Percy Jackson and the Olympians is an American fantasy television series created by Rick Riordan and Jonathan E. Steinberg for Disney+, based on the book series of the same name by Riordan. Walker Scobell stars as Percy Jackson, alongside Leah Sava Jeffries and Aryan Simhadri.Percy Jackson and the Olympians Season 1 Download
Development on the series began in May 2020, following a pitch by Riordan to Disney Branded Television. Jonathan E. Steinberg and Dan Shotz were announced as showrunners in July 2021, with James Bobin hired to direct the first episode in October. Scobell was cast in the lead role in January 2022, with Jeffries and Simhadri joining the cast in May. By September, Anders Engström and Jet Wilkinson were also set to direct multiple episodes of the series. Filming began in June 2022 in Vancouver, British Columbia, and concluded in February 2023, with additional cast members revealed throughout 2022 and 2023.Percy Jackson and the Olympians premiered on December 19, 2023, on Disney+, with the first season consisting of eight episodes. It received positive reviews from critics, who largely praised its faithfulness to the source material, world-building, and cast performances. The series was renewed for a second season in February 2024.Twelve-year-old Percy Jackson goes on a field trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where he is given a sword in the form of a ball-point pen by Mr. Brunner, his Latin teacher. Percy accidentally pushes his class bully Nancy Bobofit into a water fountain, catching the attention of algebra teacher Mrs. Dodds, who reveals herself as a Fury, Alecto. Percy unintentionally strikes and vaporizes Alecto with the sword but finds that everyone else has seemingly forgotten her. Percy is expelled from his school and returns home to his stepfather Gabe Ugliano and mother Sally Jackson. Percy and Sally head to their cabin in Montauk, New York, where Sally tells her son that Greek gods and monsters are real. Percy’s class friend Grover Underwood, inadvertently revealing himself as a satyr, arrives and tells Sally to move Percy to Camp Half-Blood. The three are attacked by a Minotaur on their way, and the Minotaur seemingly kills Sally, which causes Percy to kill it in anger while breaking its horn. He collapses upon reaching camp and is greeted by Chiron, a centaur.