He's Hermes.
The Tony, Grammy and Emmy winner joins the upcoming adaptation of author Rick Riordan’s popular YA series about Greek mythology. “The Adam Project” actor Walker Scobell stars as 12-year-old Percy Jackson, who discovers that he is the son of the Greek god Poseidon and begins training to become a hero at Camp Half Blood, a special training camp for demigods. Leah Sava Jeffries and Aryan Simhadri play Percy’s best friends, Annabeth Chase and Grover Underwood.
Other cast members include Virginia Kull as Percy’s mom Sally; Glynn Turman as the centaur Chiron; Jason Mantzoukas as Dionysus, the Greek god of wine; Megan Mullally as the Fury Alecto; Timm Sharp as Percy’s stepfather Gabe Ugliano; Dior Goodjohn as Clarisse La Rue, daughter of Ares, the Greek god of war; and Charlie Bushnell as Luke, the son of Miranda’s Hermes.
Production on “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” began in Vancouver in June. Riordan co-wrote the pilot with Jon Steinberg, while James Bobin directs. They executive produce with Dan Shotz, Bert Salke, Monica Owusu-Breen, Jim Rowe, Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Jeremy Bell, D.J. Goldberg and Riordan’s wife Rebecca Riordan. The show is produced by Disney’s 20th Television., giving fans a glimpse at Percy and Camp Half Blood.
In addition to directing Netflix’s “Tick…Tick…Boom!” last year, Miranda has a long history with Disney. He wrote songs for “Moana,” “Encanto” and next year’s “The Little Mermaid,” plus he starred in “Mary Poppins Returns.” He received a Grammy award and Academy Award nomination for best original song for “How Far I’ll Go” from “Moana,” in addition to an Oscar nod for “Dos Oruguitas” from “Encanto.
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