Production on Percy Jackson and the Olympians is formally within the rear view. The serialized adaptation of Rick Riordan’s best-selling novels concluded filming on Season 1 final week, wrapping with a celebratory video of leading star Walker Scobell offering a submerged message of gratitude. The sequence now enters an in depth post-production course of, one which is anticipated to take the majority of 2023, reaffirming the rumored launch date of early 2024. Even although cameras have stopped rolling and the primary eight episodes now reside within the editors’ room, a big piece of casting information has made its strategy to shores.
According to IMDb, actress Jennifer Shirley has joined Percy Jackson as The Oracle. Shirley is most identified for her transient roles on CW exhibits Batwoman and Supernatural, the place she performed a blonde squatter and Maggie Briggs, respectively. Her most up-to-date credit are available numerous quick movies. She is at present listed as being in a single episode of Percy Jackson, however contemplating prime stars Leah Jeffries (Annabeth Chase) and Aryan Simhadri (Grover Underwood) are every stated to be in two episodes, it is unlikely that that data is dependable throughout the board.
That stated, The Oracle solely showing in a single episode of Percy Jackson would align with the occasions of The Lightning Thief, the novel that Season 1 relies on. In that novel, The Oracle offers Percy his first prophecy, one which ominously outlines his quest to the west.
Like the Greek gods, The Oracle is used sparingly within the Percy Jackson pentalogy, however every look is essential to that e-book’s narrative. She exhibits face in every of the 5 Percy Jackson books, every time giving one among Camp Half-Blood’s demigods a prophecy forward of their quest.
While not explicitly said, the particular Oracle that Shirley is taking part in is probably going The Oracle of Delphi. This Oracle is the one instantly related with Camp Half-Blood and mostly seen throughout the Percy Jackson universe. That stated, there are 5 whole oracles in Riordan’s inter-connected novelized world. The remaining 4 have essential roles in The Trials of Apollo, the e-book sequence that takes place after the occasions of Percy Jackson and the Olympians and Heroes of Olympus.
Percy Jackson and the Olympians is at present in post-production.
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