Walker Scobell

Disney+'s new Percy Jackson series has found their lead demi-god in The Adam Project star Walker Scobell. The project begins filming this summer.

Percy Jackson and The Olympians follows Percy and his friends on adventures across the worlds of both man and Gods to save the world. The upcoming series is set to adapt The Lightning Thief, the first novel of the series which, as the name suggests, sees Percy traveling across America with his friends to clear his name and return order to Mount Olympus after he is accused of stealing Zeus's powerful master lightning bolt — all the while coming to terms with his newly learned demi-god status. Disney's upcoming adaptation of Rick Riordan's novels Percy Jackson and The Olympians has cast Walker Scobell as the series' lead character.

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.

The 13-year-old actor is known for playing Young Adam in Netflix's The Adam Project. And now, he'll be leading the highly anticipated TV adaptation of Rick ...

“I got to deliver the news to Walker personally via Zoom back on Jan. 28 that he had been chosen for the part,” he continued, “and it was a magical moment that made me feel for the first time: ‘Okay, this is real. “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.” This project is going to be amazing.’ It has been tough keeping this information under my hat because I was so excited to share the news with the fans!” Disney+’s Percy Jackson and the Olympians has found its Percy Jackson in Walker Scobell, the streaming service announced Monday, April 11. “Now Percy must trek across America to find it and restore order to Olympus.” He’s impulsive and rambunctious and is quick to anger when things seem unfair to him.

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.