What The Percy Jackson Disney Plus Series Needs To Do To Be Better Than The Movies
If anyone who was an avid reader of Young Adult literature in the early 2010s was asked what the worst book-to-movie adaptation they'd ever seen was, many would cite the two Percy Jackson movies. Percy Jackson and the Olympians was a beloved series that followed a teenage demigod (the son of the Greek god Poseidon and a mortal woman) through his various adventures and quests in a world where Greek mythology isn't so mythological. The books were loved for their characters and the humorous writing style, along with the genuinely engaging story. When the books got adapted into films, fans were excited to see their favorite characters translated to the big screen.
This excitement was short-lived, however, because the movies were not very good. The movies made a lot of unnecessary changes to the books and failed to capture the same spirit and tone that fans initially fell in love with. They were pretty much universally hated, and the series stopped after two movies rather than adapting all five books.
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The author of the original series himself, Rick Riordan, was fairly outspoken about how much he disliked the film adaptations of his work. This was all Percy Jackson fans had for on-screen adaptations until it was announced in 2020 that Disney Plus would be producing a Percy Jackson TV series, this time with more direct creative involvement from Riordan. Fans are hopeful that this series won't fail as badly as the movies did, but what exactly will this adaptation have to do to be successful?
One of the main criticisms of the Percy Jackson movie adaptations is that the characters are aged up for seemingly no reason. In the books, Percy is 12 when the
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