Summary

• A recently unveiled trailer gives fans a sneak peek into the world of Percy Jackson and the Olympians.
• Percy Jackson and the Olympians season 1 premieres on Disney+ on December 20.
• The show, which is inspired by Greek mythology, stars Walker Scobell, Aryan Simhadri, and Leah Sava Jeffries.

A brand-new look at Percy Jackson and the Olympians has arrived. The Disney+ show, which is an adaptation of the Rick Riordan novels of the same name, is set to premiere on December 20. The show follows Percy Jackson (Walker Scobell), a young man who learns that he is the son of the Greek god Poseidon and is whisked away to Camp Half-Blood, where demigods are trained. When he is accused of stealing Zeus' thunderbolt, he and his friends, the satyr Grover (Aryan Simhadri) and Athena's daughter Annabeth (Leah Sava Jeffries), embark on an adventure to clear his name.

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The trailer lays a lot of the groundwork for the show, introducing Percy as a child before exploring his life at a mundane school and then revealing his introduction to Camp Half-Blood. It also showcases a closer glimpse at the adventure he goes on with Grover and Annabeth, including several mythological creatures and a glimpse at Lin-Manuel Miranda as the Greek god Hermes.

How Much Of The Percy Jackson Show Will Take Place At Camp Half-Blood?

As this new trailer reveals, the Percy Jackson show will be more faithful to the original books, including more elements of their original adventure to discover the thief of Zeus' master bolt than the previous adaptation, which was the 2010 movie Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief. However, this begs the question as to how much time the characters will actually spend at the iconic location of Camp Half-Blood. While the camp is the characters' home base, once they embark on their adventure they do not return until their quest is complete.

It remains to be seen if the iconic location will appear in more than just the first and final episodes of the eight-episode season 1. However, the show's release strategy could provide a clue as to the overall distribution of Camp Half-Blood scenes. Percy Jackson will premiere with two episodes at once, which is a strategy that Disney+ has used in the past in instances where it takes multiple episodes to establish a show's core premise.

Hawkeye premiered with two episodes, as the bond between Kate Bishop (Hailee Steinfeld) and Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) was the core of the show, and the characters didn't properly meet until the tail end of episode 1.

It seems likely that the trio's quest will begin by the end of the premiere episodes, allowing viewers to get sucked into the adventure. That structure likely means that episode 1 will introduce the Percy Jackson cast and key locations, while episode 2 will largely focus on Percy's training at Camp Half-Blood before introducing his adventure. This extra time could allow the camp to become as important to Percy Jackson and the Olympians as it is to the original books.

Percy Jackson and the Olympians premieres on Disney+ on December 20.

Source: Disney+