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There are officially a mates of Gods amongst these men.
The Wire's Lance Reddick and Black Sails' Toby Stephens person joined the upcoming Disney+ bid Percy Jackson and the Olympians arsenic Zeus and Poseidon, respectively, according to Variety.
Described arsenic the "all-powerful deity of the entity and person of Mount Olympus" according to the outlet, Zeus is besides characterized arsenic "tempestuous and mistrustful. He's promised to wage a warfare if his stolen thunderbolt is not returned."
We'd astir apt suggest slipping that thunderbolt backmost nether Zeus' door.
Not lone is Poseidon the deity of the sea, he's besides Percy's father. "Although seemingly absent successful Percy's life," his descriptions reads, "many of Poseidon's qualities unrecorded successful Percy; stubbornness, impulsiveness and loyalty. Though helium has stayed distant passim Percy's life, his heavy feelings for his lad (and Percy's mother, Sally) are evident."
The Adam Project prima Walker Scobell volition play 12-year-old modern demigod Percy successful the series, which besides stars Leah Sava Jeffries and Aryan Simhadri arsenic Percy's friends Annabeth and Grover, respectively.
Percy Jackson and the Olympians, based connected the books by Rick Riordan, will besides boast a star-studded ensemble formed featuring Lin-Manuel Miranda, Megan Mullally, Jason Mantzoukas, Glynn Turman and Adam Copeland.
The casting of Stephens arsenic Poseidon does officially enactment the tube imagination casting of Logan Lerman—who played Percy in 2010's Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief and its 2013 sequel Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters—to rest. After the bid was announced, a insignificant societal media run was started suggesting Lerman should beryllium offered the role.
Lerman addressed the thought that helium should play Percy's father successful an interrogation with Esquire Jan. 12, saying, "I get radical asking maine each the clip if I'm gonna play Poseidon, and I'm like, 'Am I aged capable to play Poseidon?'" I don't deliberation I'm aged capable for that one! I wouldn't formed maine successful that relation if I was portion of the originative team."
It looks similar they were successful agreement.
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Percy Jackson and the Olympians is expected to deed Disney+ aboriginal this year.
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