Rick Riordan was not exactly impressed with the Percy Jackson movies, and the author is looking back on some of the issues with the two feature films.Based on Riordan’s Percy Jackson novel series, Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief was released in 2010. It was followed by a sequel, Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, in 2013. The films respectively made $227 million and $202 at the box office, falling short of the studio’s hopes that the franchise could be the new Harry Potter in terms of theatrical revenue. Reflecting on the films in a newly-published interview with Variety, Riordan speaks about what went wrong with the original live-action adaptations.According to Riordan, one of the “fundamental mistakes” made was with the casting, as making the characters older versions of themselves created a bit of a disconnect with viewers. With the first film, Percy was played by 17-year-old Logan Lerman while 23-year-old Alexandra Daddario and 25-year-old Brandon T. Jackson respectively played Annabeth Chase and Grover Underwood. Riordan wanted to rectify this with the upcoming Disney+ series, as Percy Jackson and the Olympians’ Percy actor is 14 years old, while Leah Sava Jeffries (Annabeth) and Aryan Simhadri (Grover) are respectively 14 and 17.Related: Percy Jackson Season 1 Reportedly Cost as Much as The Mandalorian
Rick Riordan was not exactly impressed with the Percy Jackson movies, and the author is looking back on some of the issues with the two feature films.
Based on Riordan’s Percy Jackson novel series, Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief was released in 2010. It was followed by a sequel, Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, in 2013. The films respectively made $227 million and $202 at the box office, falling short of the studio’s hopes that the franchise could be the new Harry Potter in terms of theatrical revenue. Reflecting on the films in a newly-published interview with Variety, Riordan speaks about what went wrong with the original live-action adaptations.
According to Riordan, one of the “fundamental mistakes” made was with the casting, as making the characters older versions of themselves created a bit of a disconnect with viewers. With the first film, Percy was played by 17-year-old Logan Lerman while 23-year-old Alexandra Daddario and 25-year-old Brandon T. Jackson respectively played Annabeth Chase and Grover Underwood. Riordan wanted to rectify this with the upcoming Disney+ series, as Percy Jackson and the Olympians‘ Percy actor is 14 years old, while Leah Sava Jeffries (Annabeth) and Aryan Simhadri (Grover) are respectively 14 and 17.
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