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Why Author Rick Riordan Promises the ‘Percy Jackson and The Olympians’ TV Show Will Be Way Better Than the Movies · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.
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  Speaker 2: Disney's making a big gamble with its first franchise to
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  Speaker 2: launch completely on its streaming service with Percy Jackson and
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  Speaker 2: the Olympians. But that's not to say this is the
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  Speaker 2: first time author Rick Reardon's best selling Percy Jackson books
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  Speaker 2: have been adapted for the screen. There were two films,
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  Speaker 2: twenty ten's The Lightning Thief in twenty thirteen's Sea of Monsters,
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  Speaker 2: and while they performed fairly well, fans didn't love them,
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  Speaker 2: and neither did Rick himself. In fact, he was left
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  Speaker 2: with such a bad taste in his mouth any reboots
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  Speaker 2: seemed like it was probably off the table, he tells
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  Speaker 2: Variety after the movie experience, I really didn't want to
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  Speaker 2: have anything to do with the film industry. But when
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  Speaker 2: it started to become clear that something was going to
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  Speaker 2: happen with me or without me, I had a long
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  Speaker 2: talk with my wife. We said we'll give it one
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  Speaker 2: more shot. My feeling was always at television was the
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  Speaker 2: better format because it allows us a larger canvas and
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  Speaker 2: to be more faithful to the source material. What fans want,
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  Speaker 2: the words of Percy Jackson author Rick Reardon encourage it
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  Speaker 2: news for fans. Season one of Percy Jackson in the
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  Speaker 2: Olympians Bowels on Disney Plus December twentieth.
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