Walker Scobell In Title Role In ‘Percy Jackson’ Disney+ Series-2022
It’s official, demigods. Walker Scobell has been cast as Percy Jackson in Disney+’s Percy Jackson and the Olympians, the streaming service announced on Monday, April 11.
The production of the series will begin this summer.
The 13-year-old actor is most recognised for his role in Netflix‘s The Adam Project as Young Adam.
And now he’ll be in charge of the highly anticipated television adaptation of Rick Riordan’s popular Percy Jackson novels.
Jackson, a 12-year-old modern demigod who is coming to grips with his talents after Zeus accuses him of stealing his famed lightning bolt, will be the focus of the series.
Walker Scobell is an exceptionally gifted young guy who wowed us with his audition recordings for the role of Percy,” Riordan said on his website.