The Lightning Thief and 2013's Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters. "It was a very conscious decision that we said, 'Okay, we're not going to deal with the movie stuff,' " Riordan told PEOPLE.

"Percy Jackson and the Olympians" (streaming Wednesdays on Disney+, premiere episode is also on Hulu; ★★ out of four) certainly lacks the glitzy Hollywood makeover the movies gave Percy and ...

"The beauty of doing Sea of Monsters on the TV screen is that all those little stories that Annabeth tells us about her background ... Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief, and two movies ...

We did get movie adaptations of the first two books in 2010, but they were not well received. (Rick Riordan himself wasn’t a big fan). But now, Percy Jackson ... and his background: he’s ...

In the first movie, Percy Jackson & the Olympians ... but has Dua Lipa’s 2020 hit “Levitating” playing in the background instead. Though some fans of the films believe that reusing the ...

While they may be fine as movies, as adaptations, they fail. They are not Percy Jackson." His dissatisfaction ... have to be a looming presence in the background," Rick says.

What changed is the acquisition of Fox [which produced the two movies] by Disney. Disney has always been the publisher for Percy Jackson ... and came from a similar background, it opens up ...

Percy Jackson and the Olympians returns with Season 2 as Glyn Turman teases Tantalus' chaotic entry into Camp Half-Blood.

Get ready demigods, because Percy Jackson and the Olympians is returning for more mythological adventures on Disney+. A second season of the TV show, based on the book series of the same name by ...

And somehow, even when not stealing the spotlight from Riordan’s other characters, Percy Jackson found ways to stick with his fans throughout the years. Two movie adaptations were produced of ...

Walker Scobell, known for his role in "Percy Jackson and the Olympians," will join the voice cast of "The Angry Birds Movie 3." The animated film, distributed by Paramount Pictures, is set to ...