The new Percy Jackson

The new 'Percy Jackson:' Walker Scobell of Fairview cast in lead of new Disney+ series [{ "selector": ".yinth-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "250ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "opacity": 0}, {"offset": 1, "opacity": 1} ] }]

Fairview teenager Walker Scobel, who most recently starred alongside Ryan Reynolds in the Netflix film "The Adam Project," [{ "selector": ".hvndd-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "500ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "opacity": 0}, {"offset": 1, "opacity": 1} ] }]

has been cast as Percy Jackson in Disney+'s upcoming series "Percy Jackson and the Olympians." [{ "selector": ".sbhqi-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "500ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "opacity": 0}, {"offset": 1, "opacity": 1} ] }]

Rick Riordan, author of the best-selling novel "Percy Jackson," announced Monday that Scobel was on board as the show's main character. [{ "selector": ".ndfdt-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "500ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "opacity": 0}, {"offset": 1, "opacity": 1} ] }]

"Walker Scobel is an incredibly talented young man who blew us away with his audition tape for the role of Percy," Riordan wrote on his website. [{ "selector": ".cubyt-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "500ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "opacity": 0}, {"offset": 1, "opacity": 1} ] }]

"It was clear to me and the rest of the team that Walker had the right mix of comic timing, [{ "selector": ".niove-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "500ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "opacity": 0}, {"offset": 1, "opacity": 1} ] }]

sweetness, rebelliousness, snark and heroism to embody our hero, Percy Jackson." [{ "selector": ".gsbrd-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "500ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "opacity": 0}, {"offset": 1, "opacity": 1} ] }]

According to the statement, Scobel auditioned months before "The Adam Project" came out, [{ "selector": ".kmkii-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "500ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "opacity": 0}, {"offset": 1, "opacity": 1} ] }]

the film confirmed what Riordan and his team knew about the 13-year-old's talent. [{ "selector": ".yrssb-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "500ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "opacity": 0}, {"offset": 1, "opacity": 1} ] }]

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