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But: There were some very fine actors in those movies whom I feel terrible for because they had to be associated with those movies. 'I am not on social media anymore, thank the gods, but Becky tells me there has been some discussion about who might play what role, and if there will be anyone from the movies in the TV show. Riordan continued that while he acknowledged the talent of the two movies' actors, he would rather the televisionВ series be a completely fresh start. During the post, Riordan responded to the numerous social media discussions aboutВ whether the Disney+ show will includeВ stars from the two movies as adult characters, saying he doesn't know who will be cast. Last week, Riordan posted another Percy JacksonВ showВ update on his website and announced that the production team is beginning to discuss adult casting. Related: How Disney's Percy Jackson Can Avoid A Cultural Problem

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The main trio from the series is still being cast, but because the previous movies age-up Percy, Annabeth, and Grover, Riordan assured his fans the Disney+ showВ charactersВ would be castВ to represent the book accurately. Disney greenlit the Percy JacksonВ televisionВ show at the start of this year, and filming is set to begin in June in Vancouver. In 2020, Riordan officially announced that Disney+ was developing a television series that will be faithful to the Percy JacksonВ series and that he and his wife Becky Riordan are going to be involved in every step of the series' production process.

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The first two Percy JacksonВ booksВ received movie adaptations, Percy JacksonВ & the Olympians: The Lightning ThiefВ (2010) and Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013), both of which were largely criticized byВ audiences and Riordan himself for their disconnect from the source material. Since then, the series has become one of the best-selling book series of all time with 180 million copies sold worldwide. Telling the story of Greek gods and young heroes in the 21st century, The Lightning Thief, the first book in Riordan's Percy Jackson & The OlympiansВ series, was published in 2005. Author Rick Riordan responds to social media discussions involving the actors from the two movie adaptations appearing in the upcoming Percy JacksonDisney+ show.

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