Book News: The casting list is finalized for the Percy Jackson and the Olympians television show on Disney+

Percy Jackson and the Olympians is a book series that is popular for kids and for teens. The book series is written by the author who is named Rick Riordan.

Rick Riordan’s popular books sparked interest with Disney executives for them to make a television series based off of Riordan’s novels.

Now, things are finally getting underway. Disney and Riordan decided on a list of actors and actresses to play the iconic Percy Jackson characters. Check-it-out below:

Walker Scobell plays Percy Jackson. Walker was previously in the movie named, “The Adam Project.”

Leah Sava Jeffries plays Annabeth Chase. Leah was a regular on the television show named, “Empire.” She was also on the television show named, “Rel.”

She recently finished work in South Africa on a movie that is named, “Beast.” Leah plays the daughter of the actor who is named Idris Elba in that movie.

Aryan Simhardri plays Grover Underwood. Simhardri was on the Disney movie named, “Cheaper by the Dozen.” He was also on, “Spin.”

Charlie Bushnell is Luke Castellan. He was on the Disney+ movie named, “Diary of a Future President.”

Dior Goodjohn is Clarisse LaRue. She was in numerous commercials for stores like J.C. Penny and ABC Mouse at the age of 3-years-old.

She was also on the Fox television show named, “Glee.” She played the young Santana Lopez on the television show.

It is great that things are getting underway for Rick Riordan’s television show named Percy Jackson and the Olympians. I will check-out this television show when it is finally released out on the Disney+ television streaming channel on Hulu.

Always with infinite love,
Selena London