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Grover and Annabeth casting update courtesy of Rick Riordan

By Jack N. Hernandez
April 12, 2022
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In addition to announcing Walker Scobell as Percy Jackson, author Rick Riordan offers a casting update for the other two leads, Grover and Annabeth.

Rick Riordan Offers Casting Update For Grover And Annabeth In The Upcoming Percy Jackson series. Riordan is the author of the best-selling series of young adult novels, Percy Jackson and the Olympians. The series follows the titular teenager as he discovers he is the son of the Greek god Poseidon and embarks on a dangerous quest to stop the Titans from destroying the 21st century world. In addition to Percy, the series features two other protagonists: Grover Underwood, a satyr, and Annabeth Chase, daughter of Athena.

Percy Jackson has already been adapted into two feature films by 20th Century Fox, 2010s The Lightning Thief and 2013 sea ​​of ​​monsters, which featured Logan Lerman, Alexandra Daddario and Brandon T. Jackson as the main trio. Both episodes were successful at the box office, although they failed to fully win over fans of Riordan’s books with proper handling of the source material. This led to the development of another adaptation for Disney+ in which Riordan is heavily involved. The series has just found its Percy Jackson in Walker Scobell, who has just made a breakthrough in Netflix. The Adam Project.

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In addition to announcing Scobell as Percy Jackson, Riordan also offered a casting update for the characters of Grover and Annabeth. On his personal website, Percy Jackson the author revealed that Scobell was doing “many chemistry readings” with candidates for the other two main roles since his casting in January 2022. Riordan concluded his comment by stating that he is “confident that these two roles are about to be finalized and announced.”


Grover, Percy and Annabeth in Percy Jackson

From Riordan’s update, it looks like castings for Annabeth and Grover will be announced very soon. the Percy Jackson the author was kind enough to document the development of the Disney+ series on his website with frequent updates, also revealing the Percy Jackson The series is set to begin filming in Vancouver on June 1. Therefore, expect these major casting announcements to be made before then, if not by the end of this month.


With Riordan heavily involved as writer and creative director, which includes having a say in the casting, Percy JacksonThe Disney+ adaptation is in very good hands. Scobell’s choice of Percy is certainly a good sign for this adaptation. His performance in The Adam Project was very well received, and his casting here is sure to only create more buzz. Veteran directors like James Bobin, Anders Engstrom and Jet Wilkinson also joined the series. With Riordan providing a window into the development process, it sure looks like the Disney+ adaptation is shaping up to be much better than the first.


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Source: Rick Riordan

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