Percy Jackson: Rick Riordan talks about plans for future seasons of Disney+ series

Percy Jackson: Rick Riordan talks about plans for future seasons of Disney+ series

The author of the books talks about what to expect from the structure of the new series!

Percy Jackson and the Olympians, a literary series written by Rick Riordan, has been hectic in recent decades. It turned out to be so successful that the story will become a series on Disney+. Riordan, who is also the show’s executive producer, spoke a bit about what he expects from the future production.

In an interview with The Wrap, the author said that he really enjoys working on the format of the series. Despite the great success of the books, the film adaptations did not please fans of the work. Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief as well as Percy Jackson: Sea of ​​Monsters forgettable works, but taking into account the size of the original work and limited movie time Understandably, so many scenes were omitted.

Rick Riordan along with the trio: Annabeth Chase, Percy Jackson and Grover Underwood

In the same interview, Rick Riordan explained that he intended to use the structure of the season to make the series more faithful to the books, avoiding repeating the same mistakes as the long ones.

“I hope this will be the season for every book”Riordan said. “Which gives us time to do justice to the whole story, as opposed to the movie where you have to make some cuts.”

OUR First season in Percy Jackson and the Olympians will have a total 8 episodeswhich is already more than the time of the film, given that in total they should be approximately 6 hours of content. This premiere should adapt the events lightning thiefand also the following will follow other names: sea ​​of ​​monsters; Curse of the Titan; Battle in the maze as well as The last Olympian

And what about you, did you like how the author is ready to structure the seasons? Disney+? Or do you think another format could work better? Share with us in the comments!