Walker Scobell

2022 - 4 - 11

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Disney finds its newest Percy Jackson in Walker Scobell (CBS News)

The Disney+ adaptation of the Percy Jackson series has found its hero. Actor Walker Scobell will play the titular role of the young demigod for the upcoming ...

"The excitement is so thick you could cut it with a Celestial bronze sword." While fans know little about the upcoming Disney plus series, Riordan has continued to give updates since the series was first green-lit. "Walker Scobell is an incredibly talented young man who blew us away with his audition tapes for the role of Percy," Riordan said in a statement.

Disney+ Has Found Its Percy Jackson in The Adam Project's Walker ... (Vulture)

The Adam Project's Walker Scobell will be playing Percy Jackson in Percy Jackson and the Olympians, the Disney+ series based on the books by Rick Riordan.

This project is going to be amazing.’” Riordan said that the Percy Jackson crew is still in chemistry reads for Annabeth and Grover, but that “The excitement is so thick you could cut it with a Celestial bronze sword.” First he’s Adam in The Adam Project (technically one of two Adams with Ryan Reynolds), and now he’s Percy in the Disney+ adaptation of Percy Jackson and the Olympians. Original series author Rick Riordan announced the casting on his website. “I got to deliver the news to Walker personally via Zoom back on Jan. 28 that he had been chosen for the part,” he wrote, “and it was a magical moment that made me feel for the first time: ‘Okay, this is real.

Who is actor Walker Scobell as he's cast in Percy Jackson series on ... (Manchester Evening News)

Announced back in 2020, fans have been eagerly awaiting the latest news on the Disney+ adaptation of the beloved fantasy novels Percy Jackson and the ...

The film reportedly sees a young boy discover a secret HQ underneath his home that leads him to believe his estranged father isn't all he appears to be. In a statement on his website, Riordan said: "Walker Scobell is an incredibly talented young man who blew us away with his audition tapes for the role of Percy." According to his IMDB biography, Walker was born into a military family.

Percy Jackson Disney+ Series Casts The Adam Project's Walker ... (Empire)

The Adam Project's young Ryan Reynolds will play the 12-year-old demigod. Read more at Empire.

Percy is described as a smart and compassionate character, with a sharp sense of humour – mastering that Reynolds-ian style of comedy for The Adam Project will have been perfect preparation – and a bit of an outsider. Percy then sets out on a journey across America to find the lightning bolt and restore order to Olympus. It was obvious to me and the rest of the team that Walker had the perfect mix of comedic timing, sweetness, rebelliousness, snark and heroism to embody our hero Percy Jackson.”

'The Adam Project' star to lead Disney+'s 'Percy Jackson' series (Entertainment.ie)

Fresh from his time-jumping jaunt with Ryan Reynolds on Netflix, Walker Scobell will head up the newest Disney+ franchise. The 'Percy Jackson' series on ...

Mark Ruffalo, Zoe Saldaña and Jennifer Garner also starred, and the film was another Netflix hit, viewed for over 92 million hours over its debut weekend in March. There have already been a couple of minorly successful movies from the early 2010s, with Logan Lerman in the lead role. However, the series failed to light up the box office, or critics and audiences opinions for that matter, and the series was canned after two films.

Welcome to Camp Half-Blood: Disney Plus' Percy Jackson series ... (The A.V. Club)

The Adam Project actor is set to star as the titular hero from the YA Greek mythology-inspired book series.

In a post on his website, Percy Jackson And The Olympians author Rick Riordan revealed the casting news and explained how Scobell fit the bill of the snarky hero. This series will be a fresh start for fans of the beloved book series. The series is set to follow 12-year-old Percy Jackson (Scobell), a modern demigod who, after finding out his Greek deity parentage, must go on an adventure to find the sky god Zeus’ master lighting bolt after being accused of stealing the prized possession.