THE PERCY JACKSON TV SHOW: WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR
This post is as of May 15th, 2022. All posts like this will be under “#what we know so far” on this blog.
What We Know
General
It will be a live action series on Disney+
Rick Riordan and Becky Riordan are heavily part of the process, including overseeing the series with their production company, Mythomagic, Inc. and as members of the writers’ room.
Season 1 will cover book 1 and will be 8 episodes.
Production starts June 1st, 2022, and will end January 25th, 2023
Currently optimistically planned to be released in 2023.
Casting
Percy Jackson will be played by 13-year-old Walker Scobell
Annabeth Chase will be played by 12-year-old Leah Sava Jeffries
Grover Underwood will be played by 16-year-old Aryan Simhadri
Walker, Leah, and Aryan are already in Vancouver and are working on their swordplay, stunts, and “fine-tuning their knowledge of Greek mythology and their characters.”
Casting calls have gone out for other characters that appear in the first book, but these are closed calls so only those with agents could audition.
Casting for characters that show up in later books, such as Nico, or later series, such as Heroes of Olympus, wont happen for a very long time
Production
Executive Producers: Rick Riordan, Becky Riordan, Jonathan E. Steinberg and Dan Shotz
Pilot Director: James Bobin, who will also direct the second episode
Jet Wilkinson and Anders Engstrom have also signed on to direct.
Production Designer: Dan Hennah
Costume designer: Tish Monaghan
The show will be filmed at Mammoth Studios in Vancouver
They plan to use a similar filming process to The Mandalorian (Industrial Light and Magic’s “Volume” stage: 360-degree virtual technology) (video on how it works).
They have been scouting for filming locations over the past few months.
The Writers’ Room
Writers: Daphne Olive, Monica Owusu-Breen, Joe Tracz, and Rick Riordan and Becky Riordan
Assistants: Xavier Stiles, Zoë Neary and Stewart Strandberg
Scripts for episodes 1-4 have been submitted.
Working on outlines/scripts for the rest of the season.
Season 1 follows book 1 but they’re “adding a lot of interesting nuances, depth, Easter eggs and backstory” to keep the story fresh and fun for those who know the books well.
Until the next post like this (aka, when there has been enough new information to make a whole new post), I will be posting updates of what news and little tidbits of information we get as they happen. Follow here and/or on Twitter.
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The Wives : What We Know So Far (UPDATED - 4th March 2024)
The first casting announcement of 2024 has finally been announced with the news of Channel 5's The Wives.
About
Written and created by Helen Black, The Wives is a domestic thriller that centres on 3 sister-in-laws, Sylvie, Natasha and Beth who, just as they have done for the last 15 years, embark on their usual family holiday to Malta. However, this year is different.
The official synopsis reads:
Last year, four sisters-in-law and their families escaped to their Maltese holiday apartments, as they’ve done every summer for fifteen years. Sylvie Morgan, was happily married, Natasha, was swimming in wealth, and Beth and Annabelle Morgan, were thick as thieves. But this year, as they come together again, everything is different. Sylvie’s now single and loving life, Natasha’s hiding a desperate financial situation, Beth is barely keeping her life together and Annabelle is, well… dead.
When Annabelle’s widower Charlie, arrives with a new woman in tow, Beth tries to be happy for them, but something doesn’t sit right. Charlie’s new girlfriend Jade, looks exactly like Annabelle. Beth’s plans to have a great summer are quickly scuppered by Charlie’s odd behaviour, and her suspicion that there is more to Annabelle’s death is heightened. With lies coming to light and evidence building, the women work together and against each other to unravel the mystery and bring the culprit to justice. But with corrupt officials, drug cartels and career criminals closer to home than ever expected, have they bitten off more than they can chew?
The Wives has been ordered for Channel 5 by Sebastian Cardwell, Deputy Chief Content Officer, Paramount UK and Paul Testar, Commissioning Editor, Drama, Channel 5 and Paramount+. Executive producers for Gaumont are Jess Connell and Alison Jackson. Produced by Margot Gavan Duffy, The Wives was written and created by Helen Black (Time S2, Life and Death in the Warehouse), with episodes by Ciara Conway (Screw, Holby City) and Jamie Jackson. The series will be directed by Claire Tailyour (Phoenix Rise, Deceit) and Paulette Randall (Waterloo Road, Tin Star).
The Cast
Jamie will star as Annabelle's widower, Charlie Morgan.
Also starring will be:
Angela Griffin as Natasha Morgan
Tamzin Outhwaite as Sylvie Morgan
Jo Joyner is Beth Morgan
Katie Clarkson-Hill is Charlie's new girlfriend, Jade
Christine Bottomley is Annabelle Morgan
Catriona Chandler will be playing Annabelle and Charlie's daughter, Sky
Ben Willbond is Beth's husband, Frankie Morgan
Jonathan Forbes as Natasha's husband, Sean Morgan
Louis Boyer as charming local businessman, Luca Vella
Ajay Chhabra as consulate official Vinay Taneja
Jamie, Jonathan and Ben will be playing wealthy brothers, Charlie, Sean and Frankie Morgan.
