Disney has a Christmas shock for Rick Riordan followers: “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” has launched on Disney+ and Hulu early, one evening forward of its scheduled Dec. 20 premiere.
That is the second replace Disney has made to the present’s launch technique: Final week, it was introduced that the first episode of the sequence would debut on Hulu in addition to Disney+ and would stay streaming via Jan. 31. As such, the primary two episodes at the moment are obtainable on Disney+ whereas the primary episode is on the market on Hulu. New episodes will drop weekly on Disney+ till the Season 1 finale on Jan. 31.
“We’re so grateful for the superb and devoted Percy Jackson followers who’ve enthusiastically supported this challenge from the very starting,” stated Pamela Levine, head of promoting at Disney Branded Tv and Nationwide Geographic Content material. “They’ve been counting down the times, and as a particular thanks, we wished to let our followers benefit from the first two episodes a bit sooner than anticipated.”
The sequence has been long-awaited throughout the Percy Jackson fanbase. Rick Riordan printed the primary of 5 “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” books in 2005, and although twentieth Century Fox tailored the primary two books into motion pictures in 2010 and 2013, plot adjustments and Riordan’s disdain for the movies rendered them unpopular. The ultimate three books of the sequence have by no means made it to the display screen.
In contrast, Riordan is a author and government producer on the Disney+ sequence, for which the intention is to launch 5 seasons primarily based on every of the 5 books.
Talking to Selection for a Percy Jackson cowl story in October, twentieth Tv president Karey Burke stated that the studio desires “all” of the books Riordan has written in Percy Jackson universe, which expands far past the unique 5. “Despite the film expertise that he had earlier than, he’s an expansive thinker about his work,” she stated. “He doesn’t have a inflexible interpretation of it. The opposite sequence that he’s created that stay on this world are all a part of our universe that we will adapt.”
