Rick Riordan, the author of the beloved Percy Jackson book series, is making an exciting announcement! Disney is on the hunt to find the titular character for the TV adaptation of Percy Jackson & the Olympians, the five-book fantasy series, as of Tuesday (April 27). “The latest news for you all on PJO TV: The casting process is now in its earliest stages, which means we have put out a casting call to the talent agencies for an actor to play Percy Jackson.
I want to stress this is a preliminary search. We still have a long way to go before anything is official or confirmed, but this is definitely an indication that things are going in the right direction.
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