Filming Locations
The series began filming in Malta in February 2024.
Episodes
There will be 6 episodes.
Air Date
It will air on Channel 5 (in the UK), later this year.
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full cast list pls? i've been missing a lot of news
Not every character has been cast yet, but here is what we have so far:
Percy - Walker Scobell
Annabeth - Leah Sava Jeffries
Grover - Aryan Simhadri
Sally - Virginia Kull
Chiron - Glynn Turman
Clarisse - Dior Goodjohn
Luke - Charlie Bushnell
Dionysus - Jason Mantzoukas
Nancy Bobofit - Olivea Morton
Gabe - Timm Sharp
Mrs. Dodds - Megan Mullally
Not announced - Peyton Feltham and Valencia Budijanto most likely as Nancy's friends at Yancy Academy
Role not revealed yet - Simon Chin
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i think the thing that really gets me about pre-canon durge is their absolute sense of duty, and their utter isolation outside of the cult of bhaal.
most of the cultists seem eager to see durge upon their return, and one even says they were the first to feed him flesh. gortash tells them of an exhibition of a bhaalspawn's corpse and another bhaalspawn's creations and durge immediately plans to attack the hall of wonder to recover them. they then apparently entrust said bhaalspawn's corpse to sceleritas fel to "restore" through taxidermy. they deride orin for her artistry with corpses explicitly because "bhaal will never care" and because orin "[does] not understand lord bhaal".
even their infamous prayer for forgiveness is framed around their absolute submission to bhaal's plans, and the crime that requires forgiveness? admiring his rival's chosen. that's one line, and the next three paragraphs are swearing to carry out his plan exactly as they've been told to, all for his forgiveness.
hell, even their room reinforces this. orin has barely touched the place aside from installing her mother's corpse and her manifesto - and that is some of the only decoration. what was it before orin, an empty room with skulls, a bed, a desk, some chests and a wardrobe?
the durge didn't have any semblance of a life outside of bhaal, aside from gortash. and is it any surprise? the only other hint they ever had a life outside of the cult is the flashback of kid durge murdering their adopted family, all thanks to their father's urging.
bhaal even tries to force them back into isolation after they've been tadpoled by forcing them to kill alfira, and then trying to force a durge who resists him to kill their lover. if they continue resisting, bhaal kills them. bhaal will not allow them to have a life outside of him and, if it weren't for jergal, he would've succeeded.
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invisible scars (referenced previous talk here)
[ID: A colourless, digital Trigun comic of Vash and Wolfwood talking about Wolfwood's scars. They're both laying in bed and topless. Vash lays on top of Wolfwood, playing with the rosary around his neck. Then, Vash kisses a spot on Wolfwood's chest. Wolfwood asks, "What are you doing?" Vash smiles sadly, "You got shot here. In the last town we visited. You didn't even bother moving."
Vash props himself up over Wolfwood, who frowns slightly. Wolfwood is quiet for a moment before he says, "You remember that, huh?" Vash grabs Wolfwood's left wrist and brings it to his face. "And here." He kisses another spot there. "When you helped free the hostages from that robber..." Wolfwood dismissively says, looking away, "Was a lucky shot." Vash huffs, “Don’t brag. Jeez.”
Half of Wolfwood's expression is shown, eyes returning to Vash who is now sitting up, continuing to say, "And..." Vash goes on and kiss Wolfwood's right palm. "You got cut here, even though that girl was aiming at me." A moment from the past flashes, of Wolfwood grabbing a knife aimed at Vash, his hand bleeding.
At present, Vash moves down and puts another kiss on Wolfwood's right shoulder. "And here, from watching my back." Another memory flashes of Wolfwood and Vash back to back. Vash looks back as Wolfwood grins while holding Punisher, bleeding from multiple gunshots in his shoulder.
"And," Vash combs up Wolfwood's hair to reveal his forehead, "Here." A final memory shows Wolfwood with a regeneration vial in his mouth while getting shot on his temple. The next panel is framed in blood with Vash at the center, eyes wide and stunned in horror. The next panel is a closed up shot of Wolfwood's eye, locked on Vash's face.
Back to present, Vash’s head is bowed down as Wolfwood raises a hand to his nape and says, “Spikey.”
Wolfwood looks serious and frowns as he says, "We talked about this. Those were my decisions. They're not there anymore. Forget about them." Vash looks very sad before he smiles ruefully and says, "I still see them. All the time." He leans down so they touch foreheads. Wolfwood’s sorrowful expression can be seen as Vash says, "You protect so much. I could never forget what you've done to me. And many others..."
In the last image, they're drawn more cartoonishly. Wolfwood sweats and asks, "You don't actually remember every wound, right?" Vash points at a spot on his chest. "Kuroneko left a scratch here 7 times." Wolfwood, startled, says, "Why the hell are you keeping count—" End ID]
Credits for ID here and here
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