Percy Jackson and the Olympians Trailer Teases the Demigod's Epic Quest

A new trailer has been released for the Disney+ series Percy Jackson and the Olympians.

A full trailer has just been released for Percy Jackson and the Olympians.

An all-new adaptation of the original book series by Rick Riordan, Percy Jackson and the Olympians was developed for Disney+ by Riordan and Jonathan E. Steinberg. It introduces Walker Scobell in the titular role with Leah Sava Jeffries and Aryan Simhadri, respectively, co-starring as Annabeth Chase and Grover Underwood. The series will make its premiere on Disney+ on Dec. 20, 2023, and an early look can be seen by viewing the new trailer below.

Per Disney+, Percy Jackson and the Olympians "tells the fantastical story of a 12-year-old modern demigod, Percy Jackson, who’s just coming to terms with his newfound supernatural powers when the sky god Zeus accuses him of stealing his master lightning bolt. Now Percy must trek across America to find it and restore order to Olympus."

Other cast members featured in the new series include Virginia Kull as Sally Jackson, Glynn Turman as Chiron, Jason Mantzoukas as Dionysus, Megan Mullally as Alecto, Adam Copeland as Ares, Jessica Parker Kennedy as Medusa, Lin-Manuel Miranda as Hermes, Jay Duplass as Hades, Toby Stephens as Poseidon, and the late Lance Reddick as Zeus. Addressing Reddick's passing in a blog post, Riordan teased of his Percy Jackson role, "At least it’s comforting to know that we’ll be able to share that performance with Lance’s millions of fans, and we will get to see his artistry in action one more time. As for me, I have trouble believing such a force of nature could ever really be gone. I will choose to think that maybe Mount Olympus simply had need of their king."

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The new series has no connection to the previous feature films that were released based on the books. Riordan has since suggested that part of the reason the films didn't do very well was because they didn't capture the right tone because the actors were a bit too old. That's one reason why the stars of the new series are all actual teenagers, as it adds a genuine "teenage quality" to the show.

"Once you have older teens, it’s a completely different dynamic," Riordan said. "You lose so much of the wonder. The magic of being a middle grader doesn’t come across the same way. There’s a jaded teenage quality.”

The first two episodes of Percy Jackson and the Olympians will premiere on Disney+ on Dec. 20, 2023.