We have a lot of hard work ahead of us, but also a lot of fun. This week, our three brave heroes assembled for the first time at the studios in Vancouver, and I got to welcome them to the set. As soon as you see her on the screen, you will know what I mean. Watching her act with Walker and Aryan, I saw Annabeth Chase come to life. She will also star in the Amazon feature film Something from Tiffany’s, coming out this fall, with Zoey Deutch and Shay Mitchell, produced by Reese Witherspoon. Leah is exactly the way I imagined Annabeth in the books: smart, strong and courageous, a true daughter of Athena who has zero patience for the foolishness of a certain Seaweed Brain. She recently returned from South Africa, where she wrapped filming on Beast, a forthcoming feature film in which Leah plays the daughter of Idris Elba’s character.
She was a series regular on the TV show Empire and also in the series Rel. A native of Detroit, she is a brilliant actor who can break our hearts, make us laugh, and have us cheering for her all in the same scene. Out of all the talented actors we looked at for this role, Leah Sava Jeffries quickly became my number one choice for Annabeth. And the visual magic we will be using to give Aryan his satyr’s goat legs is next-level stuff. He and Walker already have a great dynamic together. Grover has some big flying shoes to fill, but Aryan is exactly the right guy for the job. He has a mixture of sweetness, humor and internal toughness that is perfect for our favorite satyr. Rick Riordan Adult Books Big Red Tequila (Tres Navarre 1) (Mass Market) The Widowers Two-Step (Tres Navarre 2) (Mass Market) The Last King of Texas (Tres. He had me laughing out loud with his delivery and timing. In his auditions for Grover Underwood, Aryan won our hearts. He recently starred in Disney+’s film Cheaper by the Dozen and in the Disney Channel’s Spin. In his young life, Aryan Simhadri has already proven himself a veteran actor. Even though he loved teaching, Riordan eventually left the classroom to focus on his books full-time.Friends, the main trio is now complete for the perilous but exciting quest known as Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The TV series! I am delighted to introduce you to. Today Rick Riordan and his family live in San Antonio, Texas. For its May 2008 release, kids lined up at bookstores around the country. The series has become so popular that the fourth book, The Battle of the Labyrinth, began with a one million-copy print run. That story became The Lightning Thief, the first of Riordan’s best-selling Percy Jackson & the Olympians series.
When he finished, Riordan’s son urged him to write the story down. On a whim, Riordan told his son a story about the adventures of Percy Jackson, a boy who was half-human and half-god, living in modern-day America. That opportunity presented itself one evening when Riordan’s son asked him to make up a bedtime story. Naturally, Riordan’s middle school students asked him why he wasn’t writing books for kids their age. It became the first book in a popular series won the top three awards in the adult mystery genre. Riordan’s first book, Big Red Tequila, was published in 1997.
Riordan and his wife later moved to San Francisco, where he continued to teach and began writing mystery novels for adults on the side. After graduating from the University of Texas at San Antonio with a double major in English and history, Riordan began teaching middle school. But when his interest shifted from music to English and literature, he decided to become an English teacher. Rick Riordan, dubbed storyteller of the gods by Publishers Weekly, is the author of five New York Times 1 best-selling middle grade series with millions of copies sold throughout the world: Percy Jackson and the Olympians, the Heroes of Olympus, and the Trials of Apollo, based on Greek and Roman mythology the Kane Chronicles, based on ancient Egyptian mythology and Magnus Chase and. At Alamo Heights High School he wrote and edited for the school newspaper.ĭuring college Rick Riordan had long hair and played music in a folk rock band. In the eighth grade Rick submitted a fantasy story to a magazine but only received a rejection letter in return. Rick didn’t like to read much until he discovered the Lord of the Rings trilogy and Greek and Norse mythology in middle school. His mom, dad, and grandparents were all teachers. Rick Riordan was born in San Antonio, Texas in 1964.