Percy Jackson

The 13-year-old actor is known for playing Young Adam in Netflix's The Adam Project. And now, he'll be leading the highly anticipated TV adaptation of Rick ...

“I got to deliver the news to Walker personally via Zoom back on Jan. 28 that he had been chosen for the part,” he continued, “and it was a magical moment that made me feel for the first time: ‘Okay, this is real. “It was obvious to me and the rest of the team that Walker had the perfect mix of comedic timing, sweetness, rebelliousness, snark, and heroism to embody our hero Percy Jackson.” This project is going to be amazing.’ It has been tough keeping this information under my hat because I was so excited to share the news with the fans!” Disney+’s Percy Jackson and the Olympians has found its Percy Jackson in Walker Scobell, the streaming service announced Monday, April 11. “Now Percy must trek across America to find it and restore order to Olympus.” He’s impulsive and rambunctious and is quick to anger when things seem unfair to him.

Meet the 13-year-old star of The Adam Project who's been tapped to play the titular demigod.

In his April 11 blog post, Riordan shared that Scobell has done numerous chemistry reads with candidates for the show's other leads, Annabeth and Grover, and he's confident the two roles are "very close" to being finalized. Walker Scobell has been cast as the youthful demigod in Disney Plus' upcoming Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. The film is Scobell's first big-screen acting gig, and he was selected out of 376 kids who auditioned for the role.

Walker Scobell (The Adam Project) will play Percy Jackson in the Disney Plus series. Rick Riordan penned a blog post announcing the casting.

There is also another sequel series to the main Percy Jackson books called Trials of Apollo. The movie adaptation aged the character up to 16. Disney has cast the titular character in the highly anticipated Percy Jackson and the Olympians series.