Dior Goodjohn as Clarisse La Rue, a strong-willed daughter of Ares who bullies Percy.Executive producer Rebecca Riordan stated that his abusive behavior, present in the book, was toned down for the show as its cruelty would be a lot more obvious on screen than on the page, and "this isn't supposed to be a horror show". Timm Sharp as Gabe Ugliano, Sally's husband and Percy's stepfather.Dodds, Percy's stern mathematics teacher who secretly serves the god Hades as one of the three Furies D, the god of wine and curmudgeonly director of Camp Half-Blood The creators made this change to address disability, though they noted it would be "just a detail" during the first season While the character only pretends to be disabled to disguise himself among humans by using a magical wheelchair, the character has a disability in the form of a brace in his hind left leg as a war injury. Brunner, a centaur disguised as Percy's Latin teacher. Virginia Kull as Sally Jackson, Percy's selfless mother.Aryan Simhadri as Grover Underwood, Percy's best friend and a satyr disguised through magic as a twelve-year-old boy.Leah Sava Jeffries as Annabeth Chase, a daughter of Athena who has been training at Camp Half-Blood for five years.Azriel Dalman portrays a younger Percy.Walker Scobell as Percy Jackson, a young demigod and son of Poseidon.See also: List of characters in mythology novels by Rick Riordan Main Twelve-year-old demigod Percy Jackson is accused by the Greek god Zeus of stealing his thunderbolt and races to find it and restore order to Olympus. The series was renewed for a second season in February 2024. It has received positive reviews from critics, who largely praised its faithfulness to the source material, worldbuilding, and cast performances. Percy Jackson and the Olympians premiered on December 19, 2023, on Disney+, with the first season consisting of eight episodes. Filming began in June 2022 in Vancouver, British Columbia, and concluded in February 2023, with additional cast members revealed throughout 20.
By September, Anders Engström and Jet Wilkinson were also set to direct multiple episodes of the series. Scobell was cast in the lead role in January 2022, with Jeffries and Simhadri joining the cast in May. Steinberg and Dan Shotz were announced as showrunners in July 2021, with James Bobin hired to direct the first episode in October. Walker Scobell stars as Percy Jackson, alongside Leah Sava Jeffries and Aryan Simhadri.ĭevelopment on the series began in May 2020, following a pitch by Riordan to Disney Branded Television. Steinberg for Disney+, based on the book series of the same name by Riordan. Percy Jackson and the Olympians is an American fantasy television series created by Rick Riordan and Jonathan E.