter of Athena and Grover a Sater that's a half boy, half goat who is tasked with protecting them. Percy completes the quest fighting monsters, a along the way, Percy Jackson and the lightning thief, which soon became five books. Plus a spinoff series is often seen as the next generation's Harry Potter. The first book was released in 2005. It sparked tons of interest in Greek and Roman mythology and is known for its interpretation of ADHD as a sign of battlefield superpowers and dyslexic up being a side effect of the Demi God ability to read ancient Greek, the series even sparked real life, camp half-blood summer camps and a short-lived Broadway musical in the late S when the book got a movie deal, young readers were over the moon. When it premiered in 2010, it bombed
Speaker 4 00:02:02 Time has run out, maybe a no song, OFID
Speaker 5 00:02:10 Percy Jackson and the Olympians, the lightning thief president's day, 2010,
Speaker 1 00:02:16 The movie, which only went on to have a sequel instead of a whole five movie arc, just didn't meet fan expectations. The reconfigured plot was using to readers who already knew how the rest of the series should progress. The film aged Percy up from 12 to 16, Logan Luman who played Percy was 18 at the time of filming his co-stars Alex Dario and Brandon T. Jackson who played Annabeth and Grover were 24 and 26. Kids felt cheated. Common sense media as site that publishes kids' reviews of kids media set it all averaging three out of five stars, reviewers ages, eight to 14 found the movie quote, horrible, disappointing, so bad that it's funny and just plain weird, but no one hated the movie more than Rick Ry and himself in a now deleted Twitter thread. He said, he's never even seen the movies. Reading the scripts alone was too upsetting. He said
Speaker 6 00:03:09 To you guys, it's a couple hours entertainment to me. It's my life's work going through a meek grinder when I pleaded with them not to do it. So, yeah, but it's fine. All fine. We're gonna fix it soon.
Speaker 1 00:03:20 And the first step to that of course is finding a new age appropriate. Percy. It seems RD and learned his lesson from the first screen adaptation and said he will be heavily involved in the new series. Last week, there was a major announcement. Walker Scobel will play the ti role Andry in statement. He said Scobel is a super fan of the series. Already owned a camp, half blood shirt. He's known for his recent Netflix debut in the Adam project. And he is just 13. Already. Fans are jumping at the news on Twitter. People who grew up reading the books as they came out are now in their early twenties. There are calls to start rereading the books. Now in preparation for the shows projected 2023 release, there is also a much speculation over the casting for the other two main characters. Anna Beth, and Grover. Some fans are hoping that Annabeth in particular will be played by an actor of color. The series lacks explicitly non-white main characters and many people who read the series as kids didn't feel seen in the books and movie adaptation for now will just have to wait and hope the Doover at the screen. We'll meet super fan expectations
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Speaker 1 00:04:25 For w N U R I'm Jordan Manji. Rick reins tweet was read by Rick mange. The outro music is bring on the monsters from the, the lightning thief cast album.
Speaker 8 00:04:35 Be back next summer. I'll be back next summer.
